During the upcoming school holidays, on 5th October 2018, Rata Studios are hosting a digital design workshop for students in Years 7 - 8 (9am-12pm), and in Years 9-13 (12.30pm - 3.30pm), with lecturers from Victoria University. The workshop will involve creating digital textures and building a virtual reality tree house. Cost is $50. Click here to find out more or to enrol online.
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This year QMC is hosting the EPro8 Challenge again on Nov 1-2. The EPro8 Challenge is a competition in the form of an engineering and problem solving race. Every year over 9000 students from 800 schools from throughout New Zealand take part. We need years 5-8 students to compete!
See here for more information about EPro8. Teams compete to:
On November 15th 2018, Massey University is hosting the Create1World Creative Activism and Global Citizenship conference. The conference is open to students from Years 9 - 13 and involves panel discussions, workshops, activities and performances designed to fuel your creativity and consider how you can use creativity for good. Full details about the Create1World initiative are here. Full details about the format of the day are here. If you are interested in attending the conference, please email Mrs Gooch immediately on [email protected] so we can book a space for you.
The Create1World competition is run by Massey University and is open to students from Years 9 - 13. The purpose of the competition is to explore ways in which creativity can be used to address global problems. Students are invited to create a work that fits into one of the following categories: media and social studies, speech and drama, creative writing or music. Cash prizes are awarded for winners. Details are here. Don't forget if you want any support, Mrs Gooch has Thursday lunchtimes available in A5 to help you with your entry. Entries are due on October 15th.
ICAS preparation support will continue to be offered in A5 during lunchtimes in Term 3 for any Middle School and Junior School students enrolled in the English and Maths ICAS exams coming up in July and August. However, this slot is also available for any student from Junior, Middle or Senior Schools, who would like support or to chat about any of the competitions and opportunities mentioned on this webpage. Mrs Gooch can help you with getting your entries in, nutting out ideas, getting resources you might need or connecting you with other students who might be interested in the same thing. So Thursday lunchtimes, Term 3, A5 with Mrs Gooch - come on over.
The annual QMC creative writing competition is now open. All students are invited to enter. Categories are Junior School, Middle School and Senior School - see the poster attached. Entries are due on Friday 28th September.
Engineering week takes place on the 13th - 16th August in Wellington. We have booked tickets for five different events which includes trips to Beca, Aurecon, Xero and WSP Opus suitable for year 10-13. If you would like to be a part of one of these trips, you will need to email me ASAP telling me which trip/s you would like to go on. It will be first in first served. Note that you can't do both trip 3 and 4 as they are on the same day. Similarly, you can't do both trip 3 and 5 as they are both the same trip, just on different days so we can get more students there. Here are the details of the 5 trips:
Trip 1 Monday 13th August 9am – 3.15pm Aurecon Year 10 Calling all future engineers! We have an action-packed engineering day planned for you, including plenty of hands-on activities to demonstrate the real-life applications of engineering. You'll have the chance to talk to and learn from lots of different types of engineers, including civil, structural, mechanical, chemical/process and earthquake engineers. Come along to get an insight into the groundbreaking technology Aurecon is using and learn how we apply our knowledge as engineers in bringing ideas to life. To read more about Aurecon, visit the website. Trip 2 Tuesday 14th August 10am – 12pm Xero Years 11, 12, 13 Xero makes cloud-based accounting software that is changing the world for small businesses. Come see our software engineers at work, hear how they got from school to one of New Zealand's most successful software companies, and have a go at writing your own software to control robots! Read more about Xero on the wesbite. Trip 3 Wednesday 15th August 9am – 3pm Beca Years 11, 12, 13 Our clients do incredible things every day. They are transforming their communities and changing lives through the structures they build, the products they manufacture, the services they provide, and the families they support. And we are right there alongside them. We are the problem-solvers – the thinkers, the creators, the planners and practitioners – who work together to make everyday better. We are 3000-plus professionals spread across 20 offices across the Asia Pacific. But we are One Beca. Beca would like to invite students to come along and learn about the discipline of engineering and the wonderful career opportunities it can provide. Our one day programme will consist of presentations by industry staff, a site visit and an exciting practical exercise which we hope will provide students with a better understanding of the many different streams one can take if pursuing a career in the engineering industry. To read more about Beca, visit the website. Trip 4 Wednesday 15th August 9am – 2.30pm WSP Opus Years 11, 12, 13 During this office visit you'll hear about who WSP Opus are and projects WSP Opus have worked on. You'll hear from engineers from different backgrounds who'll talk about who they are, what they do at WSP Opus and their career path. After lunch, we'll give you an engineering-challenge to do in groups. We'll take you on an office tour to meet our people working on real-live jobs and you'll even leave with a gift! If you'd like to read more about WSP Opus, visit the website. Trip 5 Thursday 16th August 9am – 3pm Beca Years 11, 12, 13 Our clients do incredible things every day. They are transforming their communities and changing lives through the structures they build, the products they manufacture, the services they provide, and the families they support. And we are right there alongside them. We are the problem-solvers – the thinkers, the creators, the planners and practitioners – who work together to make everyday better. We are 3000-plus professionals spread across 20 offices across the Asia Pacific. But we are One Beca. Beca would like to invite students to come along and learn about the discipline of engineering and the wonderful career opportunities it can provide. Our one day programme will consist of presentations by industry staff, a site visit and an exciting practical exercise which we hope will provide students with a better understanding of the many different streams one can take if pursuing a career in the engineering industry. To read more about Beca, visit the website. On Monday 6th August, students from Year 7-9 have the opportunity to attend a Stretch and Challenge event at Scots College. The programme involves a range of topics to extend gifted students including:
If you are keen on attending this event, please could you ask your parents to email Mrs Gooch directly on [email protected] (she is currently not able to receive student emails). The cost will be approximately $55 including transport. Students will need to be up to date with their school work in order to attend. More information about Academy Conferences is found on their website, and the programme for the day is attached.
Actura is a company that provides space school programmes for students in years 9 - 13 in Houston, US. More details about the programme can be found online here, and a detailed information pack is also available for viewing in A5 at any time.
On 21 June the Centre for Science & Citizenship Trust is running an 'enQuiring minds' programme for Year 10 students in Johnsonville that explores these questions:
The workshop runs from 9am – 1pm, so you would miss periods 1-4 and arrive back at school at lunchtime. I am keen to take a group of interested students to this event. The cost is $20 each, plus transport. Take a look at the flyer attached. If you would like to go please email Mrs Gooch [email protected] by 5pm on Friday 8th June. She will then check with your teachers and parents that you are able to go and get back to you with the arrangements for the day. |