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The Guernsey stages of the annual De Putron Challenge will be held today with students from local schools competing for the chance to take on Jersey's teams in the grand finals.
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.
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