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27/03/24

This evening was our Performing Arts Spring Showcase. There were so many talents on display. Well done to everyone that was involved today!🎺🎷🎸🎤🎻 pic.twitter.com/CtYcfeYPkn

27/03/24

Great to see the fantastic Y12 Jazz ensemble progressing thanks to the brilliant work of teachers Mike Rogers and Seb Marlow. Huge thanks also to for your work with our students🥇! what do you think? pic.twitter.com/TUNxrXKVUC

27/03/24

Harris Greenwich Vacancies😀 https://t.co/M5hChMTDRh

21/03/24

The NYJO Learning team is delivering a first-access project – Sound Foundations – in partnership with two local schools in Southeast London: and 🎷🎺https://t.co/Bav9m4j0u0 pic.twitter.com/b1rL3LQS0S

17/03/24

‘Red Nose Doodle Day’ is underway @ HAGR. Students creating red nose doodles for comic relief. If you want to donate please visit: https://t.co/VUJ0bu9bxJ  Thank you pic.twitter.com/vbpMRHFFzt

16/03/24

Our Year 9s getting stuck into their GCSE taster sessions. pic.twitter.com/iUMNjCq1kM

09/03/24

“HAGR celebrated World Book Day this year by having an author – Sonia Leong – come to visit. Sonia was doing workshops with students in Y7-Y10 through out the day where students had the chance to draw their own Manga characters. 📖📕 pic.twitter.com/9EUBUZR913

05/03/24

Year 7 Netball Team won their game against Harris Falconwood today. Happy faces all round. Well Done Girls🏐🏐 pic.twitter.com/O6M3oORivz

03/03/24

Our students cashing in on their positive points. Hard Work Pays Off🚀🏀⚽️🎻#REWARDSYSTEM pic.twitter.com/1KLd4a4PQ5

01/03/24

Our Year 11s in their after school Maths Booster on a Friday. #GCSEMOCKEXAMS 📚🧑‍🎓 pic.twitter.com/hNmI49aX8e

29/02/24

Well done to our four year 8 students who were selected by their peers to be apart of our school council 💥🚀👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/rH9APJFT9o

25/02/24

Year 10 taking  part in a Talent Foundry Careers Workshop. Students were able to develop their transferable skills, communication, and leadership. pic.twitter.com/jqTvZpQqrG

21/02/24

Our students attended a physical theatre workshop, inspired by the play TESS, using sticks to build and explore landscapes, creating striking imagery and working on precise transitions. pic.twitter.com/K3JhTLxaFe

20/02/24

What a start to the term having our amazing Jazz students performing last night 🎹🤩! Thank you for this fantastic opportunity! pic.twitter.com/pAWjz0sZSU

20/02/24

What a start to the term having our amazing Jazz students performing last night 🎹🤩! Thank you for this fantastic opportunity! pic.twitter.com/pAWjz0sZSU

01/02/24

Our year 8s smashing their interviews with the president and vice president of the student council🍾😀😀 pic.twitter.com/pnVggcj0Gu

01/02/24

Another week, Another Year 7 assembly 🚀💥 pic.twitter.com/Jpq3YO51Bc

29/01/24

"Author and Journalist, gave a talk on his best selling book 'Africa is Not a Country'. Dipo enlightened our students on the technological advances of Africa  and incredible natural resources, before the 'Scramble for Africa' interrupted its history. pic.twitter.com/HasqtOtcUk

26/01/24

Our Student Council Process has begun!! Congratulation for progressing into the final round. All the best 🧑‍🎓 👨‍🎓 🚀. ##StudentVoice pic.twitter.com/axnEJDLX3E

26/01/24

Ending lunch time on a high 🎤 🎹 🎶 pic.twitter.com/fR1yoHYyQm

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Ziggy – A Mars Micro-rover

Description

Modern Mars rovers are large pieces of equipment. The current 'new' rover, Curiosity, is the size of a Mini-Cooper car. This size has a draw back. Rovers of the size of Curiosity, despite the robot arm it carries, cannot access all of the possible sites it encounters. Therefore there are 'missed opportunities' in the mission. Ziggy is designed to fill that gap, by being deployed from a larger 'mother' rover, moving off to access small sites, collecting samples and data then returning to the mother rover to pass on any samples such that they may be analysed by the mother rover and pass on data to be forwarded to Earth.

Ziggy is controlled by a PICAXE micro-controller 28X1 Picaxe chip on a AXE020 project board. Ziggy has an ultrasonic range finder to allow it to navigate and avoid major hazards.

Ziggy has an interchangeable payload/science system called 'SPIDERS' (Science Package Instruments and Detectors) that allow the payload to be mission selected. We have SPIDERS that will allow us to retrieve soil samples, map exposures and send a probe into 'caves' through some of the skylight formations that have been detected on Mars.

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Competitions and appearances

  • Big Bang Near Me London Regional winner 2013
  • Big Bang at the Houses of Parliament 2013
  • Finalist, National Big Bang Fair Final NEC Birmingham 2014
  • Channel 4 'Sunday Brunch' programme 2014
  • STEMNET private exhibition for corporate stakeholders, Science Museum, London 2015

Project Pipeline

The development of Ziggy is listed by prototype, below:

Mk I Ziggy

A simple chassis with wheels driven by two motors, controlled by a set of switches, tethered for control and power.

Mk II Ziggy

First complex chassis - a Perspex monocoque with LED lights, wheels, a web cam, powered by electric motors, controlled by a set of switches, tethered.

 This mark was the category winner at Big Bang Near Me.

Mk III Ziggy

First Cab chassis, wheels, LED lights, wheels, a web cam, powered by electric motors, controlled by a PICAXE board and chip, tethered for camera and power, first SPIDER developed.

Mk IV Ziggy

Second Cab chassis, LED lights, track system, a web cam, powered by electric motors, controlled by a PICAXE board and chip, tethered for camera, on board power, second SPIDER developed, ultrasonic range finder installed.

This mark was Exhibited at the Big Bang @ Parliament

Mk V Ziggy

Third cab chassis, LED lights, track system, a web cam, powered by electric motors, controlled by a PICAXE board and chip, tethered for camera, on board power, on board re-charger, ultrasonic range finder, third SPIDER developed.

This mark was Competitor at National Big Bang Finals, Appeared on Channel 4 Sunday Brunch, Exhibited at the Science Museum

 

 Ziggy requires funding to allow further development.

Further marks of Ziggy will have:

  • An aluminium plate Hull
  • Improved and more versatile SPIDERS
  • Wireless camera
  • ERF/URF radio link for wireless reprogramming
  • 3D printed and then aluminium water cut tracks
  • Improved drive motors and gearboxes

Estimated cost for these enhancements:

£600.00