Big Day In Jr STEAM event

400 primary school students from 13 schools and 35 presenters from the science and tech industry will descend on Malvern Valley Primary School on Thursday 18th October, for the Big Day In Jr. Science and IT expo.

The event is designed to give Year 5 and 6 students an insight into how Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) interact in the real world.

Malvern Valley School Principal Joshua Sheffield said: "This is an extremely exciting opportunity for the School."

“The students will get to engage with next generation technology and learn from industry experts. "The students can then see where the skills of Mathematics, IT and Science may lead them in the future.  STEM is a curriculum focus for our school and we welcome the opportunity to share the day with students from neighouring schools.”

Workshops will be run by representatives from the Australian Computer Society Foundation, Solar Buddy, WiseTech Global, Apple, F1 in Schools, Microsoft, Stem Tech, RMIT, Adobe, Mindz Brainplay, La Trobe University and Code Club.

Big Day In Jnr draws its inspiration from the original Big Day In - a popular Australia wide IT Expo aimed at Secondary School students.  It was developed to cater for the increasing interest from Primary Schools.  

Guest schools involved in the event include Malvern Valley Primary School, Skye Primary School, Toorak Primary School, Coatesville Primary School, Bentleigh West Primary School, Armadale Primary School, East Bentleigh Primary School, Caulfield Junior College, Lloyd Street Primary School, Glen Huntley Primary School, with special assistance from students from Brighton Secondary College.

The Junior Big Day In is being held from 9am–3pm 18th October, 2018, at Malvern Valley Primary School (1A Abbortsford Ave, Malvern East). Contact for the event is Amanda Howe [email protected](9569 5820).