On March 13th, the FCG STEAM Festival concluded with great success, providing students with the opportunity to explore through hands-on experiences and gain valuable insights by integrating science and art.

At the beginning of the event, Ms May Li, the CEO of Country Garden Education Group, delivered the opening speech. She takes immense pride in the remarkable achievements of Fettes College Guangzhou in the fields of science and art.

Ms May also encourage all students to boldly explore the applications of AI in science and art, reflect together on how we can harness these new technologies as tools for innovation, fueling our creativity and imagination.

The Heads of College, Mr Jeroen Gakes and Ms Julie Zheng, jointly launched the AI gesture interaction digital opening of the STEAM Festival. This is a digital work that integrates programming, art design, and AI interaction. It is built with React and Three.js for 3D particle animation and combines MediaPipe AI gesture recognition to enable real-time audience interaction.

The primary school string orchestra performed the classic piece Horse Racing. Their lively melody showcased impressive playing skills, earning enthusiastic applause from the audience. 

At the opening ceremony, we were honored to announce the official appointment of Ms. Jamie Hart, a vocal professor from Berklee College of Music, as a visiting professor at the FCG Performing Arts Academy. Following the announcement, Professor Jamie Hart and Grade 10 student Joy Hu delivered a stunning live performance together.

The same robot featured in the Spring Festival Gala by Unitree made an appearance on the FCG stage, demonstrating its agile kung-fu moves and cool street-dance performance. 

What was even more special was that the robots wore fashion designs created by FCG students, joining five models in the fashion show.

Dr. Yao Zhang, founder and CEO of Robo Terra, a Silicon Valley-based educational robotics company, delivered an inspiring keynote speech to all teachers and students. Combining a professional perspective with vivid examples, she highlighted the development trends of the AI and robotics era. Dr. Zhang encouraged students to seize the opportunities of the times, make the most of the school’s high-quality resources, cultivate innovative thinking, and strive to become pioneers in the AI era. 

The physics and biology teachers collaborated across disciplines to guide eight senior students in presenting the exciting 'elephant toothpaste' experiment.

The 65 STEAM booths provide a diverse array of technological and artistic experiences. Students navigate between the booths, participating in hands-on activities, interactive demonstrations, and collaborative explorations. 

The most popular area was the robot experience zone: whether it was controlling a robot to navigate an obstacle course, competing in an aerial football match with a drone, or witnessing a humanoid robot battle a robotic dog up close, students were immersed in learning about robot motion control and observing the decision-making and collaborative logic of AI models in real-world scenarios.