Two Metre Dash

No Wheels

Students were required to 'move' their robot two metres without using wheels!

Some interesting design were constructed

Below are some of the results

And then there were two.....

Ryan by a whisker!

More Gear Work

The hill climb challenge

Year Nine and Ten students trying to climb the steepest incline possible by gearing down their robots.

Some outstanding results were achieved, and there were also some that needed a little more work.......

Playing with gears

Students needed to use gearing to make their rubber band powered vehicle go faster.

Drawing with the NXT

The Grade 7 and 8 boys had an excellent lesson today learning how to program their robots to draw shapes.

Once shapes like triangles and octagons had been mastered, students turned up their creativity with some clever programming and multiple colouring pens.

Watch this short movie to view some of the results.

State Finals 2015

Saturday the 8th August saw 10 dedicated and hard working Emmanuel students rise early for an adventure to Launceston.

Seven primary and three secondary students, Mr Matt Rushton, two parents and a dedicated big sister braved the 6:00 am frosty morning start.  

A quick play in Campbell town.

The competition was fierce in the Primary division, with 34  teams from across the state competing. Our best result was a 9th, from the Jelly Eating Machine (Lucy King and Jason McMiles).  Great effort from all competitors.

The team

Emmanuel had two teams competing in the Secondary division.  Micah Roberts and Thomas Dorsett made fantastic progress, just missing the final, and finishing fourth.

Daniel Langlois, competing in his second year, continued to improve and impress and sensationally won the state title in a fiercely contested final

State Champion - Daniel Langlois

Derp Bot in action

Regional Finals

On Saturday, 19 students ranging from Grade 4 - 10 competed in the Regional finals for RoboCup Junior.

A big congratulations goes to Lucy King and Jason McMiles who finished 3rd in the Primary division.

Also,

A big congratulations goes to Daniel Langlois who finished 2nd in the Senior division.

A massive thank you to all parents who supported and attended.  It was great to see so many involved.

Autobots, roll out

Getting a run down of the rules

Winners are grinners

The Emmanuel team

Millhouse Madness

After seeing the Gridlock tile, students in Grade 9 and 10 were keen to try and conquer the monster...

Although many tried, only one succeeded!