Once again the
LEAH STEM ACTION GROUP
would like to acknowledge and congratulate
students from LEAH schools
for their achievements in
Science, Technologies, Mathematics and STEM
co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
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ICAS Competitions
https://unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments/products/icas-assessments/
The ICAS assessments are conducted by the University of New South Wales and students from over 6,300 schools in Australia and New Zealand participate annually.
We would like to congratulate the following LEAH primary school students for their achievements in 2018 Science, Digital Technologies & Mathematics assessments.
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Science Credit
Merit
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Mathematics Distinction
Credit
Merit
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Digital Technologies Distinction
Credit
Merit
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Australian Mathematics Competition
https://www.amt.edu.au/mathematics/amc/
Cornerstone College students in Years 7 – 10 competed against students from over 30 countries in the Australian Mathematics competition, where they were asked to solve 30 challenging problems in 75 minutes.
Prize Winner
We would like to congratulate Year 8 student Ella-Bree Zobel for receiving a prize in this competition.
High Distinctions
Year 9 students Benjamin Gast and Samuel Reissenweber also excelled and received a High Distinction in the competition.
Distinctions
Year 7
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Year 8
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Year 9
Year 10
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Information : Cornerstone Connections, Edition 13, Page 12
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digIT 2019
Year 8 Cornerstone College student Hannah Gray has been awarded an exclusive place in digIT 2019 at the University of Western Australia.
DigIT runs throughout 2019, and Hannah is one of 60 students selected to further studies in ICT while developing friendships with like-minded students from across Western Australia and South Australia.
Photo & information : Cornerstone Connections, Edition 12, Page 10
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NAO Robotics Dance Competition
Seven students from St Michael’s Lutheran Primary School participated in the final “Dance Off” of the NAO Everybody Dance competition in March this year. 10 teams of students were short-listed for this final, where they each programmed a 30 second dance routine for a humanoid robot to perform to music. The winning team was from Woodcroft College and the St Michael’s students won the prize for the highest scoring school.
Congratulations go to Thomas King, Harry Hughes, Tily Mickan, Elish Pace, Will Salmon, Thomas Boekel and Ryan Schwartz for their participation and success in this event.
Photos & information : https://smlps.edublogs.org/2018/04/13/dance-robot-dance/
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Chess Competitions
In May, 20 students from St Mark’s Lutheran Primary School participated in the Hills Interschool Chess Tournament as part of SA Junior Interschool Chess. Primary school students from all over the Adelaide Hills competed and the St Mark’s team came 3rd out of 42 teams!
This success then enabled 4 year 6 students to compete in South Australian Junior Chess League State Finals in September. Congratulations Haidyn I, Jack V, Oliver H and William B for competing and finishing 14th out of 28 schools in this competition.
Photos & information : School newsletter Term 2 Week 6 and Term 3 Week 10
In August, Lobethal Lutheran Primary School in partnership with Chesslife hosted an Interschool
Chess Tournament for over 90 students from Adelaide Hills schools. Congratulations to the following students, who represented their school on the day – Olivia Emmett, Damien Riches, Charlotte Hughes, James and Henry Hooker and Jaxon White.
Photos & information : School newsletter Term 3 Week 7
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Lego League
Congratulations to students Asher Hodgson, Nicholas Doyle and Benjamin Murray and teacher/coach Alyssa Leach on representing Cornerstone College in the SA State Finals of Lego League.
The students presented a project on Artificial Gravity and ran a robot in 4 games, in which they were placed 15th out of 30 teams. The students won a special judges award for showing persistence even with the smallest team at the tournament!
Photo & information : Cornerstone Connections, Edition 18, Page 12
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Student’s Exhibiting their work
It’s always great to see student’s work being exhibited at the Royal Adelaide Show, regional shows and other community events. Whilst we realise there are many students who have been involved in such activities, we would like to acknowledge the following students for their achievements.
Prize Winning Cushion
Year 8 student, Hannah Gray, won first prize for her cushion at the Mt Barker Show. She also won the prize for Champion Junior Handicraft Secondary School.
Hannah made her cushion in her Year 7 Home Economics class. Her project utilised knowledge & understanding and processes & production skills from the Australian Design and Technologies Curriculum.
Photo & information : Cornerstone Connections, Edition 5, Page 10
2018 Science and Engineering Investigation Awards
Congratulations to Year 9 students Jenna Barry, Hollie Bowden, Ethan Braendler, Elliott Eastwood, Courtney Eckert, Gemma Klose, Cate Liebelt, Thomas Riches, Abbey Schofield, Nathaniel Secomb, Ella Schrapel, Charli Schulz and Imogen Tulloch on having their investigations selected for the 2018 Science and Engineering Investigation Awards, organised by Food and Fibres Education SA at the Royal Adelaide Show.
Photo & information : Cornerstone Connections, Edition 13, Page 11
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