From over 900 entries, the quality of entries this year was tremendous and bringing all the winners together was a great opportunity to honour their design achievements.
JE’s Head of HR Andrew Welsby joined Dave Roworth of Skills Jersey, David Utton from Kingston University and Chris Rochester from Primary Engineer presented the winners with their awards.
Andrew Welsby, Director of Human Resources at Jersey Electricity, said ‘Primary Engineer is a fantastic initiative that harnesses the creative and open-minded approach that youngsters bring to problem solving. JE is proud to be involved with Primary Engineer and to support the engineers of the future. From judging and grading entries to providing engineers to go into schools to talk about and develop their designs, we see the sparks this initiative ignites in young people’s minds.
‘We need to ensure that STEM-related careers are not overlooked in our small Island, and Primary Engineer reminds young Islanders of the options they have to create and grow really interesting and worthwhile careers.’
Congratulations to all the winners, including the overall winner, year six pupil Freya from FCJ, whose Self Generating Electricity idea stood out to the judging panel.
The awards are part of a continuing drive to develop STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills from an early age, led by Skills Jersey and UK organisation Primary Engineer.
