Children from nine Kwinana schools can now attend the It Takes a Spark! STEM conference on 18 September, thanks to scholarships provided by the City of Kwinana.
The State-wide conference is organised by Intuyu Consulting and held at Peter Carnley Anglican Community School in Wellard, but Mayor Peter Feasey said previously only five Kwinana schools were involved in the fun-filled educational day.
“More local students will now be exposed to a leading STEM education event as a result of this support from the City,” Mayor Feasey said.
“The scholarship amount provided by the City of $4400 includes the registrations of the 132 students, and 15 teachers and one EA to attend with their students.
“The day will include plenty of hands-on activities and stimulating problems to solve including real-life design challenges, and masterclasses for teachers.
“We are thrilled more local students in Years 4 to 10 have the opportunity to delve deep into the fascinating world of science, technology, engineering and maths in September,” he said.
Peter Carnley Anglican Community School Principal Felicity House said the School was proud to host Western Australia’s largest STEM in Education conference for the third year running.
“As a dynamic, flourishing School with strong connections to the Kwinana Industries Council, we have an engaging technologies programme including specialist Robotics courses,” Ms House said.
“The It Takes a Spark! conference provides educators and students from around Western Australia the opportunity to experience cutting-edge STEM activities, speakers and workshops on the grounds of our beautiful Wellard Campus,” she said.