Dear parents and carers,
One of our P7 pupils (Isla Patterson) has been selected as one of the top 10 entries in a competition run by Merck. The 10 ten entries have now gone to a public vote. Please take a minute to vote for Isla's winning entry. You can vote via Instagram by clicking on the link below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdndDKTs-s9/?igshid=NmZiMzY2Mjc=
Or you can vote via a linked-in vote and just mention in the comments who the vote is for.
The competition was to find a new and surprising solution to a global challenge. Isla's idea was based around an invention called 'pollution whale'. Her vision of the ‘pollution whale’ is a machine that patrols underwater in areas where coral reef and sea life are at risk of polluting our seas. It looks like a whale so it doesn’t frighten the sea creatures as it moves. It sucks in the polluted water through the blow hole, where it is filtered and then sorted into useful parts which can be broken down and used to rebuild the coral. The harmful products are also broken down in a safe environmentally friendly way to convert to energy to power the pollution whale. The pollution whale moves removing the pollution and rebuilding coral and the underwater ecosystem as it goes. What a fantastic idea!
Please take some time to vote for Isla's winning design.
Many thanks,
Mrs K Taylor
