{"id":5597,"date":"2024-03-07T13:28:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T13:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/academy9\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:25:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T08:25:58","slug":"highland-schools-come-together-to-tackle-academy9s-biggest-design-and-build-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/academy9\/2024\/03\/07\/highland-schools-come-together-to-tackle-academy9s-biggest-design-and-build-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Highland Schools Come Together to Tackle Academy9\u2019s Biggest Design and Build Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Academy9 team recently hosted another one of our flagship Apprenticeship Academy events, which saw nearly 40 S2 pupils from both Grantown Grammar and Kingussie High schools come together from three days of STEM learning and team building, which culminated in a mega, bridge building challenge.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hosted at Grantown Grammar School this year, here\u2019s what we got up to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day One<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Day one consisted of a quiz on the local areas and the A9 dualling programme, followed by some icebreaker tasks which highlighted some skills that would be needed across the next two days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n