On Wednesday 14th November Y Pant school was invited to take part in the girls into Science, Engineering and Technology challenge 2007. The event was held at Llantrisant leisure centre. Three teams of four were entered along with twenty other teams from across the county.

The day had been organised by the Education Business Partnership who had gathered a number of employers from across South Wales. Employers set the groups a number of tasks to complete throughout the day. These tasks included building a bridge that had to hold a 14 stone person, building a Go Kart, a ping pong ball thrower, a programmable buggy and a pneumatically operated rocket. Each group had to select three tasks whose work was then evaluated by the employers.

The winning group was Year 09 girls from Y Pant consisting of Alisha Huish, Vicky Trott, Emma Gentle and Clare Phillips. Judges remarked that the team had worked well as a group to solve these difficult tasks within a very tight time limit.

Y Pant received the inaugural shield and each team member was awarded an individual prize of a socket set and a certificate.