Bay Harbour: October 19, 2016

PAGE 14 BAY HARBOUR
Wednesday October 19 2016
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• By Schira Withers, Our Lady
Star of the Sea deputy principal
THE BAY’S cluster schools
came together for a two-day
festival of technology this
week.
One hundred and twenty
year 5 to 8 children from
Sumner School, Redcliffs
School, Mt Pleasant School,
Heathcote Valley School and
Our Lady Star of the Sea
School, participated in one of
12 workshops facilitated by
teachers and two specialist
organisations – The Mindlab
and Fablab – which have a
passion for technology and a
desire to share knowledge to
the greater community.
The children were exposed
to a range of technological
concepts, including coding,
robotics, e-textiles, stop motion
movie-making and much
more.
The aim of the event was to
not only encourage inquiring
minds to explore the future of
learning, but also to facilitate
collaboration amongst a cluster
of schools.
Two workshops were also
held by year 9 students from
St Andrew’s College and St
Margaret’s College, who volunteered
their time as a way of
‘giving back’.
They created lessons using
computer coding with Scratch
and Makey Makey kits plus
Bee-Bots and taught two sessions
per day to year 3 and 4
children.
The event was launched
with an introductory speech
focusing on the importance of
approaching this opportunity
with a sense of curiosity,
creativity and persistence.
These are just a few of the 24
character strengths which are
essential to being creators of
the future.
The bay’s cluster schools
have been part of a Ministry
of Education trial over the
last year which has embraced
the importance of character
strengths to enhance the well
being of youth to ensure their
education is holistic.
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