STEM Term 3

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a success STEM has been in our school this term! Our Junior STEM Academy kicked off with support from our Prep teachers and wonderful parent volunteers– Kristie Skuse and Phill Goodsell.  Our participants enjoyed working on various STEM challenges relating to science, technology, engineering, and maths.  Some of our activities included – designing different paper aeroplane models and measuring how far they could fly, working with electricity circuits, designing ramps with a jump for toy cars, marble mazes, designing carparks and so much more. 

This term the Year Four, Five and Six students who attended STEM Academy have been further exploring the concepts of 3D Design and Printing, putting into practice their learner qualities of Being Adventurous and Being Collaborative. Students culminated the term with a 3D design challenge of creating a "Treasure Chest" for a fictional character and filling it with awesome pieces of treasure that their characters would like or need.  The resulting designs were AMAZING! Congratulations to all the students and especially Ella who was voted the winner of the design challenge by her STEM Academy peers! 

STEM in our school was again celebrated with our Grandparent’s yesterday in our classrooms. Many of our classes were able to showcase several different aspects of STEM, which the Grandparent’s thoroughly enjoyed!

We look forward to continuing our STEM learning in Term 4!

Happy Holidays,

Bec Thomas

Junior Stem Coordinator

Acting Middle Leader