It is officially halfway through the six-week build window for the First Robotics Competition.
The team are currently working on 'motion profiling' and have begun to wonder if they need more monitors for their control station.
The team looks forward to the full reveal of their robo ...
The early aviation pioneer ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is quoted “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”
The Iona Fusion Robotics team is yearning for the FRC Worl ...
The robot building continues as our Iona Fusion team heads into their second week of preparation for the 2019 First Robotics Competition.
Students have been prototyping to solve the challenges for the competition. There are no plans to follow or templates - this is purely the innovati ...
Several students, teachers and mentors of the SCAS "Iona Fusion" robotics team have returned to school early this week and have started work on their 2019 campaign for the First Robotics Competition to be held in Sydney from the 15th to 17th March.
The theme of the 2019 challe ...
Our Year 10 Geography students partook in the second annual SCAS “TEDx inspired” sustainable agriculture talks. Students and staff alike were privileged to hear from three local primary producers that are at the forefront of sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
Jeremy Bradley an ...
The SCAS Veggie Patch is a beloved place for our Stage 1 students. Each long break students can come along and lend a hand to the garden. From weeding to watering, students are immersed in gardening best practice. We encourage students to take these skills home with them and perhaps even ...
At the core of St Columba Anglican School ethos is the value of family. Working to balance home and school commitments is an important component of our pastoral care and approach to wellbeing.
Sporting commitments, music passions and child care are factors that can cause tension and c ...
STEM – we know what it stands for, but what does it mean?
Recently, the idea of adding the arts to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs has been gaining momentum. At St Columba Anglican School we have embraced the A as an essential component of the acronym an ...
Year 1
This term students in 1G have been exploring the use of Beebots in Maths. Beebots are simple robots that can be programmed to move using arrows located on the Beebot's back. Students had to write procedures, also known as algorithms, to program the Beebot to move using positional ...
Code Club runs every Monday and Tuesday during long and short break in the Library.
During Week 4 we explored Makey Makeys. Makey Makeys are a piece of hardware that can replace the keyboard and runs using simple circuits. During our inquiry, students used the Makey Makeys as game cont ...
