International Women's Day Curie Steam Party 

As you may know it was International Women’s Day last week. On this day we imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #InspireInclusion.

On this day we celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness about discrimination. Take action to drive gender parity.

IWD belongs to everyone, everywhere. Inclusion means all IWD action is valid.

In celebration of this day all female students from Year 5 and selected Year 4 students attended the inaugural Marie Curie STEAM Party at Bentleigh Secondary College.

The girls enjoyed viewing a drama performance based on this year’s International Women’s Day theme, ‘inspiration and inclusivity,’ and participating in an interactive theatre sports activity.

Next, they were taken to the Science labs to join in 4 different STEAM based activities run by Bentleigh Secondary College students, these included coding, electrical circuits, the heart and locating points on a grid.

Comments from students included:

“My favourite thing that we did was viewing the female performance about inclusion. I also really liked learning about electricity,” Somya.

“I really liked how the performance was put together. The high school students spoke about being whatever you want to be,” Aiya.

“The Bentleigh Secondary students were all very inclusive and joined us during our drama activities,” Tiana.

“The binary coding activity was fun and enjoyable,” Lexi.

“I loved how there were lots of female role models and when one of the leaders noticed I was by myself they included me and were super helpful,” Maxine.

“The Bentleigh students were very inclusive as they came and helped us make groups,” Sophie K.

“The female students inspired me to be myself and enjoy what I like to do,” Ava S.

“The high school students were inspiring and were role models to us, they told us that we can be independent,” Maddy.