Year 6 and 8 pupils and post-16 students will be answering questions at St James in a University Challenge style general knowledge quiz.
The educational quiz is funded by the Ana Leaf Foundation and this year’s theme is ‘Discovery’. There are a record number of Channel Island teams competing this time round, with 24 in Guernsey and 34 in Jersey, across the three year groups.
A technology round, which was trialled last year, has now been introduced into Year 8 as well as the Post 16 heats. This new team based round, designed by the Digital Greenhouse, will challenge teams to write a computer coding programme to safely navigate a Lego EV3 robot through a maze using Lego’s own programming tools and an inbuilt Gyro sensor.
The winning Year 6, Year 8 and Post-16 teams will go on to compete in the Inter-Island De Putron Challenge final in Guernsey against the winning Jersey teams at the Old Government House on Tuesday 27 November.
Pictured top: Last year’s De Putron Challenge held at St James.