2023 Highlight: Wurreker Awards

2023 Highlight: Wurreker Awards

Last year, Whittlesea Tech School was nominated for a Wurreker Award for Innovative Koorie Learner Pathways. Having worked with the Koorie Academy of Excellence (KAE) for several years, we have been running regular programs that introduce secondary students to cutting...
Entrepreneurship: Tech Exposure

Entrepreneurship: Tech Exposure

Last term, we introduced a new program to Year 9 students from Epping Secondary College, “Entrepreneurship: Tech Exposure”. During three action-packed days, the students channelled their creativity to design unique vending machines using a variety of...
Girls in STEM 2023

Girls in STEM 2023

This year, we celebrated National Science Week by hosting a Girls in STEM day. In this one-day, custom program, we welcomed girls and non-binary identifying students from four schools to work collaboratively, creatively, and to embrace innovative thinking. Tying in...
STEM Arcade with Preston High

STEM Arcade with Preston High

We recently welcomed Year 8 students from Preston High School to participate in STEM Arcade – a program where students create playable, arcade-style games using a block-coding platform. The students were challenged to develop a game to help primary-aged students...
Celebrating NAIDOC with a Bush Foods Workshop

Celebrating NAIDOC with a Bush Foods Workshop

This year, we celebrated NAIDOC week by hosting a two-day Bush Foods workshop and an afternoon tea “For Our Elders” in collaboration with the Koorie Academy of Excellence (KAE). The program started with a discovery session on native plants and bush foods....
Welcome, Sabrina!

Welcome, Sabrina!

Sabrina Fernando has joined the Whittlesea Tech School team as our newest STEM Communication Officer. Sabrina’s background is in biological sciences, and she has recently graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Master of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences....