St. Therese’s offers a very comprehensive STEM program across all year levels and is well equipped in terms of providing up-to-date equipment and software.
The aim of the program is to equip our students with the knowledge and skill set they need to develop and prosper in a society where technology is advancing rapidly everyday. This is done through a variety of tasks and challenges, both aimed at the emerging learners in the lower year levels to the more developed, techno-savvy students in the upper year levels. Our STEM program involves solving real-world problems, Our students develop skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork, and communication.
St. Therese’s also facilitates a 1to1 portable device program in Years Four to Six which enables the students to fully immerse themselves in the possibilities that online learning holds. All subsequent year levels are equipped with shared class sets of iPads and Chromebooks alike.
Our students’ immersion into STEM begins right from Foundation where they start to develop the fine motor skills of moving and controlling a mouse, a skill that as adults we sometimes take for granted. They continue to develop throughout the Junior years, adding to their knowledge and skills base, so they are ready to perform more complex tasks in the Middle and Senior years.
By the time the students reach the Middle years, they are ready to extend their learning further and adapt the things they have learnt to a variety of programs and applications. They use Digital Technologies to present, explain, entertain and discover as they are presented with a number of opportunities to try the latest education based technology on offer. From here, they are also introduced to G Suite for Education, and begin to work with the amazing tools and apps provided by Google.
In the Senior years, the students are offered a chance to work with various programs they may use throughout Secondary School and beyond. Units involving coding, robotics and CAD (Computer Aided Design) are explored that help shape our future thinkers.