{"id":19847,"date":"2025-06-20T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/?post_type=article&p=19847"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:48:32","slug":"stem-week-2025","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/article\/stem-week-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM Week 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Domremy College celebrated STEM week with a Homeroom straw tower building competition, a lunchtime paper plane competition and the highlight of the week, the STEM assembly with our guest keynote speaker, Dr Vanessa Huron from the University of NSW School of Aviation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Vanessa Huron is the Deputy Head of School of Aviation at the UNSW.\u00a0 She holds a Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diploma in Innovation Management and a PhD in Microbiology from the University of New South Wales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Huron spoke to our students about how skills in STEM are perfect for aviation, and what being a woman in aviation can look like.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a woman in aviation<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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Homeroom Straw Tower<\/b> building competition<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n

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And the winner is \u2026 Martina 5, with a height of 100cm.\u00a0 Congratulations on an outstanding tower.<\/span><\/p>\n

Honourable mentions go to:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Martina 1 <\/span> – 96 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Joseph 5 <\/span> – 92 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paper plane flying competition<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The lunchtime paper plane<\/b> flying competition was held on wednesday 11\/7\/25.\u00a0 The plane that flew the furthest with a distance of 12.75 m was made by Elodie from Siena House.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tech Explorers<\/b><\/h6>\n

Tech Explorers<\/b> – our participants in Tech Explorers (Alice, Bronte, Roseanne, Shennah and Olivia) have been working hard programming their Lego robots to be fighting machines.\u00a0 There will be a lunchtime smackdown in the Theatre.\u00a0 We will try to have it in Week 10 or Week 1 next term.\u00a0 Check the Daily Student Notices for more details.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Sam Fleri, STEM Coordinator<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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