This week we did a STEM challenge. A STEM challenge is a team building exercise were you win one of our class trophies (only if you came in first).

This STEM challenge was a marble track. There were three teams (red, yellow and green)

The teams were Saoirse, Bobby, Isla and William on the yellow team. Mia, Livia, Andrew and Jensen on the green team. Grace, O-Jo and Merryn on the red team.

Every team had a landing spot the marble had to land on. You had to try and get the marble in the landing spot any way you could and you got extra points for how far it travelled.

We had creative freedom. You could build something around the landing spot or build nothing at all and just roll it yourself.

Finally, it was time to put them to the test. For the first roll if you got it on the landing spot you could win 100 points, for the second roll you could win 50 points but you could win an extra 25 points in you swapped the roller, and for the last roll you could win 25 points with an extra 25 points if you changed the roller.

At the end all the scores were added up and the yellow team just won.  It was very close!

We have all learned the importance of being a team player, listening to each other and solving problems together.

By Merryn