Taster lessons for primary students

Brisbane Water Secondary College, Umina campus, hosted taster lessons for primary school students on Thursday, February 21.

Nearly 80 students experienced high school science, English, technology and visual arts.

In art, students studied 17th century techniques and used their knowledge to create their own chess board pieces out of paper clay.

In English, students worked in groups to analyse poetry through images and music.

Featuring Wordsworth's Daffodils, students discussed and compiled a storyboard and gained an understanding and appreciation of poetry as an art form.

Up-and-coming tech-heads used three different computer programs, Prezi, Cooltext, and Publisher, to create their own product advertising campaign.

The science labs were opened up for a variety of experiments that involved the use of chemicals, safety goggles and Bunsen burners.

Students also learnt about magnetic fields, electrostatic forces, and how gas reacts when mixed with different chemicals.

Newsletter, 26 Feb 2013

Lyn Davis, Umina Pubic School