Science News
Welcome back to another exciting year of science club! Science club runs weekly on Monday lunchtimes in JF14, and is an incredible opportunity to do fun experiments with your friends and learn about the wonders of science.
To kick off the year, next Monday we will be celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day which celebrates and recognises the empowerment of women and girls through participation in science, technology and innovation.
In honour of this, we welcome distinguished Associate Professor Lana McClements of the School of Life Sciences and The Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices at UTS to give us a talk. She is the leader of the Cardio-Obstetrics Research Group and is focused on women’s health as well as advocacy for women in STEM.
The talk will be held next Monday 12 February at lunch in the Lecture Theatre and we encourage everyone to come as we learn about her inspiring career, her experience as a woman in STEM and her interesting research into pregnancy and the cardiovascular system. We will also be offering time for questions at the end of the talk for anyone with any specific inquiries.
We hope to see everyone there!
Janet Zheng, Jasmine So, Rebecca Colwell, Sophia Chu, and Teagan Barrack
Science Club Leaders
Science Co-curricular Overview
Science is getting ready for another big year! There’s always something exciting going on, so if you are interested in the wonders of the world (or out of this world in Space!), conducting experiments, engineering or anything else scientific, please come and join us.
To help with planning, here is a quick overview of some of the co-curricular activities available in Science. If you are interested in any of these activities, please contact Mia Sharma or Luke Hanson for further information.
Term 1
| Activity | Time | Students involved |
| Science Club | Mondays at Lunch | Year 6-12 |
| Chemistry, Physics and Biology Olympiad Training | Weekly after school | Interested Year 10-11 students |
Term 2
| Activity | Time | Students involved |
| Science Club | Mondays at Lunch | Year 6-12 |
| Chemistry, Physics and Biology Olympiad Training continued | Weekly after school | Interested Year 10-11 students |
| TBC-Crystal Growing Competition | Weekly | Year 6-12 |
| TBC-Titration Competition Training and Competition | Weekly after school | Year 12 Chemistry |
July Holidays (9 – 13 July, 2024)- The Armidale School Forensic Science Camp for Year 8 students.
Term 3
| Activity | Time | Students involved |
| Science Club | Mondays at Lunch | Year 6-12 |
| National Science Week | 10 to 18 August | Whole school |
| TBC-Biotech Futures Challenge | End of Term 3, beginning of Term 4 | Interested Year 9-10 |
| Olympiad Exams |
12 June: Juniors |
Interested Year 10-11 students who attended the training. |
October Holidays (9-11 October, 2024) – The Science Experience (Macquarie University) for Year 9-10 students.
Term 4
| Activity | Time | Students involved |
| Science Club | Mondays at Lunch | Year 6-12 |
| TBC-Biotech Futures Challenge | Presentation day beginning of Term 4 | Interested Year 9-10 |
| TBC-Olympiad pre-training | Weekly at lunch | Year 9 interested students |
| TBC-Olympiad Invited Speaker | Once, afterschool | Year 9-11 Olympiad students |
January Holidays 2025 – National Youth Science Forum (NYSF Science Camp) for current Year 11s (Year 12 in 2025).
