Science

The science program at Mount Helena Primary School is taught by Mrs Slater. Mrs Slater teachers Science to all years, Kindy to Year 6. Primary Connections is used to support the delivery of science content specific to each year level, in alignment with the WA Curriculum. 

Mrs Slater delivers a‘hands on’ experiential based learning program. She moderates the teaching and learning program to meet the needs of each student. Students gain team skills, assume dedicated roles, formulate and test theories and work collaboratively to steer their group to a successful outcome. The students work with the teacher to record key findings, where appropriate recording methods are modelled. Students then record the information in their science learning journals and evaluate their findings. Mrs Slater then completes the Reporting to Parents process for Science each semester for all studnets and moderates the judgements against the School Curriculumand Standards Authority’s Science Achievement Standards.

Participating in Circuit Breakers 
Our Year 4's in 2019 participated in the Circuit Breaker fair hosted at SciTech. This program was partnered with Western Power and involved the students to code microbits and create a sustainable 'city'. The Year 4's then presented their 'city' at the fair. A tremendous achievement!

Winning the 2018 Hills Education Community (HEC) Science Challenge

Congratulations to our Science Team – Orlando, Mackenzie and Dylan, under the guidance of Mr Bielby, for this impressive achievement. In recent years we have also achieved 2nd place twice and a 4th place, demonstrating the ongoing effectiveness of our Science program.

Success in Round 2 for a Science Laboratory

We were delighted to be successful in the grant application for a specialist science laboratory, which is now completed. We also received $25 000 to purchase science resources. This is a part of the Government commitment to provide $12 million to convert 200 existing primary school classrooms into science laboratories, with an additional $5 million for grants to resource these converted facilities.