What is Race to Learn?

Race to Learn is an exciting cross-curricular teaching resource that promotes group learning.

The children make their own racing teams of 4 or 5, establish a team identity, and undertake educational activities based around Formula One™ racing - for example, understanding aerodynamics or pitching for sponsorship.

These rewarding educational activities are cross-curricular and linked to the relevant National Curriculum/Framework objectives.

What makes this teaching resource different is the real-life context for learning.  While learning about key curriculum topics, they'll be engaged and excited by the real-life context of Formula One racing. 

Children solve maths problems using lap times data

There's no need for you to have any prior knowledge of motor racing, the teacher's notes fill you in on all you need to know.

An element of competition between the student teams as they undertake the activities and present team findings back to the class is also particularly engaging. But despite this competitive element, the children also learn to provide objective feedback as a class to rival teams by way of peer assessment.

And as a final activity the racing teams disassemble so that the whole class can work as one team to send their work to Williams F1 to appear on the Race to Learn website and take part in a national competition judged by members of the Williams F1 team.

Winning classes will earn special recognition and a chance to visit the Williams F1 team headquarters and meet with a real Formula One driver.

Here, pupils are presenting their work to the class