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F1 IN SCHOOLS STEM CHALLENGE

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F1 in SCHOOLS TEAM READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD’S BEST!
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F1 in Schools is the largest and most prestigious Most noteably, the students in team Peak were not
school-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, studying Design & Technology; these motivated
and Mathematics) competition in the world. The students were interested in the STEM co-curricular
competition “challenges and inspires students to learn and decided to ‘give it a go’. To not only qualify for the
about physics, aerodynamics, design, manufacture, National finals, but to also achieve a Top 10 finish was
graphics, marketing, leadership and teamwork, media extraordinary.
skills and financial strategy.”
Of course, the highlight of the national competition
BMGS teams have developed an enviable reputation (which was advised via Zoom) was that our Year
in this STEM challenge, with our teams qualifying for 10 team - Perpetrol - were announced as national
the National Finals in six of the past seven years. This champions.
year, BMGS set another benchmark, by being the first PerPetrol is comprised of Bill Klein (Manufacturing and
School to have three teams qualifying for the National Testing Engineer), Charlie Burgess (Team Manager,
competition, with excellent results.
Engineer), Jayden Gibson Communication/Community
Photonic Racing placed fourth in the National Finals in Engagement) and Casper Larkin (Marketing Manager/
the Professional Senior Division. They received first Graphic Designer). Together, they developed the two
place in requisite miniature F1 model cars, successfully winning
through regional and State finals to earn their place in
• Best Team Innovation Award the national Final.
• Best Team Marketing Award, and
• Best Trade Display Award This is the second time in three years that a BMGS
team has won the National competition. In 2019,
In addition, the team gained: when BMGS were last national champions, their team,

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• 2 Place in Graphic Design Thrust Vector, represented Australia in the world
finals, in Abu Dhabi. They finished 35 overall from 55
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• 2 Place in the Verbal Presentation schools worldwide and were awarded 1 Place in the
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• Place in Best Manufactured Car Digital Marketing category.
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• 3 Place in Best Team Portfolio This year the national level of this competition was
• 3 Place in Project Management, and to have been held in Melbourne, however, this year it
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• 3 Place in Industry Collaboration became an online/live streamed competition in March,
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which presented further challenges for the students to
Also qualifying for the national finals was Peak, our
other Development Class team, who finished in the top overcome, and the cars were sent to Melbourne to be
raced by the competition scrutineers.
ten teams, nationally. Their results for Peak in each
discipline were: In addition to the racing component and delivering
engineering presentations for both computer-
• 1st in Best Team Verbal Presentation aided design and manufacturing processes, the
• 2nd in Best Manufactured Car students conducted online marketing interviews and
• 3rd in Best Engineering CAD presentations for their team’s vision and enterprise.
• 3rd in Best Trade Display The students had been working on their national
• 3rd in Outstanding Industry Collaboration campaign since October last year, and PerPetrol was

Team Phototonic Racing: Oliver Freeman (Year 10), Team Peak: Year 10 students Lily Belden, Reagan Lloyd, Meaghan
Nicholas Hayes (Year 11) and John Zhu (Year 10). Docherty, Ava Adams and Connor Snedden.