Science

Communicating with the Specialist Team

We look forward to partnering with you in 2025, and welcome your input:

Hayley Oliver (Science)  Hayley.Oliver@education.vic.gov.au

Soft Plastics

Just a reminder, as a school we are collecting soft plastics. If you do see any soft plastic come home, gently remind your child to make sure they remember to put it in their class or levels' soft plastic tub. The Science captains, Beau and Alexander, come around every Thursday to collect. 

Donations

Thank you so much to the families who have donated cardboard, shoeboxes and toy cars. It is much appreciated. We will be using the shoeboxes and toy cars later in the term, so if you do have any lying around, I will still happily take them off your hands. Thank you again!

Year One and Two learning

We have had so much fun in the Science room, over the last few weeks. The Year One and Two students have continued to learn about force, but this time with the emphasis on direction and strength. 

It was such fun watching the students’ creative minds working as they designed and build their own mini golf course. It was such a pleasure seeing the joy this hands on challenge brought to them and to see what they could come up with. Some of the golf courses were sooooo challenging!! 

We have now switched our focus to strong and weak forces, and are about to embark on a new creative journey, to make a shoebox car launcher.

Year Three/Four learning

Over the last few weeks the Year Three and Four students have been experimenting with strength of force, and learning what happens to an object when more or less force is applied. The general conclusion was that the object goes further and faster, but is not necessarily as accurate. We had marbles rolling all over the place!!

The students are now enjoying inventing their own sport – it can be as ridiculous as they want it to be, but the challenge for the students is to think about the surface, the shoes, the uniform and the equipment and how friction plays a part it in it all. I’m looking forward to seeing their finished posters and creativity.

Year Five/Six learning

The Year Five and Six students have spent the last few weeks engaged in their research on Bioluminescent animals. I have enjoyed listening to their wonderings and findings out about their chosen creatures and then how they have applied that knowledge to their made up creature.

We are now learning how shadows are created and what happens to shadows when the light source is closer, further away and at different angles to the objects. The students will then apply this knowledge to create either a shadow story or shadow puppets.