Coventry uni hosted regional schoolwork finals

COVENTRY University hosted the regional final of School Tasking, allowing young people to learn about the law through interactive tasks set in the style of Channel 4’s Taskmaster.

In the final, a team from Stoke Heath Primary School took the crown – they went on to compete in the Champions of Champions final, competing against teams from across the country and hosted by Alex Horne on 18th June.

School Tasking is an outreach program run by the University of Warwick Law School, which has joined forces with Coventry University to host the final.

Sabba Anmol, a second year Law student at Coventry University, volunteered on the project and worked with children at Stoke Heath Primary School.

She said: “The whole purpose of the project is to ensure that the law is always accessible to young children as well as everyone else.

“We were able to create activities that facilitate children’s understanding and, by participating in fun tasks, make them think in their own way about the law and the language.

---

---

“As the weeks progressed during the school sessions of the competition, we introduced the children to some of the most exciting areas of law and you could tell in their work how much they were beginning to understand so many aspects of it , as well as seeing confidence and enthusiasm grow.”

Tasks included an animation task using Lego, which was based on an 1884 English criminal case – R v Dudley and Stephens, which set a precedent in the common law world that necessity is not a defense to a charge of murder – and Releasing Alex from the box. which required students to solve a series of puzzles to find the code to the key safe to free a little Alex Horne.

Dr Ali Struthers, creator of School Tasking and associate professor at the University of Warwick’s Faculty of Law, said: “I was so excited when Coventry Law School joined the School Tasking team, enabling the project to work with even more schools in the local area .

“The regional final was a joy for the children, staff and students alike and the teams were so engaged and excited throughout.”