Year 4 Tech Girls

The Tech Girls Movement inspires young women to solve important community problems with technology skills and business acumen through the Search for the Next Tech Girl Superhero Competition. In teams, students are challenged to build a business plan and mobile app that will address a community problem. Students are encouraged to consider an app solution that fits with one of the United Nations Development Goals such as Poverty, Health, Education, Environment, Peace and Equality.

Our Year 4 team, Pup Power, has been working very hard to enter their business and App idea into the 2022 Tech Girls Competition. The team is made up of 5 Year 4 girls: Annabelle Wong, Elizabeth Saade, Jorja Matthews, Pheodora Jayaseelan and Sabrina Ferrerosa Jurado. The team, our industry mentor and I, have met once a week to complete the 12-week STEM Entrepreneurship curriculum. Over the course of the competition, the girls have shown empathy, commitment and maturity beyond their years to develop their app ‘Pets & Paws.’

The team’s App, Pets & Paws, aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Goal 15: Life on Land. Their app ‘Pets & Paws’ is designed to assist people find the perfect pooch for them. Firstly the app will take you to the home screen where it has a bit of information about what our app does. Next, you will visit the ‘Pick your Pooch’ page where you will answer a few questions about yourself. Finally, you will be provided with two options to choose from after analysing the data. In addition to this, there is some information about our potential partnerships.

The girls have worked incredibly hard, giving up their lunchtimes, as well as time in the holidays, to put together their business plan, record their pitch video and code their App. We wish them all the best as we await judging.

Alana Ivanscsik
Leader of Learning Technology P-6