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NAB supporting special ed

With the generous support of the NAB the students of Mary Brooksbank School aged 5 to 18 years old with moderate to severe intellectual disability are able to experience S.E.A.T Project! … [Read more...]

Kambora’s SEAT build

The students of Kambora Public School in the suburb of Davidson NSW have just begun their S.E.A.T Project participation in collaboration with the students from Royal North Shore Hospital School NSW. We split our students into groups of 4 and led them into a classroom where we had laid out the SEAT kits without the instructions or packaging. It was interesting to see the way different groups … [Read more...]

“thinking & creating solutions”

Year 5 teacher, Natalie Pritchard, talks about Liverpool Public School's SEAT build experience…. The S.E.A.T Project was a great way to develop friendships and encourage collaboration amongst our Year 5 students in Term 1. We are developing a school culture that has a strong sense of student leadership. The S.E.A.T Project assisted with this mindset and allowed our students in small groups to … [Read more...]

“to help cheer them up”

The students of Class S25 from Holroyd School Merrylands built and decorated these 3 SEATs in collaboration with their Youth Off The Streets buddies. Their desire is for these SEATs to "help others be creative and let imagination thrive." SEAT recipient: Each SEAT will be auctioned and money raised will be donated to the Westmead Children’s Hospital. Why we chose them: To help … [Read more...]

Valuable community engagement

Yesterday we had the privilege of witnessing some extraordinary community engagement when we visited Mary Brooksbank School. Volunteers from the local area NAB branches and Paul Thornton, their Regional Executive, lent a helping hand to build SEATs with students with special needs. We laughed, we cried, we formed special friendships. The S.E.A.T Project was funded by the generous support of … [Read more...]

a hive of engineering activity!

"Working in collaborative teams of two or three, each group eagerly commenced construction of their SEAT last week. Students were immediately engaged in solving problems, negotiating solutions, collaborating as a team and interpreting the instruction sheet contained with their SEAT Kit.  Our Centre for Innovation and Creativity quickly became a hive of engineering activity, hands-on problem … [Read more...]