STEAM

Year 8 STEAM students have been working busily in their Emergency House teams as engineers, project manager and sustainability officers and architects to meet the following brief:

Students are to research and design their own, accessible, self-sufficient, off-grid emergency house to be used in response to a natural disaster.

Students will be presenting their Emergency House companies and innovative housing solutions to students from local primary schools and MDCC students. The Year 8 cohort have been collaborating and communicating via a shared Canvas Workspace, where they can share their role information to ensure the smooth development of their companies.

Year 8 parents/carers are invited to attend the Emergency Housing Showcase on the following dates and times:

STEAM Classes 4,5 and 6 - Emergency Housing Showcase

When: Term 3, Week 1, 20 July

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Where: MDCC Hall

STEAM Classes 1,2, and 3 - Emergency Housing Showcase

When: Term 3, Week 1, 23 July

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Where: MDCC Hall

Da Vinci Decathlon Competition

Well done to our outstanding Years 8, 9 and 10 teams who competed in the Da Vinci Decathlon held at The Riverina Anglican College during Week 2 this term. Students worked collaboratively through various challenges, demonstrating perseverance, higher order thinking skills, creativity, problem solving and critical thinking skills in the areas of:

Ideation
Mathematics
English
Cartography
Creative Producers
Engineering
Science
Art and Poetry
Code Breaking

Year 8 - Third overall

Finnian Lawler, Tilly Bower, Christyne Albert Calub, Emerson Doubleday, Emma Ferguson, Eliza Stansfield-Smith, Grayson Kennedy, Evin Jissoy

1st Mathematics

1st Ideation

1st Legacy

2nd Engineering

Year 9 Team - Third overall

Indi Irvine, Georgina Fuller, Mikayl Abdullah Beasley, Amelia McPherson, Holly Umback, Caitlin Pitstock, Matilda Sinclair, Sophie Francis

1st Cartography

1st Science

2nd Ideation

2nd English

Equal 2nd Art and Poetry

Equal 3rd Creative Producers

Year 10 Team

Alayna Neyland, Genevieve De Luca, Nate Gorostiaga, Niamh Hodgins. Harvey McLachlan, Ryan Pallister, Rachael Wood, Ella Woodhouse

2nd English

Equal 2nd Mathematics

3rd Engineering

Equal 3rd Science

Robocup Spike Prime Challenge

Students were provided with the opportunity to enter into the Robocup Spike Prime Challenge. Congratulations to Holly Umback, Miley Gibson and Harvey McLachlan who will work together to create a creative piece in response to the theme: Spike Prime World of Discovery. These students will be given time to create their submission throughout this term.

MANSW Investigating with Mathematics

The Maths Association of NSW Investigating with Mathematics Competition was opened as an mathematical enrichment opportunity for Year 9 students.

Ten students have decided to undertake the challenge. This group of students will work either collaboratively or individually to create their problem and find a mathematical solution to solve the problem as part of a NSW competition.

To find out more about the challenge here.

Congratulations to this years participants:

Caitlin Pitstock

Chloe Lieschke

Indi Irvine

Sophie Francis

Amelia McPherson

Matilda Sinclair

Benjamin O’Reilly Brooker

Charlotte McDonnell

Jonty Mason

Mikhail Abdullah-Beasley