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We’re inviting young inventors to create an invention that will help Little Alex Horne, Greg Davies’ assistant on Taskmaster. This exciting competition is run by Kids Invent Stuff and Taskmaster Education in partnership and is supported by the Intellectual Property Office. How It Works: One lucky winner will have their invention built by engineers Ruth and Shawn from Kids Invent Stuff and then tested at the Taskmaster House by Little Alex Horne himself. The deadline for submissions is Friday, the 13th of December 2024. The Task: Design an invention to help Little Alex Horne be the best Taskmaster’s Assistant ever! Whether it’s a drawing, picture, or video, we want to see your most imaginative ideas. Don’t forget to give your invention a cool name and explain how it works. The winning invention will be built by Kids Invent Stuff, tested by Alex at the Taskmaster house, and revealed during British Science Week in March 2025. Who can enter: The competition is open to UK residents aged 4 to 11 years. Terms and conditions apply. How to enter: Find instructions on how to enter via the terms and conditions document. Resources: Competition Guide & Activity Overview Competition Worksheet Part 1 Competition Worksheet Part 2 Activity 1 - What makes the best assistant? (Ages 4 to 7) Activity 1 - What makes the best assistant? (Ages 8 to 11) Activity 2 - Storyboard: How My Invention Helps Alex (All ages) Drawing an invention step-by-step guide Certificate of Participation Terms and conditions

A Cracking Ideas themed worksheet to design a Christmas decoration. Includes a variety of shapes to cut around as inspiration. The design of your decoration could be protected by registered design. This protects the appearance of it and includes colour shape and texture when added to your decoration. Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Ideas is a series of fun innovation challenges for primary education.

These curriculum linked resources are designed to help teachers of Level 3 STEM subjects get students thinking about the relevance of intellectual property to their lives and future careers. Students will also develop employability and enterprise competencies including creativity, problem solving, communication and working as part of a team.