Up & Atom G-STEM Fair

During the last week of term, all G-STEM students across Years 7-9 presented at the Up & Atom G-STEM Fair. We hosted students from Picnic Creek, Coomera Springs and Coomera Special School, who spent time engaging with the Fair and voting on the 'People's Choice' awards. The quality and rigour of the students' passion projects has to be seen to be believed, and our distinguished guests and academics from Griffith University and The University of Queensland were bvery impressed.

Flying Scientist, Melanie Roberts opened the Fair as our keynote speaker, and reinforced the moral statement of the G-STEM program; developing a love and aptitude for STEM lies in finding your passion and areas of interest, and pursuing these relentlessly. She also commented about the importance of developing yourself as an individual through pursuing self-improvement, showing resilience, and never giving up. We are proud to say that these values align with our program, and our students are growing and developing as confident, well-rounded individuals.

QUT Coding and Space Excursion

On Friday 7th October, Year 9 G-STEM students travelled to QUT, where they participated in 2 workshops: Workshop 1 was a NASA LittleBits workshop, and Workshop 2 allowed students to code the solar system. Following this, students visited The Cube, for a Physics Observatory session. Specifically, this allowed students to make connections between Physics and Engineering, as well as discover potential careers such as Aeronautical and Electrical Engineering.

Horizon Educational G-STEM Partnership

Last term, we received the exciting news that the G-STEM program has been successful in gaining sponsorship from the ABB technology company to compete in the Horizon Education H2GP Program. The sponsorship, which is valued at $23,000, means that our Year 9 G-STEM students will design, build, refine, and competitively drive hydrogen-powered RC cars at the Horizon Educational Grand Prix challenge held in Gladstone next year. Parents are invited to the media release event held next Tuesday 11th October, please see the email sent yesterday for more information. Please email Ms McClymont to RSVP to this event.

First Lego League

This term, Year 7 and 8 G-STEM students will participate in the First Lego League Challenge. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program. With the creation of the Regional Hub at Foxwell State Secondary College, we will host Northern Gold Coast schools at the Coomera Regional Conference on Saturday 12th November. Letters will go out for this next week, and all students are expected to attend on the day from 9am-3pm.