Kingsley physicists in competition final

FOUR Kingsley School sixth-formers have won through to the finals of the National Science and Engineering competition. John Hodgson, Luke Cann, Sam Walder and Ashleigh Clayton will be showcasing their project GRAVITY: Dispensing of Bad Guys at The Big

FOUR Kingsley School sixth-formers have won through to the finals of the National Science and Engineering competition.

John Hodgson, Luke Cann, Sam Walder and Ashleigh Clayton will be showcasing their project "GRAVITY: Dispensing of Bad Guys" at The Big Bang: UK Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair in Manchester from March 11-13.

Their entry in the Senior Science/Maths category - a device to demonstrate in classrooms the effects of gravitational fields at different distances from the Earth - was judged to be "of a very high standard."

The Kingsley team will have an all-expenses paid three days in Manchester and are looking forward with great anticipation to the Fair, at which it is estimated their stand could be seen by around 15,000 people.

Their physics teacher Ian Holleran said: "To make the finals is an achievement in itself. The team's project is really interesting and well thought out.