RDA Hunter’s miniME 2020 Professional Development Project was launched on Monday 19 October with 14 participating primary educators in the Hunter region. The project will focus on the interaction between computers and the physical world (using sensors, actuators, data collection and data analysis) and aims to increase Stage 3 educator’s knowledge of micro:bit hardware through a series of instructional videos and learning [...]

RDA Hunter invites Year 5-6 Primary School educators to register for the Google Teacher Professional Development sessions that will focus on the interaction between computers and the physical world (using sensors, actuators, data collection and data analysis). The Professional Development Project aims to increase educator’s knowledge of micro:bit hardware through a series of instructional videos [...]

RDA Hunter is excited to continue its partnership with Port Waratah Coal Services with the delivery of Port Waratah Coal Services Portside Primary School Project to 10 primary schools in Newcastle. The project aims to engage primary schools in Portside suburbs of Newcastle to promote the history, sustainability and growth of the Port through problem-based learning and [...]

RDA Hunter and Port Waratah Coal Services recently partnered to deliver a Primary School STEM Education Program which encompassed the history of the port, sustainability programs and STEM activities, highlighting how these are put into practice at Port Waratah. Year 5 & 6 students from both Carrington Public School and Stockton Public School participated in [...]

RDA Hunter extends its thanks to the City of Newcastle and Obelisk Systems for supporting the miniME Program in 2018/19. Thanks, too, to participating primary schools for their commitment and dedication to making the program a success. miniME saw 33 primary schools in Newcastle LGA participate in a six month program incorporating coding and robotics [...]

Students from 16 primary schools in the Newcastle local government area met at Callaghan College, Waratah on Thursday 6th June to compete in RDA Hunter’s miniME Mars Rover Challenge. At the Challenge, students put their coding skills into action on a purpose-built track modelled on Newcastle’s Civic Precinct. The activity saw teams program their Rovers to [...]

Newcastle primary schools participating in Phase Two of the miniME Program are invited to a professional learning session miniME StarLAB Rover PL Session 2 DATE: Thursday 23 May TIME: 3:30pm – 5:30pm LOCATION: Callaghan College Wallsend Campus Library, Macquarie St, Wallsend Parking available onsite Afternoon Tea provided INFORMATION • As many teachers may attend as [...]

Phase two of RDA Hunter’s miniME project has kicked off with our first event held on Thursday 7 March 2019. The miniME Hackathon event saw 14 schools come together with close to 150 students in Year 5 and 6 to learn coding and programming skills with the Obelisk Systems team using the StarLAB Mars Rovers. [...]

Close to 350 primary school students from 18 schools across Newcastle competed in the miniME Challenge at The Forum on Wednesday 28th Nov as part of RDA Hunter’s miniME robotics and coding focused STEM activities. Part of a Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter, City of Newcastle and Obelisk Systems partnership, the Challenge is the culmination [...]

On August 9th, teachers from 18 schools in the Newcastle LGA received StarLAB Mars Rover Kits and training as part of their participation in RDA Hunter’s miniME Project. Built in the Hunter by miniME technology partner, Obelisk Systems, StarLAB Mars Rovers form the basis of the program which introduces primary school students in the Newcastle [...]