GRADE five and six students at Silvan Primary School raced their very own billy carts recently.
The students made the billy carts as part of the school’s technology program, which is run every second year.
Principal Damian Tirchett said the students absolutely loved it.
Mail reporter Emma Sun was there to capture the action.
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