Vauvert Primary victorious in De Putron Challenge 2019
THREE Vauvert pupils carried the school to its first De Putron Challenge victory yesterday.
The University Challenge-style event saw more than 20 teams take part across three age groups at St James.
This year’s theme was Your World and looked at how people positively and negatively impact the world.
Edward Robinson, 11, Ben Tooley, 10, and Holly Ingrouille, 10, lifted the shield for the Year 6 part of the competition, after a busy morning during which they had to tackle an array of questions.
The victory was extra special for Edward, who was celebrating his birthday yesterday.
‘The hardest round was art and literature,’ he said.
‘It was mostly music.’
The group felt they did best in the maths round, which included some dingbats.
To get onto the team, they first had to compete in a school quiz.
After coming top, they had to face the 14 teams from different schools at St James. But they managed to get 15 points, just beating their closest rival by one point.
In the afternoon six Year 8 teams took on the challenge.
Elizabeth College and Ladies’ College made it to the final, both with 20 points.
However, Elizabeth College managed to beat Ladies’ College in the final decider.
In the late afternoon three teams took part in the post-16 challenge.
The Year 8 and Post-16 teams this year faced a new challenge, with teams having to test their coding skills using software called Trinket.
The teams had to use the software to replicate a complex shape.
The winning teams will be travelling to Jersey for an inter-island final on 21 November.
That will be live streamed, so people unable to travel will be able to watch.
The educational quiz was funded by the Ana Leaf Foundation.
