Mr Nathan Riggs, one of the College

On Thursday the 28th June I took thirty four students to the BigBang South West science fair. Four teams of pupils from Honiton Community College were competing in different categories. One team consisted of Toby Pym, Samiya Roache, Alex Sutcliffe, James Turner and Zara Sillitoe. They were demonstrating and explaining a project that these pupils did at school. Their project was based on nappies, and they carried out several tests to find out which type of nappy would be best for astronauts.

Another team consisted of four year 9 pupils: Emma Prettejohn, Sam Riley, Sirin Bozkurt and Louis Groves. These pupils had conducted an investigation on teeth toidentify what type of carbonated drink caused most decay of teeth. They were comparing regular and diet drinks. A team of three sixth formers: Kate Storey, Chris Hack and Adam Greenland entered a project based on engineering where they had made and developed a product. The final group was our successful group. I have run a science club this year at school and the five pupils that have turned up to every session entered a project.