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LEARNING AREA:<br />

SCIENCE<br />

The School delivered a curriculum based,<br />

scientifically researched program to students<br />

in an environment where they feel safe and<br />

supported in their learning and where all<br />

students are catered for.<br />

The Science program is also committed to<br />

developing partnerships within the broader<br />

academic community to enhance curriculum<br />

and academic achievement, civic responsibility<br />

and environmental sustainability.<br />

In <strong>2016</strong> the Science program connected with<br />

the SCSA Judging Standards and WA Curriculum<br />

to increase student understanding, stimulate<br />

science with incursions from Earth Sciences<br />

WA, South East Regional Centre for Urban<br />

Landcare and the International Centre for Radio<br />

Astronomy Research. Additionally a whole<br />

school incursion featuring the ‘Crazy World of<br />

Science’ was introduced for National Science<br />

week. These incursions stimulated student’s<br />

prior learning to associate knowledge with<br />

real life situations and professions. In addition<br />

to this students were able to direct questions<br />

to ‘subject matter experts’ and glean as much<br />

information as they could.<br />

Recommendations in 2017:<br />

Use data from Progressive Achievement<br />

Test Science to determine if there are any<br />

evident, global weaknesses in students’<br />

science knowledge. Use this information to<br />

inform pedagogy.<br />

Determine a clear directive on scholarship<br />

eligibility, with a view to identifying students<br />

and managing them accordingly.<br />

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