The SASTA Oliphant Science Awards are held annually in August and involve many scientific disciplines and ways of presenting student understanding and discovery for receptions to year 6.

It is a wonderful opportunity for students, though self-directed learning to further develop critical and creative thinking through exploring and applying their understanding to an area of science they are curious about.

The SASTA Oliphant Science Awards has (and continues to) engage students more deeply in science and supported them to:

• Undertake and report on scientific investigations in real life settings
• Explore their interests, skills, talents and creativity
• Develop their science knowledge and understanding
• Show their work to a broader audience
• Further develop collaborative work practices
• Motivate themselves to conceive and complete an independent project
• Involve themselves in scientific and technological discovery and the application of these processes and knowledge to themselves and their world.

The Oliphant Science Awards website is an excellent resource oliphantscienceawards.com.au and provides all the information required to support students develop a good quality entry. I strongly suggest that you and your child visit the website and in particular the Participant Info – Student Information section.

https://www.oliphantscienceawards.com.au/event_information/award_categories

During Friday lunchtimes in Term 2 I will run a lunchtime club for participants for them to ask questions, seek advice or to work on their entries (individual or group).

There is a fee of $13 for individual entries and $6 per person for group entries and I would need to have a completed entry form by Thursday 14 April 2022.  OSA_registration_Form.pdf

Thank you for your support and please contact me if you have any questions.

Sarah.todd476@schools.sa.edu.au