ERGON ENERGY SITE VISITS Students from St Andrew's Catholic College at the recent Ergon Energy Site Visit. Innisfail State College Newsletter Ben McAnulty Innisfail Stae College...
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HUTCHINSON BUILDERS SITE VISIT On the 13th of October 2021 9 students, consisting of 2 teachers, 8 boys and 1 female student attended the new Cairns City Council animal shelter that is being constructed in Woree by Hutchinson Constructions. Upon arrival, students made sure they were wearing their required PPE and went through a site induction process. From here they were shown several aspects of the new site as well as where the different animal sections were to be located. From the reading of site plans to the various aspects of concrete slab preparatory work were evident. They observed...
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Visiting Expert David Sutton Science Ambassador with Wonder of Science Program Newsletter Article Bentley Park College Young Science Ambassador UQ visit – David Sutton On Wednesday 28th July chemistry and physics students were lucky enough to attend a presentation by David Sutton, the Young Science Ambassador for UQ, as part of the Wonder of Science program. David spoke about his pathway to his PhD, some of the challenges he faced and skills that he had developed through his undergraduate studies and the flexibility within the university system to change pathways if your interest lies in a different area...
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ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CHEMICAL INSTITUTE presents Plastic Fantastic! Or not so Fantastic?" with Dr Nathan Boase QUT We had a wonderful visit by Dr Nathan Boase this morning. Nathan delivered his entertaining presentation to the Year 11 Chemistry students and then repeated his presentation immediately for all of Year 9 and some Year 12 Chemistry students. This was approximately 100 students in total and 5 staff. It was a really entertaining lecture with lots of fun experiments that really engaged the students, the topic was delivered at the right level so students really understood the concepts. Well done Nathan you...
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HUTCHINSON BUILDING STUDENT SITE VISITS There were 8 students and 1 staff member who attended the Hutchinson’s Building construction site on Tuesday 24th August. The students found the site visit to be valuable as it provided them an opportunity to see tradies in action and some of the tasks they perform on a construction site. Students asked questions to gain further understanding of the construction taking place. The students found the safety talk at the end a little long, but a necessity. A number of the students are interested in pursuing a career in the construction industry. All in...
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