SCIENCE

Term 3 has been a very busy in Science with National Science Week taking place 13th-21st of August. We had a week full of lunchtime activities all around the theme of glass! Students had the opportunity to create sun catchers, kaleidoscopes and complete a range of experiments looking at the properties of glass.  

In Science classes our Year 7’s have been exploring classification, looking at how different organisms interact and the key features that we use to distinguish them from each other. They have looked at both behavioural and structural adaptations, and even spending time making observations outside looking at the behaviour of different animals. 

Our Year 8 students have been exploring energy and how it can be transferred from one system to another. Here our Year 8’s are using analogies for conduction, convection and radiation. 

Our Year 9 students finished learning all about electricity this term and have begun looking at ecosystems. They are completing a range of experiments including investigating what effects seed growth. 

Tristan Dunkley 

Science Key Learning Head