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REDDFORD HOUSE COMES OUT TOPS DON’T MISS OUR

IN GLOBAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION

An all-girl trio from SUMMER EDITION!
Reddford House Blue Hills
is shining brightly in the
tech space after entering
the global competition,
Inspired Builds 2022, and
winning!

nce again, Inspired Builds 2022, an
inter-school technology challenge, MOTORING
Obrought together learners from
around the world who are enrolled at a school
belonging to the Inspired Education Group (a
group of independent schools that operates SUMMER 2022
internationally and includes Reddford House).
The competition saw Reddford House learners From left to right: Alishia Naidoo, Bontle Ngoasheng and Shalom Halata.
make great strides with their entry.
This year’s competition had as its theme “The standard of entries this year was incredibly Blue Hills (in the category 11 to 12 years of
“Enabling Movement” and was hosted by high, with students demonstrating their age) comprised an all-girl team, namely: Bontle
St. Louis School of Milan, Italy. Learners from knowledge and skills in this STEM competition,” Ngoasheng, Alishia Naidoo, and Shalom Halata.
schools all over the world, aged seven to 13, says Zain Strydom, Head of Campus at Reddford Reddford House Blue Hills is proud of the
were challenged to make machines that enable House Blue Hills. “Our students’ winning winning trio, says Strydom, adding: “We could
movement using innovative coding and creative entry demonstrated their ability to code and not be prouder of the dedication and hard work
design. intelligently design the robot to move in of our robotics team members and teachers,
different directions.” which resulted in our second international
The competition is a STEM-focused (science, win in the Inspired Builds competition. As
technology, engineering, maths) challenge Inspired Schools across the globe have proven we continue to invest in robotics and coding Beijing X55
designed to highlight the best of Inspired to be highly innovative. The podium winners projects, our students learn how to build robots
Schools’ young robotics talent across 22 made robots that are superior in four categories: and programmes, code, grasp a solid maths
countries, spanning five continents. 1. Intelligent design and science foundation, and build collaborative
2. Innovation and leadership skills. These are all necessary
Having achieved success in the competition 3. Programming quality ingredients for a highly successful future career.”
in 2021, Reddford House learners once again 4. General appeal CLICK
jumped at the opportunity to show off their This is not the first time Reddford House
creativity and ingenuity through the use of The Inspired Builds 2022 Global Robotics learners have dominated in the Inspired Builds HERE TO
machine technology. competition winners from Reddford House competition on a global platform. In 2021,
when the competition was hosted by Fulham VIEW
House School in London, UK, two Reddford
House Grade 7 teams from South Africa were
placed in the top five winning positions. The
learners came from all three of the Reddford
House schools in South Africa: Reddford House
Northcliff, Reddford House Blue Hills in Midrand,
and Reddford House The Hills in Pretoria East.
The global competition is in line with the
approach taken by Inspired schools. This
approach is based on lateral thinking,
comprehension and the innovative application
of skills and concepts, all of which empower
students to build successful careers in the fast-
growing and important STEM sectors, and to
thrive in a fast-changing, information-driven,
digital world.

For more information, please visit Reddford
House Blue Hills or book an appointment to
view the school in Midrand.

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