Science

This year we welcomed Ms Samantha Worthington and Mrs Diana Ganapathy to the Science Department teaching both senior and junior classes. I thank our Science staff for another successful year, they have worked in many ways to provide a range of experiences for all students. 

CHEMISTRY VISIT TO CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY

In February our Year 12 Chemistry students again participated in a range of Chemistry activities at Charles Sturt University. Thanks again to Mr Fitzpatrick for his organisation.

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CHALLENGE

Earlier in the year, Year 10 participated in the Science and Engineering Challenge presented by The University of Newcastle in cooperation with Charles Sturt University, Riverina Water and Rotary Clubs of Wagga Wagga. Students were given the opportunity to work alongside other Riverina schools to design and build a range of structures including bridges, electricity distribution systems, earthquake proof buildings and bionic hands. Congratulations to Year 10 on their efforts to be placed 3rd and I thank Ms Worthington for all her work in preparing the students.

HSC SCIENCE STUDY DAY

Year 12 students had the opportunity to attend the HSC Science Study Day in Albury. This day gave them the opportunity to attend lectures from a range of experts in the fields of Biology, Chemistry and Physics. I would like to thank the Albury District Science Teachers Association for their organisation and Mr Britton for taking the students. 

FORENSIC WORKSHOP

Last month our Year 9 and 10 students took part in “A Case of Conspiracy” which was a Forensic Science workshop run by Education Interactive. Students were given a crime scenario and were asked to inspect the evidence provided to solve the crime. Once again this gave students an insight into other science related career paths.  

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Congratulations to the following students:

Alexander Pillai for winning the Year 12 Notre Dame Award for Overall Academic   Achievement in Science

Lucy Walsh for being accepted into the National Youth Science Forum in January

Sophie Von Mengersen who was chosen for the Honeywell Engineering Summer School

I am grateful for having such a devoted and remarkable Science staff who work so well together to do so much to provide many opportunities to the students in their classes. I would especially like to thank Craig Britton for his help as Science KLA Assistant this year.

Mr Charlie Anderson | Science KLA Leader