Bathurst now boasts region's first innovation centre

Head of College, John Weeks, said the innovation centre is an area where students can immerse in experiences that combine and accelerate learning in STEM, Design, Technology, Nature, Growth and the Environment to build skills and knowledge to apply them to real-world problems.

As part of the opening parents and students got to see the new building in action, with 300 parents and 200 students registering to attend.

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Mr Weeks said the opening gave parents and students the chance to see how STEM activities happen.

He said the new Innovation Centre was the first of its kind in a school setting within regional NSW providing effective tools and training to transform education, bringing transdisciplinary problem-based learning into classrooms.

"The Scots All Saints Innovation Centre brings world's best practice in education to regional NSW, enabling our students to work collaboratively and develop knowledge to propel them into network pathways and long-term, future success as the next generation of community leaders.

"Research shows the new basic skills needed by young people to engage in a complex world and navigate the challenges they will inherit are problem-solving, communication skills, digital learning, teamwork, critical thinking, creatively and financial literacy. Other schools are doing this around the world, and we are pleased that our students will have a dedicated cutting-edge Innovation Centre and teachers who will have professional development to focus on skills needed beyond the 21st century," Mr Weeks said.

The Innovation Centre is modelled on a US prototype and is a purpose-built building covering 600 square metres in size to accommodate spacious, open plan and interactive learning spaces incorporating six distinct learning labs which will explore, amongst other things the world of engineering, health care, medicine and wellness as well as energy generation and transmission and the production of food and agriculture.

Students will also explore the world of data and build entrepreneurial skills.

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