STEM – Robotics @ MLC School Update

Our Junior and Senior Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Co-curricular Robotics students have been busy working on their submissions into the RoboCup and VEX robotics competitions. 

RoboCup

We have 46 students in Year 5 – Year 12 who will be entering the RoboCup OnStage, Rescue and, for the first time, Maze Division at the RoboCup NSW Open later this year. In addition to our weekly afternoon sessions many of these students attended a Robotics Workshop last Saturday 10 May where they were able to work with judges and students from other schools on their entries into the competition.

Vex 

Expanding our robotics offering, MLC School will also be entering a team into the VEX IQ robotics competition for the first time this year. Our inaugural team of Year 6 students have had a visit from one of the Trinity Preparatory teams at the end of last term to get them started on some basics of the competition. The students who have had a term of coding Lego Spike Prime robots in class have been busy learning the new VEX system and are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the 2025-2026 VEXIQ competition. 

– Marie Cassar
STEM Co-Curricular Coordinator

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