Page 61 - Southwell School Year Book 2018

SCIENCE
2018 saw the arrival of some fabulous photographic posters courtesy of Vivid Images which seemed to spark a new lease of life into the Science corridor, and with it came a host of awards and successes.
It has always been a tradition for Southwell to enter the ICAS Science competition, not
as a means of comparison, but rather as a means of enabling those of us who teach the subject to re-evaluate what we do and how we do it, in order to improve student learning.
This year 139 students sat ICAS Science, of which 44 gained participating certi cates, 16 gained merits, 54 achieved a credit, 20 gained distinctions (Brendon Tsoi, Blake Freyberg, Daniel Dizon, Eddie Bi, Jasper Goldsmith, Lucas Zhang, Oliver Norman, Adi Manda, Lydia Kong, Caroline Glander, Leon Wu, Leon Lee, Sam Edwards, Daniel Zhao, Yvette Scatchard, Meera Patel, Bob Su, Katie Li, Isabella Egan, Amirdha Kanchi) while Alex Liu, Avi Patel, Nish Wood, Li Hang Cao and Fraser Clegg all gained high distinctions.
At the Waikato NIWA Science Fair, out of the nine projects that were entered, seven were judged to be prize winners.
•Year 7 & 8 Observational Drawings
1st Nuo Chen
•Year 7 & 8 Planet Earth and Beyond
1st Alex Liu (& Best Year 8 Exhibit)
•Year 7 & 8 Planet Earth and Beyond
2nd Jessica Licht & Anna Urlich
•Year 7 Material World
3rd Katie Li
•Highly Commended
Yvette Scatchard & Isabella Egan,
Logan Steans, Jacob Kilgour
•Special Prize from the NZ Statistical Association & Highly Commended Matthew Chanwai
Hands-on, doing practical work is the best way to learn and I am incredibly grateful
to my colleagues Cindy Lloyd-Voss, Claire Velzian and Keryn Cameron for what they do in continuing to inspire Southwell students.
Guy Velzian Science Teacher
Nuo Chen’s (8GMK) rst place observational drawing
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