Applications to enter the 2023 Energy Breakthrough have roared in from across the state on day one of our entry period. The day was highlighted by a number of new schools, rural schools and a strong home-town representation from Maryborough schools, too.
Entries for the 2023 Energy Breakthrough open today!
Our Schools Handbooks for the 2023 Energy Breakthrough (EB) is now live in the Team Managers' Hub page on our website. Please note that there are two Parts: A and Part B and they should be ready in conjunction with the specific ‘Handbook’ for each category. Entries for all categories will now open at 12noon on Monday 20th March 2023. Within this update is some key points for 2023 that we wish to highlight.
To support schools kick-off 2023 on the right foot, the Country Education Partnership is hosting a 'Test'N'Tune Day in Bendigo on Friday 10 March for all Energy Breakthrough HPV and EEVs teams. Sign-up your school today and enjoy some 'seat time', meet other teachers and students and enjoy a free BBQ!
Welcome to 2023! We hope that the buzz of being back at school and into the swing of things. We wanted to share a quick update for schools about this year's Energy Breakthrough program including categories of entry, entry open and closing dates and our new Team Manager Hub.
To support schools kick-off 2023 on the right foot, the Country Education Partnership is hosting a 'Test'N'Tune Day in Bendigo on Friday 10 March for all Energy Breakthrough HPV and EEVs teams. Come and enjoy some 'seat time', meet other teachers and students and enjoy a free BBQ!
It was an electrifying finish between our two 19-hour trial winners, Bendigo Senior Secondary College’s (BSSC) Earth Mover and Peninsula Human Power’s Hare & Forbes in the final minutes of the 2022 Energy Breakthrough. Despite representing different categories (EEV Single power source and HPV Open categories respectively), there wasn’t much between these two teams throughout the duration of the event. A particularly impressive feat for Hare & Forbes given the absence of an external power source!
The Energy Breakthrough is more than just an event. We’ve heard time and time again about the impact it’s made on young people’s lives. How it’s helped them get through high school, make life-long friends, inspired their career choices, and even start their own community teams so they can continue the racing long after their last Maryborough checked flag has been flown.
In a pilot program consisting of just four schools, we asked participants to work together to code and navigate a Sphero Bolt Robot to perform a series of complex tasks in a set of three challenges.
Following advice from the Incident Control Centre in Bendigo, Victoria Police have provided a directive to relocate all Energy Breakthrough camping infrastructure located under trees.
