Nine children from Egloskerry Primary School formed the 'Rapid Lines' Goblin kit car team at this year's Gathering of Goblins at Goodwood race circuit.

Chloe Dawe, Harry Dawe, Caleb Forsyth, George Bunn, Ben Pollard, Dan Pollard, Ieuan Bluett, Lewis Wosnitzka and Harry Gray were the drivers and the pit crew for the car that they had built as part of their Greenpower kit project. Goodwood is a fantastic venue and an amazing opportunity for a small village school to compete at a national level.

Egloskerry was the only Cornish school there and flew the St Piran flag with pride! Thanks to Massey Ferguson, one of the sponsors, the team beat 65 other entrants and won best presented team for their general appearance and teamwork on the day an outstanding achievement.

The trip was an amazing finale to a second fantastic year of enterprising learning through this project. The school are, as always, very grateful to their sponsors, the support of the parents and to Celtic Solar who provide loan of their van for transport for the goblin to get it all the way to Goodwood.

The focus in Class 3 for 2010 was to make the car more aerodynamic and sustainable and to carry out ongoing minor maintenance. In addition to this, the children contacted their sponsors asking for a percentage of their original sponsorship fee as ongoing marketing costs.

Egloskerry Primary Schools feeder secondary school is a technology college and takes part in the Formula 24 races; the next stage up from the Goblin.

Taking part in the Goblin project enables Egloskerry children to acquire vital skills of team work, organisation and working with components at an early age; hopefully fast tracking their learning once they reach a secondary school environment.

Since January 2009, children in Class 3 have been fundraising both via letters and phone calls, reached their sponsorship target, ordered the Goblin Kit car and started building the car in May 2009.

Every child in Year 5 and 6 (age 9 to 11) was involved in the main build because it is carried out in curriculum time and is carefully linked to learning objectives across many subjects. This years class is also involved with ongoing maintenance, modifications and repairs.

The skills learnt on this build are vast and develop 'enterprising learning'. There are opportunities for a wide array of literacy work; letter writing, instructions, and newspaper reporting.

Numeracy awareness has also been key, with it being paramount that children are aware of parallel edges, length and the wider scope and problem solving with 'measuring'.

Science has been covered many times with a focus on lightweight, waterproof and durable 'materials' for the bodywork and of course an understanding of friction and forces when making sure the traction is set parallel.

Other areas of learning such as Design Technology and Art have also been included in the build with lots of focus on designing the car and also providing sponsorship opportunities for the client sponsors.

Above all the children have benefited from an unbelievable amount of team work and discussion, both with their peers and adult helpers.