STEAM

TINY HOUSE CHALLENGE

Year 8 Steam students presented some fantastic tiny house designs and models for 120 Mater Dei Primary Students, classes of Year 9 and Year 12 Software class. Congratulations to all the students who participated on the day.

MDCC BOT GOLFING CHALLENGE

Year 8 Students have started the MDCC Bot Golfing Tournament. They have participated in a range of skills based workshops around different online applications such as Canva, robotics, coding, Adobe Illustrator, 3D Printing, Google Site and Lucidpress. 

Students have been placed into groups of three or four and will be completing further workshops to develop their skills in roles such as Marketer, Coding Specialist and Team Manager. Students will showcase their specialist skills in the MDCC Bot Golfing Tournament in Week 4, Term 4 to a varied audience. Students will also complete an ongoing E-Portfolio of reflections that will contribute to the success of the team as well as provide evidence for their assessments. 

STEAM EXCURSION TO CANBERRA

Year 8 students will be participating in an excursion to Canberra on Tuesday 10 September 2019. These students will attend the CSIRO for a robotics workshop, Questacon and The National Arboretum for a Water and Sustainability workshop.

Parents are encouraged to login to the Compass Portal to give consent and provide payment for the excursion as soon as possible. The itinerary for the excursion is also provided under resources for parents and students. 

CHOOSE MATHS AWARDS

The Choose Maths Awards celebrates mathematical achievement, creativity and excellence in Australian schools. The awards encourage students to get creative as they step beyond the classroom to bring their understanding of mathematics to life on film.

The aim of the competition is for students to produce a video which explains a mathematical problem, or demonstrates an application of mathematics, using clear and precise mathematical language, in a creative and entertaining way.

Students compete as a team in order to foster a positive environment, giving them the opportunity to reason and work collaboratively.’ (Choose Maths) 

Joshua Shaw, Ivan Sokolov, Samuel Culley and Antonio Pailano have just entered the competition and we wish them all the best for this competition!

Mrs Courtney Freebody | Leader of Learning and Technology