Sunday 17 September 2017

Robocup Success

Congratulations to our teams who have competed in Robocup at Regional and National levels this year.
Holly, Hattie, Caitlyn, Mia

The STEMinist team which consisted of Holly Macdonald, Hattie Compton-Moen, and Mia Wright performed strongly in both competitions.  Their skills in working as a team have been strong all year and they achieved highly for their interview as well as in their performance.

The setting for their performance was a game show where 'male' is pitched against 'female'.  Each competitor is challenged to complete a series of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) activities and male struggles to complete these. When female attempts the challenges she performs strongly, but there is a point where 'male' and 'female' realise that together they can achieve better results as a team.

Congratulations STEMinist for achieving:
1st in Senior Theatre at the Regional Competition
2nd in Senior Theatre at Nationals in Dunedin



Caitlyn Wickham competed under the team name of "Element" in the Senior Search and Rescue section.  This year, Caitlyn stepped up from the juniors into the seniors and the challenges became more difficult.  She had to prepare her robot to manoeuver over judder bars, a ramp and around an obstacle for five different courses.

Congratulations Element for achieving:
1st in Senior Search and Rescue at the Regional Competition
2nd in Senior Search and Rescue at Nationals in Dunedin
  

A junior team of Mia Fraser, Gemma Armstrong-Scott and Tessa Sitjes called themselves "Siriusly Potter" also competed in the Junior Theatre section at Regionals. Competitors act, dance and perform alongside their robots to tell a story along with their compiled musical track. Their performance was based around the story of Harry Potter involving a battle between Harry and Voldermort. This was an amazing experience for the girls, and already they are gearing up for next years competition.
Gemma, Tessa, Mia performing at the Regional competition.



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