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Future scientists encouraged Lisa Urbani
Science teaches us how to think, to gather and interpret information, to test assumptions, to weigh up options and to make informed decisions” Unfortunately, despite its importance, science is not directly funded in primary schools and many schools lack the resources to teach science. The 2017 National Monitoring Study of Student achievement found that only 20 per cent of students in Year 8 were achieving at or above science curriculum expectations. The House of Science Wairarapa Charitable Trust was formed in 2019 to support primary and intermediate schools with teaching science and address this issue. They currently provide their services to 19 schools throughout the Wairarapa, from Mauriceville to Pirinoa. General manager Amanda Taylor said the trust’s goal is to make science learning accessible to all children in Wairarapa, and the current global pandemic had shown “just how important it is to be developing the next generation of scientists”. House of Science provides quality hands-on bilingual – te reo Māori and English – science resource kits to primary
It’s amazing to watch the children engage and feel excited and energised by the experiments.
Children at Lakeview School doing an experiment. (l to r) Aeris Tepou Taniwha, Jessica McIntyre and Frankie Bond. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
and intermediate schools in Wairarapa. The kits are all based around a science theme and include five to seven hands-on experiments. They contain everything
a teacher needs including all consumables, student worksheets and instructions and they are delivered to schools weekly by volunteers and replenished by them on a
Friday before going out to another school. “Our science kits support students’ curiosity and imagination while developing their ability to assess and analyse
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scientific information,” Amanda said. Lakeview School junior syndicate leader Michelle Kerr, whose year three and four classes were using the kits, said, “it’s amazing
to watch the children engage and feel excited and energised by the experiments”. “They are bubbling with Continued on page 4
