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Gallery | Cobram Primary School goes all out for STEAM

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Coding master: Year 5 student Joshua Xerri with younger brother Fletcher Xerri, Year 1. Joshua is using his laptop to help code the school’s new robotic devices. Photo by Gabriel Garcia

Cobram Primary School went all out on Thursday, November 2, for its Science Technology Engineering Arts and Maths night, inviting invited parents and guardians to the school to show off all that it has been doing.

Many of the science activities were supervised by Carol Balshaw, affectionately known as Nana B, a grandmother of one of the students at the school who donates her time and teaches the kids about science.

Displays included a cardboard city complete with electric lights, displays of chemical reactions and the newly acquired robotics sets.

Cobram Primary School puts great emphasis on STEAM subjects, and principal Claye Runnalls said it aimed to show students the variety of pathways they could take.

Gabriel from the Courier went along to take some photos.

Chemical reaction: Year 3 student Weillow Ward shows how Skittles react with liquids. Photo by Gabriel Garcia
We built this city: Prep student Caleb Lucas with one of the buildings that make up the cardboard city. Photo by Gabriel Garcia
Wired: Year 2 student Spencer Xerri with one of the school’s state-of-the-art robotics sets. Photo by Gabriel Garcia
Science fun: Year 1 student Ivy Kelly conducts an experiment with Skittles. Photo by Gabriel Garcia
Lights and action: Year 3 Skye Murdoch experiments with electricity. Photo by Gabriel Garcia