Coding and Innovation Hub

25/07/2026

The Grade 7 and 8 Digital Technologies classes at Mountain Creek State High School started the semester with a bang using the tools of collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and design thinking! After brainstorming initial ideas (see some students work in the images shown from a grade 7 class), the students are now learning, creating and refining using newly developed programming skills in the Processing language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processing).

07/06/2026

Recently seven classes of Year 7 and Year 8 Digital Technologies classes at Mountain Creek State High School presented their robotics-based solution designs to the problem they had identified and researched. The pitches were excellent!

It was great to see students presenting to peers and parents the results of their critical thinking and analysis using skills such as 3D modelling, 3D printing, animation and graphics manipulation.

The collaboration, adaptability, flexibility, conflict resolution and organisation skills developed through working in a group - both face to face and remotely - was an added benefit.

05/02/2026

27/01/2026

A new year, new school and new Digital Technologies teacher for my Grade 7 DIG class today - their first day of high school! After learning the expectations for preparing for class, the students paired up and created their own visual description of what they experienced on their first day in the DIG class. Some of their designs are shown below.

I was super-impressed with how they worked today. All students came along with a really positive attitude - they should be very proud of how they conducted themselves today. Impressive!

29/11/2025

Our Year 7 students at Mountain Creek State High School wrapped up their Make-See-Do program with the University of the Sunshine Coast by coding their Microbit Maqueen cars to successfully follow a road.

Students put their problem-solving and creativity to the test on our floor track and saw firsthand how coding connects to real ideas from our Sustainable Cities unit.

A big thank you to UniSC for working with us - our students really enjoyed the experience and learned a lot along the way!

27/11/2025

Meet the members of our Queensland champion Mountain Creek State High School Junior VEX Robotics team. Next stop the Nationals in Adelaide Dec 6-7

25/11/2025

Mountain Creek State High School's Year 10 Digital Technologies students presented their term 4 capstone projects to members of the school's Executive leadership team. Focused on problems identified by the students, using one or more technologies taught during terms 1-3 to develop their prototypes (or minimum viable products), the students pitched problem and solution to the Exec team.

Tech included: VR-based solutions, autonomous robotic solutions, and AI-driven solutions

Tightly focused problems identified, creative and scalable solutions designed, and presentations delivered confidently and with engagement! Well done year 10 students!

24/11/2025

The Mountain Creek State High School Junior and Senior VEX Robotics teams continue preparation for the Nationals in Adelaide over the weekend of 6-7 December.

Meanwhile, the year 9 Robotics (Digital Technologies) classes are working to refine the programming of their autonomous vehicles to navigate through the various maze structures.

23/11/2025

Mountain Creek State High School Grade 7 Digital Technologies students recently presented evidence of research, creating and read their scripts, created 3D models, 3D printing their models, used animation tools to showcase their solution, designed a mobile app interface, identified the networks to be used to communicate with their robot, and designed the presentation to accompany their pitch. Whew!

All of these skills are used to create the most impactful 3-4 minute pitch each team can produce. The parents loved it!

18/11/2025

Meet the members of our Queensland champion Mountain Creek State High School Senior VEX Robotics team. Next stop the Nationals in Adelaide Dec 6-7