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Avonside Girls' High School

Milly Carson, Fiona Ariyarudeekul, Claudia Wilson, Libby Greaves and Martina can Zijl checking out the Council Chambers and the Mayors chair! by Ginni Orr

Kura ki Pukihi / Inventionator

Ginni Orr - November 30, 2022

Our students were posed with real life wicked problems and worked through two design sprints to explore the issue, brainstorm possible solutions and then go on to design, develop and iterate their designs before pitching them back to industry people.

Claudia squared - Claudia Henderson and Claudia Wilson (Year 11) created a prototype pathway game for young people experiencing mental health challenges so that players could explore pathways and move from darkness to light and also find community through eSports.

Claudia Wilson of the Claudia squared team delivering the groups pitch. It is a game to help young people feel connected as they grapple with mental health issues, moving from darkness to light by playing online games.  — Image by: Ginni Orr

WI Tech - Fiona Ariyarudeekul and Milly Carsen (Year 11) teamed up to create a solution to get more girls and young women into digital technology as a career. Their approach included mentors and creating a game and gaming device to learn different aspects of digital technology in a fun way.

Fiona and Milly delivering WI Tech - women in tech a solution to address the lack of women working in technology and how to get young women at school interested. — Image by: Ginni Orr

GreenCol - Martina van Zijl and Libby Greaves (Year 12) created a multi-pronged solution for people experiencing Irritable Bowel Syndrome so they and medical professionals could monitor their symptoms. They designed a website, a digital tool suitable for people with diverse needs who could not use a computer and a booklet. Amidst all of this, they branded themselves with a company name, logo, colour scheme and did a pitch that WOW'ed the industry rep who wants them to present to a panel of doctors and specialists!!

Martina and Libby of Green Col delivering their pitch addressing issues of people who experience IBD. They also pitched online to a group of Australian doctors! — Image by: Ginni Orr

Kura ki Pukihi Celebration

Our students who participated in the Inventionator sprints creating digital solutions for real world problems we’re invited to the Christchurch City Council Wednesday 11 May. Here they were welcomed by Councillor Anna Galloway who chairs Te Pae Pīkari, the Youth Advisory committee. Our students delivered their fantastic pitches once again, this time to a room full of adults including whanau members who could see what they had created.