Green Bay High students win $3000 for ‘Waterview Connection’ entry

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1763" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;SND19-wk2-Green&lowbar;Bay&lowbar;High&lowbar;winners&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND19-wk2-Green Bay High winners" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"152" &sol;>Three students from Auckland&&num;8217&semi;s Green Bay High School have won a &dollar;3000 technology package for their school for their winning entry in the Waterview Connection&colon; A Learning Pathways Challenge programme&period; <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three groups of year 10 students from the school had each prepared a three-minute presentation to showcase their knowledge of engineering and what they had gained during their Waterview experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Principal Morag Hutchinson and three of the teachers selected the entry by students Josh Smith&comma; Amy Scott and Ronan Cowle&comma; which then went on to win the overall competition&comma; in which entries were submitted from 19 Auckland schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The students were invited to speak at the Challenge Event last Friday about their experiences from the Engineering E2E Waterview Project and were presented with the &dollar;3000 technology funding package by Tertiary Education and Skills &amp&semi; Employment Minister Steven Joyce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This programme was an engineering education initiative&comma; enabling Year 10 students with visits and learning experiences to help them make decisions about further learning &&num;8211&semi; in particular for engineering as a career option&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The E2E project took place between June and September this year and had two components&colon; an in-schools programme&comma; incorporating literacy and numeracy&semi; and an inter-school Challenge&comma; focusing on the work taking place at the Waterview Connection construction site&period;<&sol;p><&sol;p>&NewLine;