Aquabots are in the water

 Today 4 of our 5 teams launched their Aquabots in our pool. Now the hard work of redesigning them starts. 

 

Junior teaching with the Ollies

 Junior asked if he could teach his mates to use our Ollies. We went a bit further and invited students from Totara. 

He taught them to use the drawing function and then we started looking at the block coding. 

Holiday Steam Camp

 During the holidays our school hosted a Steam Camp which was supported and run by @PBTechnologies and  @usingtechnologybetter.com . 40 students joined teachers and the camp leaders to explore drones, robotics and other Steam-related learning. 

Here is a short video of the Steam Camp.

Building is going well

 

Our T2 Steam club is focusing on building collaboratively in Minecraft. There is so much discussion, so much for kids just staring at screens. Some projects include a zoo, castle, a Nether portal and a mansion with a massive basement ;-)

Minecraft Club T2 2022

 We are up and building. A small but very enthusiastic group have started building. We are focusing on building with our school values as a starting point. The groups have decided to build a range of creations over the next few weeks. 

Aquabots winners 2021

Update: 

Our boys (now at JPC) have won the Nationals. Congratulations!

 For the second year in a row we had a winning team at our regional Aquabots competition.  Congratulations to Maclyn, Jo and Sean who have the opportunity to progress to the finals in Nelson early next year.

All of our teams should be very proud of their efforts. The students and adult mentors gave up a lot of their lunchtimes, met after school and even during the holidays to practice and prepare. 

Aquabots are launched

After a making day, some trials and getting our paperwork in order we finally put our Aquabots in the pool today. 

Some floated too well, some sunk, and some didn't have power. Lots to work on.