Science Week in Action
PRIMARY STEM
Year 6: The Year 6’s made paper planes and did a paper plane race. They had fun researching and doing trial and error with the paper planes and learning origami. At the end they completed race and distance challenges Year 5: They had lots of fun making masterpieces at school. They were also using their imaginations and being creative. For Science W eek, the Year 5s were experimenting with ink and water. They coloured water with different materials and used it to make beautiful water colours onto paper. The students chose to create an image of their favourite animal, The Herring. Year 4: The Year 4 students experimented with bubbles of different sizes by using a wet plate and blowing through a straw with vibrant coloured bubble liquid. One Year 4 reported they had fun. Another Year 4 remarked that blowing bubbles is extremely fun to see how big the bubbles can get. Year 3: The Year 3’s learnt about the water cycle in Science W eek. They used a clear plastic cup of water with shaving cream on top to represent clouds. Then they dropped blue food dye rain drops into the cups and watched it go through the foam. Lastly the students watched a video to summarise what they learnt about evaporation. Some parents/carers came in to watch their children learn.
Year 2: The Year 2’s made lava lamps with vegetable oil, fizzy tablets and coloured water. They summarised it all by writing what they did and how much fun they had. They were in awe with the bubbles of the experiment and oil and water and other ingredients popping. Year 1: Year 1’s had fun making slime for Science W eek. They used two different ways to make slime and compared the different recipes. Ingredients were, glue and activator. The other one was mixed glue until it formed a stretchy, gooey, satisfying slime. They enjoyed making slime and being actively creative. Prep: The Preps made marble runs out of popsicle sticks and unifix blocks. One Prep said that it was so much fun seeing the marbles go fast through the tracks. They learnt about friction and how gravity brings the marbles down. They watched videos about marbles and learnt how to roll marbles. Some Preps favourite part was playing with the marbles with their parents. Another Prep learnt that the popsicle sticks although smooth, had gaps and slowed the marbles down.
This Science Week, our school buzzed with excitement as students from Prep to Year 6 dove into hands-on experiments, creative challenges, and scientific explorations. Leading the celebrations were our Year 6 Science Captains, Kathy N and Isaac H, who shared their enthusiasm and helped guide the activities across the year levels. Each year level took part in unique experiments that sparked curiosity and inspired learning—from the youngest Preps experimenting with marble runs and discovering gravity, to Year 6 students mastering the art of paper planes through trial and error. Throughout the week, students explored everything from the wonders of bubbles and slime to the mysteries of the water cycle and the magic of ink and water art. Parents/carers joined in to watch and celebrate the learning, making Science Week a memorable experience full of creativity, fun, and wonder for all.
44
45
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker