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27 November, 2025
School's high energy breaks through
All three schools worked and trained hard in the lead up and allowed the students and teachers to be immersed in the world of energy efficiency and sustainability.
SCHOOLS across St Arnaud put their pedals to the metal and came home with a mountain of success from Maryborough’s Enegy Breakthrough on the weekend.
All three schools worked and trained hard in the lead up and allowed the students and teachers to be immersed in the world of energy efficiency and sustainability.
Students spend the year designing, building and testing their machines, using the latest technology while considering its impact on the environment. They then bring their machines to Maryborough to demonstrate and trial them.
St Arnaud Primary School principal Melissa Mitchell said the students “trained hard in the lead up and put on an impressive campaign individually and as a team.
Their team ‘Saints Go Marching’ finished second in their class and clocked in 273 laps and a total of 429km across 12 hours of racing.
St Patrick’s Primary School was “extremely proud” of their two teams, with noth ‘Pick-A-Pocket Rocket and ‘Full Throttle With a Twist’ crossing the line in sixth and seventh place respectively. They travelled 674.66km together.
St Arnaud Secondary School team ‘Bad Attitude’ had an “incredible result, with a first in its category for their display and presentation and design and construction. ‘Ned’s Gang’ finished fifth with a score of 83.4/100 and ‘You Can’t Park There’ came ninth with 70.5/100,
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