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FETE DE LA SCIENCE

On Thursday 19 October, a group of Year 9 and 10 French students went to the city for La Fete de la Science, organised by the Alliance Francaise. The purpose of the day was to learn about the work of French scientists based in Australia. It also provided our students with ideas about how they could use their French to help access the world of scientific study.

Jennifer Lynd

Languages Learning Area Manager

On Thursday last week, the French students chose to opt for the event, La Fête De La Science, which took place in Madame Brussels Lane. We departed around 10:40am from the main campus to catch a train. We had one hour for lunch, where we could explore French eateries and buy crepes and waffles. We then made our way to the event itself. 

In this event, we had seven stations which informed us of seven different issues. These topics were about cancer by professor Fred Hollande who gave us an insight into the research of cancer, and tracking radar technology by Victor Deville who showed us how the radar technology assists us and why we should be using it, we also learned about the politics in science by Prune Bobozka who taught us about hydrogen and renewable energy and how it connects the bonds between Australia and France. 

We continued our journey to the next room where we were met by Professor Thierry Correge who gave us an insight into Oceanology, the different parts of oceanology and his project of El niño. 

Moving to the next stop we had Christoph Rudiger, who is an Environmental Engineer and taught us about climate, bushfires and the science of nature. And then we moved to the next stop, leaving only two more, black matter by Robert James who informed us on what dark matter is and why people study it. Then we came to our last stop, hydroclimate issues with Dr Fitsum Woldemeskel, he taught us about climate, and the flooding that happened and implemented the knowledge of the Bureau of Meteorology and created a map of Australia which highlights the hydrological forecasts at different timescales. 

Overall, the experience was a 10/10, we learned about the different aspects of science instead of just one type. This gave us a thorough understanding of the different issues and topics there are to explore more of.

Anvi Gundala 9C & Akshita Geete 9B

Bonjour! 

On Thursday 19 October, a group of French students with Madame Lynd went to La Fête de la Science in the city. We took a train to Flinders Street Station, and from there, we went to get some delicious foods like croquettes, crepes, and Belgian waffles for lunch. 

After indulging in lunch, we headed to Madame Brussels Lane to start La Fête de la Science. The students were split into two groups and rotated around seven stations, each specialising in a different area of science.

We listened and asked questions to guest speakers of all sciences, including topics like cancer research, engineering and radars, future sciences and hydrogen, oceanography, dark matter, bushfires, and floods. 

Overall, we found this excursion really helpful and informative as we could get an insight into the perspectives of different scientists and what they do in their jobs. This also helped us see what we wanted to do for ourselves, and what pathways we could choose in the future.

Merci to Madame Lynd for organising such a fun and relaxed day out! 

Sophie Yu 9B & Vishaka Venkat 9B