Another Look at Last Year's Science Fair Success

This information has been moved from the Science Fair page to make way for the 2013 Science Fair.

Below are the 2012 entries and winners. Joe, Cameron and Liam went on to win 2nd Place in the Physical World category at the Waikato Science Fair and Sonya and Kirsten went on to win a Highly Commended award at the Waikato Science Fair.

Following a great deal of hard work students finally submitted their project boards for judging at our school science fair. The investigations were varied and included finding which fruits grow the most mould, which soft drinks create the best Mentos volcanoes and which firewood burns best. Thanks to Pamela Dunn and Jasmine Ahmu for judging the competition.

And the winners were:

1st place: Kirsten Maclaurin and Sonya Fenton with Menacing Mould

2nd place: Joe Harris, Cameron Mailer and Liam Loveridge with Fire Fury

3rd place: Joel Geissmann with Tough Stuff



Highly Commended: New Helper by Jennifer Qiu





Fishy Business by Katie Simpson

Liquid Electricity by Katelynn Pini and Jemma Goodall





Bombs Away by Brendan Hunt and Brandyn Smith

Science Alive Pt 2

Yesterday a group of students from Team 2 investigated capillary action. We already knew about molecules of air and found out about molecules of water. They like to stick together and this is called cohesion. We also discovered that some materials like paper and fabric are made with fibres and have tiny holes between the fibres that the water molecules are attracted to. This is the reason some materials mop up spills better than others. The plastic bag didn't work at all!

Science Alive

This term two groups of budding young scientists will be working on a range of experiments to make discoveries about the world around them.

Have you ever wondered how water and nutrients from the soil reach the leaves of trees? Or why a sponge mops up a spill when a plastic bag doesn't? It's all down to capillary action and we spent some time discovering how this works. Watch as we see capillary action at work

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If you would like to do this experiment at home you can find the instructions to make your own Magic Flowers here.

Science Fair 2011

Every year interested students from Years 7 and 8 can enter our school Science Fair. This year 14 students thought of a variety of projects. They ranged from creating natural dyes from a variety of vegetables to measuring the effectiveness of liquid and bar soaps in removing bacteria. Everybody worked extremely hard on their projects and can be congratulated on their efforts. The projects, along with scientific drawings of native plants by children from all levels of the school, were displayed in the School Science Fair on Wednesday 10th August. Thanks to Mrs Dunn and Mrs Elvin who acted as judges.

And the winners of the School Science Fair were:

 1st Place Bubbles Vs Bacteria by Kirsten Maclaurin and Sonya Fenton

 2nd Place Making the Cut by Emma Harris and Caitlyn Dawbin

3rd Place Trick or Treat by Courtney Creighton and Elena Stephen Rouvi

These people took their projects to the Waikato Science Fair held at the Hamilton Gardens Pavilion on Thursday 18th August. We were thrilled to hear that all three projects were to be awarded prizes at this regional level. All the girls attended the prizegiving held at the University of Waikato on Friday 19th September where they were awarded the following prizes:


Third Place Making the Cut by Emma Harris and Caitlyn Dawbin
Highly Commended Trick or Treat by Courtney Creighton and Elena Stephen Rouvi
Highly Commended Bubbles Vs Bacteria by Kirsten Maclaurin and Sonya Fenton
Congratulations and well done to you all. You can be very proud of your achievement.