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Students at Tenison Woods College were treated to a full day immersive learning experience on Monday, when Danish company Vestas brought their state-of-the-art virtual reality equipment to the College. Vestas, world leaders in wind energy, presented to a variety of year levels on a range of topics including career pathways, STEM in the workplace, and renewable power generation. Vestas engaged the student and staff participants through virtual reality experiences, simulating what it is to work at heights of 80m.

The day culminated with a discussion about the exciting partnership between Vestas, Infigen and Tenison Woods College.

We were delighted to welcome to the College Peter Cowling, Head of Vestas Australia and New Zealand, Clay Douglas, Vestas Australia and New Zealand Service Director and Glen Wilson, Vestas Wind Technology Australia Area Service Manager.

This is wonderful commitment to our Green STEM (sustainability) initiatives, which we look forward to harnessing in the future.

A strong, deliberate and effective partnership between the College, Infigen Energy and Vestas will contribute greatly to the development of a plethora of successful initiatives and programs beneficial to each organisation, other school communities in Australia and the broader community.  

Through constructive collaboration with the Tenison Woods College, Vestas and Infigen will assist

Tenison Woods College to:

• Develop a strong understanding of renewable energy, with its benefits for the individual as well as organisations and the global community.
• Support young people’s transition from school to further training or employment.
• Offer professional development opportunities for educators.
• Assist with the provision of a range of experiences that enables diverse and critical thinking and authentic problem solving for our students.

The partnership with Vestas and Infigen will see Tenison Woods College:

• Co-create, with Vestas and Infigen, educational packages tailored to each of the four sub-schools (Early Learning, Junior School, Middle School, Senior School), integrated across a variety of learning areas. These packages will combine a practical and contemporary appreciation and application of wind energy with contemporary pedagogy, for the benefit of the College and broader educational communities.
• Maintain continual and regular engagement with Vestas and Infigen through events and activities which may include site tours, careers day, STEM events, work experience, post-school opportunities for students, expert presentations, mentoring in relation to special projects, scholarships or financial contribution to initiatives/competitions.
• Promote the partnership with the Vestas and Infigen branding, as deemed appropriate and advantageous to the Vestas and Infigen organisations.

This initiative is one of many taking place during ‘STEMtember’ at Tenison Woods College, showcasing a month-long celebration of STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The College is providing up to six activities each day for students, with some events being held for a full day with multiple learning areas covered. These integrated learning sessions are designed to inspire and foster student's inner curiosity for problem solving using critical, creative and collaborative skills through STEM-based activities.

At Tenison Woods College we are deeply committed to ensuring that all our students and graduates have a deep appreciation of how they can be - and indeed need to be - stewards of our planet. This is for us how we express our faith commitment to walk tenderly and live justly for our human family – it is a non-negotiable. Days like today with wonderful partners Vestas and Infigen help our students appreciate the challenges and opportunities with sophistication and real-world application.  So, thank you to Vestas and Infigen for bringing us to this point and being so committed to a partnership with us.

David Mezinec | Principal

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