Growing Innovation Challenge

On Tuesday a group of Year 10 students represented St Hilda’s in the Growing Innovation Challenge with Paxton Francis, Greer Egan, Lucy Falconer, Grace Bamber, Alexa Ross, Lola Murray, Sophie Lloyd, Olivia Simmons and Lucy Reily taking part. 

These students worked in pairs with students from 6 other schools from around Dunedin to develop solutions for problems within the Food and Fibre industries. Problems included wilding pines, innovative uses for wool and its 13 amazing properties, monitoring water pipes for damage and the health of waterways on farm land. Students worked with industry experts to develop their ideas

Of the 4 problems given, 3 proposals involving St Hilda’s students were judged as winners with students receiving a $25 Prezzy Card each. Judges commented on the students' understanding of the problems they were challenged to solve and the comprehensive and innovative solutions that were produced.

Growing NZ organised the challenge to bring awareness to the opportunities that exist in the Food and Fibre industries as the sector needs another 50,000 workers by 2025. There are a plethora of scholarships available and you can find out more about them here.