Innovation Sports: STEM Punk

This year seven girls from Year 6, 7 & 8 participated in STEM Punk's Minecraft competition held in Ipswich. Innovation Sports competition brought together...

Exciting Recent Events

I have been excited and encouraged by a few things which have happened recently. I was asked to write an article about Makerspaces...

Inspiring Young Students to Create with Technology.

This post is in preparation for a session I’m running at this year’s National Education Summit in Brisbane, 15 & 16 May. It is...

TechMate Enjoys Robots

This term our TechMates enjoyed an evening of playing, discovering and exploring the capabilities of our robots we use with our girls. TechMates is...

Exciting New Machine…..Epilog Laser!

Learning how to laser cut and engrave was very cool! Our school has purchased an Epilog Laser Mini. It both cuts and engraves wood,...

TechMate Term 4 2020

One of my favourite events each term is TechMates! The evening is for girls from Grade 4 - 6 to invite a significant male in...

Must Reads this Summer!

Two books to read this summer break must be…………A Mammoth Lesson: Teaching in the Digital Age by Brett Salakas and Converge: A futurist’s insights...

Technovation

I'm so excited this term to be part of our 'Technovation' group with a large number of Year 5 and Year 6 students. The...

Students Inspired by an Innovator

A great way to be inspired by others is to meet and talk. STEMies Club students started the year with an inspirational presentation from Dr James Fielding,...

Movie Making with ‘TechMates’.

This term TechMates (girls from grades 4 – 6 and a significant male in their lives) were invited to design and create a prototype...