After learning about James Watt and the contributions he made to the development of steam trains, Mrs Muir set us the challenge of making our own train. We were to use a motor (not steam) to make our model move.

Using KNEX, we had to make a train that could carry two tennis balls along the length of two tables.

We only had one successful team – well done Emma, Reece, Jason, Lewis, Brodie and Sophie.

All the teams made great looking trains, many of which were too heavy for the small motor to move.