News & Stories

Posted Friday, 11 February 2022

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Spotlight on a Scitech Presenter 

Posted Monday, 17 January 2022

Alcoa Champions of Maths – the Finale!

Thanks to everyone who has been involved, this is our final blog as the program has now concluded.

Posted Thursday, 16 December 2021

Powerful Problem-Solving: A transformative approach to maths teaching

Shyam Drury reflects on his year of leading the Alcoa Champions of Maths 2021.

Posted Monday, 13 December 2021

Scitech announces its new CEO starting in 2022.

Scitech announces Dr John Chappell as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Posted Tuesday, 7 December 2021

A Math’s Murder Mystery Night from the perspective of a host

Lucas Black, Professional Learning Consultant, reflects on the 2021 Alcoa Real World Maths program.

Posted Tuesday, 23 November 2021

From faking confidence to becoming a beloved maths teacher

Katrina Westwood from Makybe Primary School shares her transformation journey through the Alcoa Champions of Maths program.

Posted Monday, 15 November 2021

We all have something to learn from the problem-solving approach

Rebecca Alcock from Settlers Primary School shares how the problem-solving approach changed her views on teaching maths in …

Posted Tuesday, 9 November 2021

The Social-Emotional Considerations of Mathematics

Michelle Winship from Makybe Rise Primary School shares her experience with helping her Year 6 students simultaneously …

Posted Monday, 1 November 2021

Astrofest 2021

Making a welcome return this year is Astrofest 2021, a free astronomy festival that explores and celebrates our inspirational …

Posted Monday, 1 November 2021

Using rich tasks to develop early multiplicative thinking

Lene Voorn realises her Year 2 students are learning much faster than she thought

Posted Tuesday, 26 October 2021

Thinking beyond the answer

Year 2 teacher Abi Cook learns the importance of using questions to further develop her students’ understanding of maths.

Posted Wednesday, 29 September 2021

Reflecting on the 2020-2021 Year

We have released the 2020-2021 Scitech Annual Report which reflects a year where Scitech has continued to deliver STEM …