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QVSA Primary Courses

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Courses for 2025​ (Primary Grades 5 - ​6)​

QVSA Round 1 student nominations are now open!   A full list of courses across the week is included below. If you would like to talk to someone about how the QVSA operates or how these amazing STEM enrichment courses work contact your regional coordinator.  If you are seeking to register interest for upcoming courses please ​​​email Breeha Sinnamon bsinn11@eq.edu.au.

Most Round 1 programs are 10 weeks in duration and are scheduled for one 60 minute lesson per week, except those listed as 5-week Skill Builders.  The 10-week programs are split across the holidays (6 weeks at the end of term one and 4 weeks at the beginning of the term two) – Round 1 begins 24th February and ends 16th May.

2025 Round Dates:

Round dates for 2025

Round 1: 24th Feb. to 16th May (Term 1 Wk 5 to Term 2 Wk4)

Round 2: 26th May to 15th Aug. (Term 2 Wk 6 to Term 3 Wk5)

Round 3: 25th Aug. to 14th Nov. (Term 3 Wk 7 to Term 4 Wk6)​


​​Round 1 Courses include:

Grand Challenges

​Monday:
  • Pests in the West
  • Kiss the Ground
Tuesday:
  • Bushfire Reduction
  • Reef Health
  • Audio Warfare
  • Portable Living Spaces
  • Women in STEM
Wednesday:
  • Advancements in Mining Innovation
  • Save the Bees
  • Mission to Mars​
Thursday:
  • Sensational Sharks
  • Let it Grow
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Say it with STEM
Friday
  • ​​Space Junk​

Skill Builders​

Monday:

  • Advanced Lego Robotics
  • Math in Sport
  • Jellybean Justification​

Tuesday:

  • Intro to micro:bits
  • Lego Robotics

Wednesday:
  • Maths Powers of the Universe 
  • Intro to micro:bits
  • Life Hacks
  • Maqueen Machines
  • Lego Robotics
  • Future Farming
  • Biomechanics
  • Einstein Science

Thursday:

  • Maths Powers of the Universe 
  • Advanced Lego Robotics
  • Beat the Heat
  • Einstein Science
  • The Heist: Forensics

Friday:

  • Beat the Heat
  • Einstein Science​
  • Lego Robotics

Digital Learning & STEM introductory courses:​
Monday:

  • Digital Learner's Licence & Forensics
  • Digital Learner's Licence & Mars Helicopter
  • Digital Learner's Licence & Coding 101 

​Tuesday:

  • D​igital Learner's Licence and Indigenous Seasons

Wednesday:

  • Digital Learner's Licence and Scientific Inquiry
  • Digital Learner's Licence and Tropex

Thursday:

  • Digital Learner's Licence & Coding 101 

Friday:

  • Digital Learner's Licence & Mars Helicopter​

Please contact your regional coordinator or ​​​email bsinn11@eq.edu.au for more course information, class times ​and registration details.​


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Last reviewed 24 March 2025
Last updated 24 March 2025