{"id":39060,"date":"2016-03-16T13:14:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T02:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/?p=25631"},"modified":"2026-09-30T05:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:30:29","slug":"seams-program-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/?p=39060","title":{"rendered":"SEAMS Program 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\">[vc_row][vc_column]\t<header class=\"wssc-post-banner wssc-post-banner--focal-center wssc-post-banner--has-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wssc-post-banner__media\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"wssc-post-banner__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-300x137.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-1024x469.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-768x352.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-1536x703.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WSSCStudentsLBR-2048x938.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t<div class=\"wssc-post-banner__title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wssc-post-banner__meta\"><span>Special Announcements<\/span><time datetime=\"2016-03-16T13:14:52+00:00\">16 March 2016<\/time><\/div>\t\t\t\t<h1>SEAMS Program 2016<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"wssc-post-banner__breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n\t\t<ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/announcements\/\">Special Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><span aria-current=\"page\">SEAMS Program 2016<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/nav>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\nThree of our Year 11 students spent three days living on campus at university during the school holidays as part of a science and maths academic enhancement program.<br \/>\nBailey Caldwell, Maddison Weldon, and Emily Strachan are participating in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/access\/outreach_programs\/seams\" target=\"_blank\">Strengthening Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (SEAMS)<\/a> program, run by Monash University and the University of Melbourne. The program aims to boost students\u2019 academic performance in maths and science while immersing them in a first-hand university experience. Students from 32 schools across Victoria attended the camps.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe students stayed in university residential halls and attended classes designed to prepare them for their Maths Methods, Chemistry and Physics subjects. Classes were taught by expert secondary teachers with assistance from high-achieving university students, who acted as tutors and mentors to the young participants.<br \/>\nStudents also met faculty staff and learned about the enormous range of pathways and opportunities available at university.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nImmersed in fun and puzzling activities, from trivia to the inaugural Rube Goldberg Machine challenge, students formed strong bonds with others from across the state who share their interests and aspirations. These relationships will continue via online learning platforms and social media, and the students will be reunited in July at a second camp. The majority of SEAMS participants report feeling better prepared for their VCE studies after attending SEAMS. Last year 95% of students who graduated from the SEAMS program in 2014 received offers for STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) university courses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25633 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SEAMS2016-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"SEAMS2016\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row] Three of our Year 11 students spent three days living on campus at university during the school holidays as part of a science and maths academic enhancement program. Bailey Caldwell, Maddison Weldon, and Emily Strachan are participating in the Strengthening Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (SEAMS) program, run by Monash University and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-39060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-announcements","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40095,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39060\/revisions\/40095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39060"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_series&post=39060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}