Robots whirred, eggs crashed and rubber band cars raced at the St Raphael's Catholic School STEM showcase on Monday.
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Students and teachers from the school's Kindergarten to Year 6 classes showed off the vast variety projects they had been working on in Term 3 to family and friends.
Primary Staff and Curriculum Coordinator, Chloe Brooks, said the day helped finish off the learning Luke O'Reilly, Renae Downes, Carolyn James and herself had undergone at the University of Sydney's STEM Teacher Enrichment Academy.
"It was tricky to start with, we didn't have the resources and we the teachers didn't have the skills," she said.
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"So it's taken us a while to up-skill and explain the process to the other staff and getting them trying little things or projects they can take into their classrooms.
"It seems like a big, scary new concept but it's not. It's very much student driven, we've just been facilitating, they are the ones exploring and learning," she said.
Ms Brooks said she was keen to see the program branch out across the whole school.
"This is the future, the skills they are learning through this are the skills they will need when they go out into the workforce," she said.
"We've tried to start early so when they go into the older years they will already have those skills."
One of the special guests taking part in the day was Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke, who congratulated the school on their hard work.
"I'm really proud of the school and their passion for STEM," she said.
"We know we have to encourage our next generation into this field and doing so in such a hands-on practical way at an early age will inspire them as they grow up.
"It's taken the commitment of the principal and his leadership team, the teachers involved in these year groups to bring this to life.
"They are leading the way in terms of introducing children to STEM and all it can offer," she said.
Ms Cooke said she was thrilled with the way the students had taken on board all they had learnt.
"The excitement of the kids, their ability to articulate what they've created, what the problems they were solving were and the teamwork that's gone into to bring these projects to life has impressed me," she said.
"That demonstrates they understand exactly what they are doing."
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