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Wilderness Times | Spring 2020
JUNIOR SCHOOL
OLIPHANT SCIENCE AWARDS Almost 50 students from the Junior School entered the Oliphant Science Awards competition this year, which was open from June to August.
We would like to congratulate the following prize winners:
missed out on winning a prize and were ranked as ‘Highly Commended’:
Annika Ganesh – Year 5-6 Posters
Isla Balestrin – Year 3-4 Photography
Maryam (Cedra) Sawad – R-2 Posters
Students could choose to enter from a variety of categories, including posters, photography, models and inventions, science writing, crystal investigation, games and multimedia.
Lila Nassery and Adeline Wilson – R-2 Games
Edie Lydeamore and Evangeline Lee – Year 3-4 Games
Our Junior School entrants worked really hard on their projects, showing creativity, persistence and excellent scientific understanding. Their efforts resulted in some amazing entries, so much so that several students have been awarded prizes for their projects.
Maryam (Cedra) Sawad, Isha Wechalekar and Aayana Butt – R-2 Models & Inventions Specific placings have not yet been announced, but the girls will find out if they were awarded 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in Term 4. We look forward to sharing this with you. I would also like to acknowledge the following students who narrowly
Vivienne Childs – R-2 Photography Jessica Mah – Year 3-4 Posters We congratulate all of our Junior School girls on their entries and for the time and effort they put into their projects. It is so nice to see so many of our students loving their science. Nathan Rice Junior School Teacher
