STEAM

In the STEM space, our students have been working through a lot of experiences. Our Year 8 cohort attended a HIGH-TECH Hospital Program at the Yarra Ranges Tech School where students were challenged to think about the future hospital and how technology can improve efficiency in hospital operations and boost patient morale. Students learnt about the systems behind such technologies and how they operate using programming techniques. Students were also introduced to robotics, coding, and electronics where they applied their learned knowledge to develop solutions.  

In addition, our Year 11 Biology students recently visited the TECH School and took part in a program delivered by Animal Research Education and Awareness (AREA) and were immersed in an animal study program. is an enlightening and entertaining program designed to introduce science students to laboratory animal science and the vast array of career opportunities in this growing field. That is not all, Students also took part in understanding the requirements of the many in-demand careers surrounding animal medical sciences and technology.  

On 25th of July our Year 7 students completed 100 days of their secondary schooling and to mark the day students took part in various experiences through the day and one of the experiences involved students flying and coding Drones. Students were given a challenge to design or code the number 100 and have their drone fly the path. Students had great time overcoming the challenge. 

In the most recent news, our Tournament of Minds Team finally presented to a panel of judges at the Deakin University on the 20th August. Students were required to design a bird in the Island of Tomadise, the bird was required to complete two unassisted flights with two different maneuvers. Our student team had worked very hard for the past many weeks to come up to a solution to the challenge. That is not all they also took part in a Spontaneous Challenge during the day where they were given a challenge on the spot and had to solve it in six minutes. We are very proud of our inaugural TOMs team and are waiting to hear the results once they come out the week after. 

Tooba Awais

STEAM KEY LEARNING HEAD