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Life is ‘suite’ for De La Salle College student Sean
It has been a busy time for Year 12 Software Design and Development student Sean Mumby of De La Salle College Ashfield. After eight months of hard work, Sean has developed a Chrome add-on called SuiteTab. In Sean’s words, “It’s sweet because it’s a Suite.” In the video below he explains how SuiteTab works. What can SuiteTab do? Targeted to busy people, SuiteTab is a productivity tool helping everyone stay on-task and organised. Sean says the Chrome extension supports many features such as a to-do checklist, live countdowns, note pads, URL bookmarks, display settings including full screen,...
‘The smiles were priceless’
Students returning back to school in Fairfield were greeted by Spiderman, the Queen, clowns, doctors, human crayons and many more surprise characters. “The children were not the only ones who got a buzz out of the morning drop off,” John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Bonnyrigg Heights principal, Tony Lo Cascio, laughed. The Queen (assistant principal Anne Blake) with the Queen's Guard (principal Tony Lo Cascio). More than 30 staff at John the Baptist donned different costumes every day to welcome the school grades back. “Teachers and support staff brought energy, laughter and a positive spin to...
Students light up learning for PNG peers with STEM
An amped-up focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics is breathing new life into the curriculum at McAuley Catholic Primary School Rose Bay. Dedicated STEM teacher Odette Esber was appointed this year to hone students problem-solving, coding, touch-typing, digital music composition, filming and video-editing skills. Teachers are also adding to their skills in the field as part of an integrated approach to STEM that Principal Nicole Jones says will give new meaning to students’ learning across the curriculum. “With STEM you build confident children who love learning,” she said. “It develops a set of thinking, reasoning, teamwork, investigative, and...
