STEAM Week

STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics)

STEAM Week Virtual Reality

For the duration of STEAM week, Banyule-Nillumbik Technical School loaned the College two Virtual Reality sets. Classes were booked into the Library to use the VR sets, which contained various educational programs on architecture, astronomy, biology, construction, geography, hospitality, and sketching, as well as games such as basketball, dance, and pool. While the photos and onlookers show what the user can see, you truly cannot experience this amazing technology until you have a Virtual Reality headset on yourself!

A big thank-you to the IT support staff for assisting all the students and teachers to take part in this exciting emerging technology experience.

Veena Nair & Ashli Roberts

STEAM Quiz

STEAM Captain Isabella ran a daily Quiz, with house points being awarded for every participation. Isabella took care that each of the STEAM areas were represented in the quizzes and the memes.  Well done Isabella it was a grand success! The final tally for the houses is  

TERRA: 145 

IGNIS: 204 

STELLA: 205 

HYDRA: 238 

 Congratulations Hydra !!!  And to all for the excellent participation 

STEAM WEEK events

Day 1 -  Escape Room and Periodic table cupcakes - thank you Caitlin Vine and Science team. Stile escape room challenge and Our Periodic table cupcakes event was well attended.

Day 2 & 3 - Engineering and sustainability challenge for staff and students

Thank you Jonte Voutier and the YPPP / sustainability teams who worked on developing the resources for the challenge.  Thanks to staff Charis Ooi, Gregory Wilson, Khoa Tran, Lisa Hazelwood, John Patterson, Veena Nair who helped facilitate and thanks also to students Emil Haila, Neil Gu, Xavier Phillips and Alen Nurzhauov for designing the trophies. 

A huge congratulations to Lindsey Carruthers for winning the staff challenge. Prizes to be awarded soon 

Day 4 - Cyber Taipan meeting

Cyber Taipan - VBC’s first attempt at bringing this cyber security competition to our students - massive credit to staff Patrick Delaney for coordinating this event and running it successfully with support from Jacklyn Curnow, Veena Nair and our FOSTEAM parent mentor Geoffery Nixon. 

Also huge thanks to the IT team for their support 

Thirty students from year 7-12 are involved in this competition. 

Day 5 - Cyber Taipan & Women in STEAM Alumni Presentations

Three Alumni – Sidhra Fernando-Plant (computer engineering), Sara Nair (Physiotherapy) and Claudia Cadman (mechatronic engineering) presented their own journey from school to their current position in their chosen fields.  Students in Yrs 9-11 attended this event

Cyber Taipan competition

The event started with students arriving at 8.30am and the competition starting at 9.00. A huge credit to all students who took part especially as they had not done anything like this before. The students were provided with Pizza Lunch and lollies for the 4-hour duration. Currently one team is standing at number 4 Australia wide with the next round to take place on the 8th September.