For the duration of National Science Week our Kindergarten will be shining a spot light on all things scientific. We want to engage and inspire the next generation of budding scientists. We will do this through the use of a diversity of hands on activities for the children to experience and learn from. Our hope…
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Design Thinking: The Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine
Students in Early Stage 1 will be continuing their exploration of push and pull forces through the Physical World strand of the Science & Technology curriculum. They will build on skills previously developed in which they constructed simple machines as experiential learning opportunities. Their educators will scaffold the Design Thinking process and students will have…
St Pats Science Fair
The Science Fair will run for one day, incorporating rotational activities for Prep to Year 6 students. The fair activities will encompass the theme of National Science Week, with two sessions approximately 1.5 hours long with younger students in Prep to Year 2 in the first session, followed by older students. Activities will be based…
Science and STEM Extravaganza
Our STEM and science challenge will run for the whole day and students from Foundation to Year 6 will participate in various stem and science challenges to spark curiosity in science in everyday life through stem specialist classes and classroom hands on lessons. Hands-on experiments and design and construction activities will be set up in…
Sharing Science Morning Tea
A morning tea full of opportunities to share your science experience, learn from each other and learn together.
LEGO Masters Morning
Students will participate in a range of STEM building challenges using LEGO blocks, and work in teams to complete them. Local engineers will attend to assist and teach students about building principals. Parents will attend to support and engage in the activities with their child/ren.
Kindergarten Science Incursion
The Grange Community Centre will hold an incursion with an early learning science facilitator for the children who attend 3 year old kindergarten at the Centre during National Science Week, in addition to running a variety of science focused activities and experiments during this week. The project will serve as an introduction to science for…
3D Printing – Let Your Imagination Come to Life!
Interested in 3D printing but don’t know where to start? Learn how to 3D design and make your very own 3D printed creations! School Incursions We deliver in-person school incursions to teach 3D printing and STEM. Learners will be guided through the design process in order to make their own 3D printed creations. Our…
3D Printing – Fantastic Family Fun!
Learn to 3D design personalised figurines, logos, badges, medals, fridge magnets, key chains, name tags etc. for each family member! Participate and work together as a family. If you’d like to have your designs 3D printed, you can order them online after the workshop. This is an online event. Multiple times / dates available. Bookings…
STEM Fest 2023
Leura Public School is excited to launch STEM Fest 2023, a cross-school partnership initiative within the Blue Mountains Learning Community. This full-day event will see primary school students from across the region engage in a range of immersive workshops and design thinking challenges. Attendees will have the opportunity to investigate artificial intelligence, advancements in renewable energies and…