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Results of Robocup State Competition
Garratt Alexander, Robotics Coordinator and IT/Media Teacher
On the 15 of August, 20 students from our Junior and Senior School competed in the Robocup State competition.
A huge congratulations to all participants from Kilvington who performed to the best of their ability!
Two teams received awards. Cedric Janvier, Miles Nathan, Ethan Dharmawardena, and Isaac Webb received the Best Robot Design for 'Dance' and first place for their category.
From left to right: Cedric Janvier, Miles Nathan and Ethan Dharmarwardena (Isaac Webb not present)
From left to right: Cedric Janvier, Miles Nathan and Ethan Dharmarwardena (Isaac Webb not present)
Team Spectre, Luc Mascitti and Luke Kiosoglous, received second place in Secondary Rescue.
Luc Mascitti and Luke Kiosoglous with their design
Luc Mascitti and Luke Kiosoglous with their design
Again, well done to all teams!
Afternoon Tea with the Foreign Minister
From left to right: Lauren Wade, Lauren Rowley, Julie Bishop, Maya Mihajlovic, Nikki Tinker and Tim Wilson
From left to right: Lauren Wade, Lauren Rowley, Julie Bishop, Maya Mihajlovic, Nikki Tinker and Tim Wilson
Year 12 students, Lauren Rowley, Nikki Tinker and Maya Mihajlovic, together with teacher, Lauren Wade, attended a morning tea with Foreign Affairs Minister, Julie Bishop, Tim Wilson, Federal Liberal Minister for Goldstein, and a number of students and members from the local community last Friday.
Maths Masterclass
by Rebecca Katz , Year 8
On August 3 and August 17, some of the Year 8 and Year 9 students were lucky enough to attend a Maths Masterclass.
The class was taught by the marvellous Marty Ross.
We covered the topics of ‘Natural Numbers’, ‘Fibonacci-ish numbers’, ‘Imaginary Numbers’ and his own spin on the ‘Fibonacci Numbers’, the ‘Marty Numbers'!
Marty enabled us to think outside the box, extend our understanding and advance our skill and knowledge of numbers. Overall, the class was fun, exciting and challenging!
Farewell to our Chinese Students
Thank you to our generous parent and staff community for welcoming students from our sister school, Shanghai West Yan'an Middle School, into their homes.
A great study experience begins with a friendly and welcoming homestay environment. It was clear on Monday morning, when we farewelled the group, that they were sad to leave and had had a great time with their host families.
We were particularly impressed with the effort that all families made to entertain the students and show them the attractions of Melbourne and its surrounds.
Many thanks again for enriching our host students’ experience of Kilvington and Australia.