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Kilvington’s 2021 NAPLAN results

Kilvington’s 2021 NAPLAN results are in and they show above the State average with more than 86% of students performing a year above and at expected level across all domains. Well done Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 students during a particularly challenging year.

 

Find more details here.

Science news

 Maree Locco, Academic Dean of Science

 

YEAR 9 SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH AWARDS 

All Year 9 students completed a photography assignment in Term 2. As part of the Physics topic of Light and Lenses, students needed to photograph a scientific concept and explain the science of their photos in a report.  

The Year 9 teachers chose the top assignments to be entered into the Science Teachers Association of Victoria (STAV) annual Science Talent Search Competition. Students who took part in this competition attended a remote judging day, where they needed to explain their assignment to a panel. The Science Faculty wish to congratulate the following students:

  • Adele Takle who won a Major Bursary (one of only two awards in the state!) for her project ‘Refraction in Water’.
  • Zak Mckinnon, who won a Minor Bursary   (one of four awards in the state!) for his project, ‘Life Cycle of Flowers’.
  • Victoria Hu, who won a Minor Bursary    (one of four awards in the state!) for her project, ‘Geomorphology of Victorian Geological Features.’

The above students attended a virtual award ceremony on November 8 with STAV, their parents and Ms Padgett who presented the awards.

 

A thank you to Year 9 students and Year 9 teachers for their involvement with this project, and a special thanks to Mr Michael Schmidt for running this project for the Year 9s.

 

TOY TIME 

Toy Time is an annual STEAM project completed at Kilvington. Students design and build a toy that teach a Year 3 student about Forces.  

 

This is a joint project from the Science, Digital Technologies, Art and Mathematics Faculties, where students show their understanding of each of these different areas in their final project.  

 

After starting this project in Term 2, we were very pleased to be able to bring this project to a close in Term 4. 

The Science Leaders, Elena Stuckey de la Banda, Grace Kiosoglous and Natasha Tsirelas came to judge the projects and gave a prize to one group from each class based on the build quality of the toy, and how well it teaches about Forces.

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded the Toy Time Science Leader Award:

 

Aquashot

  • Loretta Pietrosanto
  • Esme Jackson-Lyng
  • Indie Vienet
  • Alyvia Liew

Animal Hunting

  • Diya James
  • Eva Zhou
  • Avery Liew

Magnetic Soccer Stadium

  • Liam Fernandes
  • Onkaar Lamba
  • Archie Dehne

Car Runner

  • Ewan Harrison
  • Alex Verginis
  • Will Danckert
  • Fraser Macdonald

The above students then went on to present to Mr Jon Williams and Ms Alice James who gave their award to Car Runner – congratulations to Ewan, Alex, Will and Fraser for their amazing creation and presentation.

 

Congratulations to all Year 7 students on their efforts during this project, and a big thank you to the Year 7 teachers involved, especially Science for their drilling, sawing, and cutting skills!