Week 1

Last week, the whole school was challenged to create the tallest tower they could with playing cards. The junior years were allowed tape but from the middle years onwards, no tape was allowed. This sure did test our patience and resilience! Through trial and error, peer observations and team work, St Catherine’s students sure did engineer some awesome structures.

Our winners were:

Year 5/6 - Jacob and Lachie

Year 3/4 (without tape) - Aidan and Josh Y

Year 3/4 (with tape) - Jimmy

Year 1/2 - Hannah and Isabella

Prep - Josh M

Lachie and I played around with some designs before we finally got it right. We didn’t use tape and that was frustrating as the tower kept falling. We made sure each layer was strong enough to hold the next layer and created the winning tower. Both of us were calm and helped each other. I enjoyed the challenge. It was really fun!

Jacob, Year 6

We worked on the floor because it wasn’t as slippery as the tables. Isabella came up with some great ideas so we decided to stack the cards like a pyramid using masking tape. The challenge was hard and frustrating because the cards kept falling. But we kept trying and trying and we worked together really well together.

I really liked the STEM challenge because lots of people worked hard with their partners and themselves and it was fun!

Hannah, Year 2

I had to try different ideas each time the time limit was up. I got worse and worse and then I started over. Then I knew I could build something tall. It was very frustrating at times but I kept trying and it finally measured 54cm. 

Jimmy, Year 3

I liked putting the cards into triangles so I could make a house. I knew triangles would work because I thought it was a good idea. I had fun building the card house because I liked sticking the cards together in triangles and building.

Josh, Year Prep