The POD By Imogen Hanley, Year 6 Coomera Anglican College, QLD
Buzzing drones, humming 3D printers, beeping robots and a 360-degree visual experience has now become our reality at Coomera Anglican College. This is thanks to our brand new building, ‘The POD’. This wondrous facility makes learning fun, highly interactive and inspiring. I am thrilled and grateful to be a student at Coomera Anglican College where I get to use my imagination and creativity every day in the POD. The new learning rooms and latest technology have made going to school every day exciting.
The Think Tank allows us to brainstorm our ideas on writable surfaces where the glass walls change from clear to frosted as required. It is exciting to watch Drones fly in this room and imagine how this technology will impact our future. The Maker Space room is where we learn how to program Robots and watch our creative ideas come to life with 3D printing. The new reading spaces in the POD Library are an inviting place to relax at lunchtime and further develop our passion for reading a favourite book. I love going to school at Coomera Anglican College, and the POD has made every day a new learning adventure.
The Imaginarium transports us into the environment we are learning about in class, whether that be the heat of the Sahara Desert or humidity of the Daintree Forest.
Anglican Schools feature in National Awards Anglican Schools have featured across the board in the list of finalists for the inaugural Australian Education Awards. Finalists from Anglican schools will compete across 13 of the 25 categories, including awards for individual teachers and department heads, schools and curriculums. The following Anglican Schools were named in the finalists’ shortlist: Best Co-Curriculum Program
Regional School of the Year
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St Columba Anglican School, Port Macquarie
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Whitsunday Anglican School, Mackay
Snowy Mountains Grammar School
Innovation in Curriculum Design •
Snowy Mountains Grammar School
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St Paul’s School
Primary School of the Year - Non-government •
St Paul’s School
School of the Year - Non-government •
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School
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Mentone Grammar
Boarding School of the Year •
Snowy Mountains Grammar School
Best School Strategic Plan •
Mentone Grammar
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St Paul’s School
• The Springfield Anglican College Best Student Wellbeing Program •
Geelong Grammar School
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Melbourne Girls Grammar
Best Professional Learning Program •
Melbourne Girls Grammar School
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St Paul’s School
School Principal of the Year - Non-government •
Paul Browning, St Paul’s School
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Catherine Misson, Melbourne Girls Grammar School
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Dr Mark Sly, Coomera Anglican College
Department Head of the Year •
Bek Duyckers, Perth College
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Iain Hoy, Tara Anglican School for Girls
Teacher of the Year •
Sarah Jones, St Columba Anglican School
Education Rising Star of the Year •
Ashanie Perera, Melbourne Girls Grammar School
Finalists for Australian School of the Year and Australian School Principal of the Year will comprise the winners of the other school and principal categories and will be announced at the gala event on Friday, 17 August at Dockside, Sydney.
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