Bronze Crest Awards

By completing a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) project of their choice, related to solving a real-life STEM challenge, 11-to-19-year-old pupils can achieve a CREST Award – a nationally recognised accreditation scheme for STEM project work. In this past term,Year 8 pupils have been teaming up on projects as they work towards a Bronze Crest Award. Featured here are two Year 8 teams’ projects.

Edible spoons

Vansh, Aziz and Kiaan, all from 8GMM, came up with the idea of edible spoons for their CREST project. Their invention is made from nothing but flour, water and a bit of oil to give the dough some flavour – and the spoons are designed to be eaten with foods such as soups and curries to make them more interesting. But why, you might ask, should we use edible cutlery? The answer is that, by replacing normal plastic cutlery with this creation, we can cut out the use of 40,000,000,000 disposable spoons a year! Imagine the positive impact for the environment!

Eco-friendly food packaging

Amaroo, Dylan, Ishan, Shahmeer and Zlata, also from 8GMM, have been working on a