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School talkWhat do you like best about the Womenin Science Centre at St Mary’s College?

The labs areso spaciousthat twoclasses couldfit in at thesame time.GabriellePoulson, Year11.

Betterequipmentand newerresources.Kaitlin Petrie,Grade 8.

The naturallight saves onelectricity aswell asbrighteningthe place up.JanayaSmith, Year11.

I love thegroovy redcarpet and thecolourfulwalls.CaitlinMenzie,Grade 9.

The facility iswonderful forenvironmentalscience. It is agreat spacefor learning.RebeccaSaunders,Year 11.

I love thebeautifulviews andpositivelearningenvironment.ElspethKeele, Grade9.

It has lovelyopen spacesand the sunshines rightthrough as youwork.BeneMcGeown,Grade 9.

It’s veryspacious andhas new andusefulresources.KateChoraziak,Grade 9.

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WOMEN IN SCIENCE: Students Arianna Knight, left, Frankie Williams and Michaela Murphywith retired teacher Sister Majella Kelly in the new science centre at St Mary’s College.

GRADE 11 life science studentsrecently heard first-hand aboutscience education at St Mary’sCollege over the last 60 years.

The girls interviewed SisterMajella Kelly, who attended StMary’s as a student in the 1950sbefore returning as a scienceteacher and eventually becom-ing principal of the college inthe early 1990s.

Sr Majella spoke about theproud tradition of science edu-cation that is continued at theschool today with the newWomen in Science Centre.

The new facility with itslight, airy and well-equippedlaboratories is an inviting andstimulating place in which tolearn.

‘‘Girls can do anything thatthey put their minds to,’’ SrMajella said.

‘‘At St Mary’s College theyare well prepared to take partin careers in science and tech-nology,’’ she said.

Methods of teaching scienceare now much more ‘‘handson’’ and technologically ad-vanced and students learnabout the impact of science onsociety with its relevance toissues relating to women.

In the past, all students inGrades 7 and 8 studied science,but it was an elective in theupper classes.

Class sizes in the juniorschool ranged from 30 to 38 andpractical lessons were donewith basic equipment com-pared to the sophisticated

amenities now available at StMary’s College.

Girls who studied science inthe senior secondary classeshad the opportunity to choosesubjects in the traditionalareas of chemistry, biology andphysics. Many old scholarswent on to university anddiverse careers in the sciences;some with international suc-cess in disease prevention.

The position of the labor-atories has changed many ti-mes over the years, Sr Majellatold the girls. When she was astudent there was only onelaboratory which has nowbeen transformed into a Grade8 classroom.

The girls were fascinated bythe insight which they gainedinto science education over theyears at St Mary’s College.

Although the facilities andteaching methods may havechanged, they agreed that thefine tradition has continued.

They feel privileged to havethe opportunity to study a widerange of science subjects in thenew laboratories.THIS Mercury School Pagewas produced by the Year 11Life Science class, with thanksto all sponsors.

Opportunities abound in science educationST Mary’s College fosters par-ticipation for all of its studentsin the area of science edu-cation.

By providing an excellentscience program, extensive op-portunities and state of the artfacilities, students are inspiredto extend their interest inscience beyond the classroom.

Students from primary clas-ses to Year 12 study science inbright, new and well-equippedsurroundings.

The college’s new sciencecentre provides extensive sub-ject choices, smaller class sizeswith individualised instruc-tion, as well as other excitingand interesting opportunities

through excursions, fieldstudies, guest speakers andcommunity interaction.

Students participate inlunch-time activities, compe-titions and conferences as wellas practical hands-on activi-ties.

St Mary’s College has wide-spread involvement and suc-

cess at a school and studentlevel in many competitionsincluding the Tasmanian Sci-ence Talent Search and theUniversity of Tasmania Sci-ence Fair.

Girls from Grades 7 to 10 arebusy preparing their entriesfor the research investigationsection of these competitions.

Dramatic journey into whiteTHIS year’s St Mary’s Collegepre-tertiary drama class re-cently produced AmandaPrice’s play Into White atHobart’s Peacock Theatre.

This gave students an oppor-tunity to present an importantpart of history through dramaand storytelling.

The play deals with theinfamous Soviet Gulag camps

which operated in Russia be-tween 1923-61. Prisoners weresent to the Gulag for crimessuch as political offences,unexcused absences fromwork and petty theft; morethan half of all prisoners wereimprisoned without trial.

Three talented Grade 9students joined their seniorcolleagues on stage this year.

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