Science Week – Term 3, Week 10

During the last week of  term, we celebrated Science Week with a variety of activities - an incursion, daily and weekly quizzes, science competition and in-class science experiments. The theme for the week was “Species Survival: More Than Just Sustainability”.

The classes from year 1 to 6 had an incursion from Westoz Wildlife, where the students got up close with a variety of Australian animals. There was a koala, Woma Python, Stimson’s Python, Bobtail Lizard and a Sugar Glider. The students were able to pat the koala and the sugar glider, and those that were brave enough, held the Stimson’s Python either in their hands or around their neck. The students thoroughly enjoyed the experience with the animals.

A weekly quiz was held for the year groups 1 and 2, 3 and 4, and 5 and 6. There were 10 questions regarding animals found in different areas around the world, that are currently endangered or extinct. Congratulations to the following winners:

Year 1/2 – Scarlet Greyling: Year 2 TA 7, Year 3/4 – Lylah Milne: Year 3 TA 9, Year 5/6 – Grace Patterson: Year 6 TA20

A sustainability competition was run to promote ways to help and care our environment, animals and plants during the students’ science lesson in weeks 8 and 9. For years 1 to 3, the students designed a poster to highlight 5 ways to care for The environment. The students in year 4 to 6, designed a t-shirt to highlight the concerns of pollution to the environment, plants and animals.

A huge thank you to the Watts Family, who donated the amazing prizes for each of our winners. Each winning student received a Scitech pass for 4 people. The winners were:

Year 1, 2 and 3: Hana Germon – Year 2 TA 7 , Year 3, 4 and 5: Pia Sjogren – Year 4 TA 16

The National Science Week Schools Theme for 2025 is 'Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature's hidden language.” We look forward to sharing the activities again next year.