It has been great for our Year 9 STEM Leaders to get back to running face to face interactive workshops at partnered Catholic Primary Schools. We were treated to a breakfast to celebrate Women in STEM at St Monica’s Parish School, Walkerville.
Kildare STEM Leaders facilitated the ‘tallest paper tower’ challenge for students to engage in while discussing what we love about STEM over croissants. The Year 3 students were victorious with their tower, made from only 30 sheets of A4 paper and tape, measuring just over 45cm and supporting a can of food for 30 seconds.
The Year 9 STEM Leaders then supported Year 4 students with Computer Aided Design (CAD) and 3D printing, and to hold a stomp rocket competition.
We finished our visit to engage in some problem solving with Year 6s who were designing a game on Scratch around a social issue of their choice for their See-Judge-Act inquiry in Religion.
Julia Groutsch
Learning Leader
