Petworth pupils pitch future apps in ‘Dragon’s Den’ style class

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Pupils at Petworth Primary school who have won support from a tech company by designing apps, here with the t shirts they were given.ks190024-1 SUS-190121-191313008 — ks190024-1 Petworth Primary App phot kate Pupils at Petworth Primary school who have won support from a tech company by designing apps, here with the t shirts they were given.ks190024-1 SUS-190121-191313008

When it comes to designing apps, children in year six at Petworth Primary School have been teaching the experts a lesson.

As part of their computing lessons they explored smart phones and how the technology could be used to solve everyday problems and then they pitched their ideas ‘Dragon’s Den’ style to their classmates.

Year six teacher Rob Neary said: “One group designed an app which could be used by people with hearing or speech impairment to translate body movements into sign language and vice versa. Another group designed an app to support e-safety while playing online computer games – allowing children to report inappropriate content. There were countless good ideas.