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Important Dates Frozen Rehearsal , End of Term 1, Return of Study Tour to France, Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences, Term 2 Commences, Parents' Association Meeting, Talk & Tour, House Athletics Carnival, Careers Expo (with Simonds College), Mothers' Day Mass, Winter Uniform Compulsory

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Wellbeing Online Safety, Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences, Changeover to winter uniform, Essential Conversations

Faith & Mission Gospel Breakdown - Luke 9: 28 - 36 1, Reflection

Justice Harmony Day, Project Compassion , FIRE Carriers , St Mary’s House of Welcome , Feast for Freedom, Justice Events

Junior School Year 7 Mercy Tour, Year 7 & 12 Big Sister Picnic, Year 8 Baptism, Year 8 Update

Middle School Year 9 Students Explore Modern-Day Prophets , Year 9 Focus on Food, Year 9 Physical Education, Year 10 Cyber Sleuthing, Author Visit - Tony Birch, Celebrating St Patrick

STEM We need your pizza boxes!, Year 7 Pi Recital Competition

The Arts Harper Smith Wows at Top Class , Yayoi Kusama Exhibition - NGV, Autumn Music Concert

Learning Enhancement Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)

Across Campus Women's 48!, Sharing our Talents, MRC, Upcoming Events - Careers, 9 Things Parents Should Do..., DAV Debating, Class Captains, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11

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STEM

STEM Education is an approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry and critical thinking.

We need your pizza boxes!

The STEM club and Earth at Academy are collaborating in an effort to create solar powered ovens!

We are very excited about this initiative to learn more about clean energy and how our atmosphere works. But we need your pizza boxes to do it! If you order a pizza over the next month, please give the box to your child to bring in to school.

We will be storing them in the Science building. Greasy boxes welcome!

Ms Fiona Tassone

Earth at Academy Leader

Year 7 Pi Recital Competition

On 14 March, we celebrated Pi Day, one of the most fun days on the maths calendar! Pi (π) is the famous number that starts with 3.14 and keeps going forever without repeating – it’s used to measure circles and it’s been calculated to over 62 trillion digits so far.

Since Pi begins with 3.14, it makes sense we celebrate it on the 14 of March every year.

To help mark the occasion, the Year 10 Maths Committee hosted the annual Pi Recital Competition at lunch in MCK 2.3, and it was a hit! The challenge? See how many digits of Pi you can recite from memory without making a mistake. It was great to see so many Year 7s give it a go, and also to see friends and teachers show up to support and cheer them on.

Some students used chunking strategies, while others memorised songs or patterns to help them. No matter how they prepared, it was awesome seeing the effort everyone put in.

Everyone who participated earned a Pi badge, and there were prizes for the top three who really blew us away with how many digits they remembered!

And the winners were…

1st: Nadia - 82 digits! 2nd: Maya - 65 digits! 3rd: Janelle - 56 digits!

A big congratulations to our winners and to everyone who gave it a try – it takes guts to stand up and test your memory like that! Thanks to everyone who helped make Pi Day special this year, and we hope to see even more of you next time.

Grace

Year 10 Maths Committee

Mr Eric Chan

Learning Leader Mathematics