STEM Success at Sydney Science Park
On Friday 24 October 2025, 12 students from Year 6 to Year 9 proudly represented MLC School at the Sydney Science Park STEM Cross Schools Grand Final Challenge Day. Students were placed into mixed-school teams and tasked with rapidly designing a prototype and pitching innovative solutions to industry professionals and developers from Sydney Science Park.
We were especially proud of how our students collaborated with their peers from other schools and navigated the high-pressure environment with confidence and creativity.
A special congratulations to Nina Hespe (Year 9), whose team was awarded first place for their visionary apartment complex design that transforms food waste into biogas and compost for a rooftop garden. Congratulations also to Eshani Dilipumakanth (Year 6), whose team placed second with their concept for an Indigenous Nature Reserve featuring a café that sources ingredients from an edible garden supported by soil moisture sensors and water reclamation systems.
Well done to all involved!
- Tara Siddharth
- Eshani Dilipumakanth
- Isa-Leena Cardoso
- Eva Comninos
- Isabelle Ng
- Genevieve Nguyen
- Leanne Pham
- Melisande Pitman
- Ruth Costello
- Nina Hespe
- Veronica Pan
- Hemani Ramesh
