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....
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022

On Friday, 11th of February, we celebrated International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Girls and non-binary students from our partner schools joined us for a day of STEM activities that allowed the students to explore new topics and technologies that they may not...
Teacher Ambassador Networking Event: FoodLab

Teacher Ambassador Networking Event: FoodLab

On Tuesday, July 13th, we welcomed teachers from the Banyule-Nillumbik and Whittlesea areas to our Teacher Ambassador Networking Event. The aim of our networking events is to connect educators within our region and give them a taste of what’s currently on offer at the...
FoodLab gets cooking

FoodLab gets cooking

We have had an incredibly creative start to our FoodLab program, with Year 8 and Year 9 students from St Monica’s SC, Epping SC, and Lalor North SC taking on the challenge. Our current FoodLab program centres on a collaboration with local industry partner, Costa...