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F1 IN SCHOOLS TEAM SUCCESSES
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The latest acquisition in our TAS
Department this year is an Air
Trace Visualisation System (ATVS).
The tunnel enables our Design
and Technology, STEM and
Engineering students to test
various designs for their
aerodynamic properties by passing
over them a smoke stream that
allows a keen eye to determine
unwanted turbulence.

It is a welcome addition to our F1
In School’s 2020 campaign as our
teams developed the preliminary
designs for their cars.
Captain of STEM, Nicholas Hayes
(Year 11) is pictured putting the
ATVS to work on one of our team’s
designs.

2020 YEAR 10 COMPETITION
2020 YEAR 10 COMPETITION

As reported in the previous edition of the Altiora,
BMGS was once again representing NSW at the
national Finals, held in Melbourne at the Australian
Bosch Headquarters, in March.

Our team, AWAKEN, consisting of Vaughan Dugdale,
John Zhu, Oliver Freeman, Katerina Reynolds and
Jared Harris, pictured bottom right with Head of AWAKEN finished 7 in the Development Class from
th
Design & Technology, Mr Ian Harrison, all worked the seventeen participating schools.
incredibly hard to pull their campaign together and
reach the Finals in Melbourne, despite a range of AWAKEN was acknowledged with a special award
hurdles that they had to overcome. from the Chair Of Judges, who only bestows two
such awards across all 38 teams from both divisions.
The competition week passed at a frenetic pace,
with challenge after challenge arising. Teamwork is The Chair of Judges Recognition of Achievement
paramount under these pressures and these bright Award, was awarded to the team for the
young students learnt some valuable life skills in this mathematical equation they developed to try to
environment. predict the track time of their car given a range of
variables, with the Chair speaking enthusiastically
All states and the ACT sent their best and brightest about this process at the presentation ceremony on
to this tournament and, in this star-studded field, the final night of competition.