Foxwell State Secondary College eNewsletter

Gen STEM Update

On Wednesday, Foxwell State Secondary College hosted the Wonder of Science Regional Conference. Judged by a panel of 9 PhD candidates from the program, our Gen STEM students across Year 7-9 presented inquiry projects on topics ranging from mixture separation to energy transfers to continental drift. The calibre of the students' presentations was simply outstanding, and the judges commented that the level at which some of our older Gen STEM students were presenting could be likened to the quality of first-year university students.

A massive congratulations to our three winning teams:

Year 7: Annabelle Finch, Yamuna Thirukumaran, and Aja Strother

Year 8: Millah Johnson, Emily Swain, and Caitlin Gray

Year 9: Yena Jung, Amritha Ravipati, Alexis Tuisamoa, and Jelena Uzelac

These three teams will travel to the University of Queensland at the end of the year, to represent Foxwell SSC at the Wonder of Science State Conference. We are so proud of all of our students in Gen STEM.

To the Gen STEM teachers: Mrs Samantha Ramos, Ms Hayley Hezlett, Mrs Suni Moraes, and Ms Hannah Jones; the dedication and effort put towards the Gen STEM program is admirable and the students are so lucky to have you. A special thank you to our resident CSIRO STEM Professional in Schools, Dr Andrew Bulmer from Griffith University, and our Year 10 Gen STEM students, for mentoring the year 7-9 students along the way.

Nahdia McClymont

Head of Physical World