Bridgetown High School eNewsletter

Bridgetown HS Students Gear Up for WARP 2025 Robotics Challenge

Year 9 and 10 Digital Technologies students at Bridgetown High School are hard at work preparing a robot for the upcoming 2025 WARP (WA Robotics Playoffs) competition, to be held at Curtin University in August. WARP is part of the global organisation FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), which aims to inspire young people to become leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through the challenge of designing and building a robot to play a unique, fast-paced game—featuring six robots on a court the size of half a basketball court—students develop essential 21st-century skills in collaboration, communication, critical and creative thinking, and innovation.

Thanks to the generosity of Dave Berriman and the State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University, our students have been given the opportunity to work with an industrial-scale robot base, loaned as part of a program aimed at introducing rural students to robotics and automation. This partnership between Murdoch and Curtin Universities provides students with hands-on experience using technologies found in modern farming, linking game-based learning with real-world applications in agricultural automation and innovation.

Our robotics students are excited to learn new skills and collaborate with peers from other schools across the state. Their participation highlights Bridgetown High School’s commitment to providing students with engaging STEM learning opportunities and preparing them for careers in technology and engineering.