Our teams continue to excel at each FIRST LEGO League competition – this time our two Carramar Teams have progressed to the Nationals! The Raging Comets, Galaxy Goats and Robotic Operating Buddies all performed well at yesterday’s State Finals. The Raging Comets and Galaxy Goats will now be heading to Macquarie University in New South Wales for December’s National Competition!
Competing against over 300 students from around the state, St Stephen’s School’s four teams produced some outstanding results at the FIRST LEGO League over the weekend!
The Carramar Secondary team took home the Research Award, Duncraig Primary’s Space Doctors earned an award for their Research Project Presentation and the Carramar Primary team, the Galaxy Goats, were awarded the Overall Championship title!
The Carramar Primary, Carramar Secondary and Duncraig Secondary teams have also progressed to the State Finals this weekend – we can’t wait!
Preparation is well underway for the 2018 FIRST LEGO League! Students across both campuses have been working extremely hard to master their patterns, programs and presentations before the big competition on Saturday 17 November.
The Brik Pak 
Saturday 4 November at Carramar Campus, St Stephen’s played host to 25 schools in the northern division of the FIRST Lego League. Over 200 people were in attendance and the day was an overwhelming success.
A big CONGRATULATIONS to our Carramar Secondary team, The Brik Pak on their performance at FIRST Lego League. The team consisting of Tom Cordell, Cameron Kiss, Abigail Legge, Darcy Beckitt, Christian Harris, Falgun Batavia, Aaron Popich and Cooper Sinclair performed exceptionally well in all 3 components of the competition.
The team excelled in the project presentation, which involved them presenting their innovative idea of a Mosquito Aerial Control & Eradication (MACE) system to a panel of judges. The team won the Research Award for their comprehensive study into mosquitoes, drones and mosquito eradication techniques which involved them speaking to Dr Abbey Potter from Department of Health and Dr Fredrik Christiansen from the Cetacean Research Unit at Murdoch University.
The feedback from people on Saturday was overwhelming in praise of our school, it’s grounds and the volunteers who assisted with the event. Thank you all!
Teamwork, problem-solving, creativity and collaboration – just a few of the positive skills our involvement in the First Lego League is teaching our students. As our teams gear up for the First Lego League this Saturday, our Carramar Secondary team, better known as the “Brik Pak”, are working on a system that uses drones to locate mosquito breeding grounds and eradicating them through the aerial dropping of eco-friendly pesticide pellets. Known as M.A.C.E (Mosquito Aerial Control and Eradication) our team has been in contact with Murdoch University for some information regarding the sorts of programs and issues with mosquito control as it is such a big public health issue and the remote nature of some of their breeding grounds.