“With mechanical engineering, everything is very practical. A lot of what you learn can be very easily applied. Often lecturers will come up with a somewhat abstract theoretical idea and then they will bring in [an example of] where you may use that in the real world, whether that’s airplane wings or how internal combustion … Continue reading Inside the Career – Episode Five: Engineering – student perspective (Kyle Shears and Andrew Wickens)
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Inside the Career – Episode Three: Medical Technology (William Lin)
“Invest in yourself and understand who you are as a person, and spend time and investigate what the different career pathways might hold for you in the future…don’t be locked into any one pathway…essentially, just believe in yourself and go for it.” This sage, encouraging advice is given by William Lin towards the end of … Continue reading Inside the Career – Episode Three: Medical Technology (William Lin)
Inside the Teacher’s Classroom, episode 5
“These ideas go back to Socrates and Confucius, it’s just that they simply have not been adopted at scale, particularly, in recent times when we have derated the goals of an education to what can be easily measured. And, what can be easily measured can be easily automated. And, now in a world of … Continue reading Inside the Teacher’s Classroom, episode 5
Inside the Teacher’s Classroom, episode 4
“It’s great to be able to chat with my mates in the literature department on one side of the dinner table, and on the other side hang out with my chemistry dudes…it’s just a great way to live your life.” When George Han makes this comment part way through our interview, he underlines his perception … Continue reading Inside the Teacher’s Classroom, episode 4
Kāhui Ako Leaders’ Forum with Charles Fadel
Our Lead Principal, Julie Saikkonen, six Across School Leads and one Within School Lead attended the two day Leaders’ Forum organised by our expert partners, Infinity Learn and Charles Fadel on March 6 - 7, 2019. Charles Fadel is a global education thought leader and futurist, author and inventor, with several active affiliations; his work … Continue reading Kāhui Ako Leaders’ Forum with Charles Fadel
WGHS STEAM – Year 10 Innovation Expo
We were very excited to run our first ever Innovation Expo here at WGHS with our STEAM students displaying their innovative prototype solutions to the community issue identified during their community project. The Innovation Expo was held on Friday 30 November with an open invitation for parents and whanau to attend. All groups were provided … Continue reading WGHS STEAM – Year 10 Innovation Expo
WGHS STEAM – Year 10 Community Projects
As part of the STEAM program at WGHS, students were challenged to use Design Thinking to identify an issue within their community and develop a solution. The issue needed to be one that was meaningful to them and they were then tasked with creating a prototype to minimise or fix it. Encouraging student agency and … Continue reading WGHS STEAM – Year 10 Community Projects
When Student Agency STEAMs Ahead
As part of our STEAM programme here at Westlake Girls High School, students have been working on a Community project. They are challenged to use the process of Design Thinking to identify an issue within their community that is meaningful to them and create a prototype solution to minimise or fix this issue. Earlier in … Continue reading When Student Agency STEAMs Ahead
STEAM in the classroom
Dr Michael Harvey is an ISTE global PLN chair, pedagogical prognosticator, Microsoft Innovator Educator Expert and is currently teaching at Marlborough International College, Malaysia. On his recent visit to New Zealand he organised a contemporary cross curricular lesson for two of our Pupuke Kāhui Ako schools. On Thursday 9th August, Year 10 STEAM students from WGHS … Continue reading STEAM in the classroom
