On Friday 15 March, a group of twelve Year 8 students travelled to Symmons Plains Raceway to participate in the Girls on Track program run by Motorsport Australia. The program aims to engage girls in a range of STEM based activities with a motorsport focus. The activities included: designing a race car made of Lego and making modifications before racing to improve weight distribution and aerodynamics;  writing a script as a TV presenter to present as if they were live on air and delivering this to the group; participating in some fitness and reaction time challenges including a pit crew race for time; engaging in a tour of the raceway while practice and qualifying laps were underway; meeting drivers and their personnel and watching the inner workings of a motorsport team.

Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable day out for our year 8s and one that we were very grateful to be a part of.