Welcome to your Quickstart guide to the ROAR 2024 competition. Simply follow the checklist below to get ready and have fun running it!

Running the competition

There is a variety of ways you can run the competition:

1. Weekly within a designated time slot as part of PHSE.
2. As a collapsed curriculum day.
3. During registration time.
4. As a lunchtime/after school club

Each module has been designed to give you flexibility - activities can span multiple lesson slots, especially when it comes to prototyping and creating!

Activities & Worksheets

Each level has a worksheet for children to work on. You will require the students to be able to access our activity worksheets in order to develop their ideas.

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Recycled Materials

The students have the opportunity to make their idea a reality by creating a physical prototype. If you are unable to collect some materials, please do not worry as you can instead refine your prototype using pen and paper, some students in the past have even used Lego!

<aside> <img src="/icons/checkmark_green.svg" alt="/icons/checkmark_green.svg" width="40px" /> Some examples are... cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, tape and glue to use for your prototype!

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Frequently Asked Questions

When does the competition start?

How many students can be in a team?

How many teams can each school put through to the National Awards Day?

Who will be choosing my team going through to the National Awards Day?