Words from the Director

5 February 2021 Words from the Director Skylie What a thrill to be back on site at the Tech School in 2021. I trust that you are well rested and hope that you managed a few days away somewhere nice and warm, even if only local. We kicked off the year with three...

Words from the Director

15 January 2021 Words from the Director Skylie Happy New Year!. We trust you all had a good break and for those that have returned to work, that you are well rested and refreshed! We are thrilled to be back at the Tech School preparing for delivery of our new 2021...

Design to Innovate with DET

23 December 2020 Design to Innovate with DET Sonia Last week, our team travelled to Bendigo Tech School who hosted the pilot of the much-anticipated Design to Innovate Professional Learning series, due to launch Victoria wide in 2021. The program is a result of...

Words from the Director

18 December 2020 Words from the Director Skylie What a year it has been! I think we can all agree that 2020 will be a year that sticks in our minds for some time, and although we may want to forget it, (bring on 2021), we have had some great outcomes at the Tech...

Trial and Error

30 November 2020 Trial and Error Scott One of the key pillars of an agile development process is to “fail fast” to find the perfect product. Software developers have been using the agile process to learn which features to focus on or drop from their applications to...

STEAM Around Us: Smart Bird Feeder

27 November 2020 STEAM Around Us: Smart Bird Feeder Jasmine Hans Forsberg is passionate about electronics, robotics and artificial intelligence in which he works as a professional. In in spare time, he trained birds (magpies) to exchange discarded items we find in...

Words from the Director

20 November 2020 Words from the Director Skylie Was a fantastic fortnight we have had at the Tech School. On Wednesday, schools from across the State came together virtually for their final session of our Introduction to Entrepreneur Program for high ability students....

Great Outcome for Entrepreneurship Program

18 November 2020 Great Outcome for Entrepreneurship Program Jasmine We have been running our brand new Introduction to Entrepreneurship program for high ability students online for several months now. This program is available to students in Years 8-12 from Government...

STEAM Around Us: Programmable Materials

16 November 2020 STEAM Around Us: Programmable Materials Jasmine Architecture and computer science merging to create a new kind of materials. Programmable smart material that are designed and programmed to take the needed shape as an alternative to big robotic...

Knitting = Math = STEM

11 November 2020 Knitting = Math = STEM Emma This year so many people have taken the time to learn a new hobby or get back into an old one. People have started baking, gardening, arts and crafts and many more. Knitting is one hobby which initially seems very creative...