DIGITECH & CODING SQUADRON CLUB

Students of Digital Technologies and Coding Squadron Club at Ripley Valley State Secondary College have been engaged in computer programming to create Digital solutions. They demonstrated one of the College core values of perseverance throughout their engagement with computer coding.  Their projects were contextualised to create games, apps and websites on the topics of being safe online, healthy living, cultural awareness and inclusion, transportation, reducing organic waste and creating a sustainable future. Students eagerly engaged in creating their digital solutions and have entered into State level and National level coding competitions. Entering these competitions require rigour on computational thinking and problem solving besides coding skills. Our students were up to the challenge and they have created games and mobile apps using Python coding and Adobe Animate CC. At the end, all of their hard-work paid off and our students once again emerged as finalists at the National Level Australian STEM Video Game Challenge and as winners at the Queensland Premier Coding Challenge for the third year in a row. Students across all the State-Schools in Queensland enter into these competitions and demonstrate a great deal of knowledge in Coding and STEM. Our students outsmarted their strong competitors from other schools and emerged victorious by making STEM games and apps. We are proud to announce three students from Year 7 cohort, Aurora Greaves, Alexander Jacob and Mark Anderson are the Finalists for the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge 2023. Huge congratulations to these students on making a math quiz game.

This year the Premier coding challenge was tough and there were around 41 entries just from RVSSC. Across the state of Queensland there were 1000s of entries. For Queensland Premier Coding Challenge, students at Secondary level have to design an innovative STEM game, app or a website.  There were 4 categories:

• Years 7 and 8 – Python/HTML
• Years 7 and 8 – Open platform
• Years 9 and 10 – Python/HTML
• Years 9 and 10 – Open platform

We eagerly await the official announcements of placements from this challenge and look forward to celebrating the success of our 2024 participants. Congratulations to all students who participating and thank you our families for your commitment and perseverance with this competition.