Science/Outdoor Ed

Mt Buller Snow Camp 

Snow camp 2025 was an absolute blast!  
❄️Our brave skiers and some snowboarders made the best of subpar weather on the first couple days and were rewarded with a nice powder dump over Wednesday! Our groups made fast progress skiing, especially the first-time skiers⛷️, who by the end of the trip were easily capable of intermediate runs! Everyone always made sure to lend a hand on the many occasions people stacked it, albeit after having a good laugh!

Off the slopes, students played games 🎲such as Mafia and spoons and created three renditions of a snowman ☃️that we named Richard. Overall, everyone left the camp with newfound skills and friends💙.  

Q:  What was your favourite part of snow camp 2025? 
A: “Getting to make new friends and snowboarding with my current ones” - Hayden 
A: “Skiing over my fear of heights” - Dara 
A: “Hanging out with everyone” – Estelle 
A: “The jumps” – Westin, Cael, and Cooper  

Q: What was the funniest part of snow camp 2025? 
A: “When Maya fell – that first time when [she] skidded down the hill” – Leilani 
A: “Stacking and doing a front flip” - Lielle 
A: “Watching Tony’s reaction to Lielle’s stack” – Chase 
A: “When all of us stacked it on one jump” – Joel 
 
Q: What is one memory from this camp that will stick with you? 
A: “Living with my friends for 5 days” - Lielle 
A: “The friends that I made” - Cael 
A: “Talking to random people on the chairlift” – Chase 
A: “Playing spoons with everyone at night” – Leilani, Maia, Bianca, Lucia 

Science

Environmental science

The last unit for VCE Unit 4 Environmental Science is focussed around how we can be more sustainable in our energy use🌱. We focussed on household energy efficiency and design and had a terrific excursion to the new sustainable housing development in Brunswick, Nightingale 1🏡. It was so great to see all the features we have talked about in action and to hear about how they also make their housing more socially accessible and community oriented🌍. 

Entry Science

Entry Science have lately been learning about forces ⚖️including the wonders of gravity and simple machines such as levers and pulleys. We have had all sorts of challenges including making parachutes🪂, using tweezers, marshmallow catapults and throwing balls for Meg's dog Pippa🐶.