Chemistry’s right for creative learning

SCIENCE can be entertaining, just ask students at Athol Road Primary School.
A talented troupe of 105 students in years five and six have devised the perfect formula for what they hope will be a crowd pleasing performance at this year’s national Wakakirri festival.
Wakakirri celebrates learning by creating and sharing stories.
Schools create stories using dance, creative movement, acting, song and film to be performed, screened and displayed to audiences across Australia.
Under the guidance of teachers, the Springvale South students created Wacky Wild Science, a story of good and evil waged in the laboratory.
Dressed in crazy scientist wigs, pimped-up lab coats and mad professor glasses, students will compete against other schools in the region at Frankston Arts Centre on Wednesday 5 August.
The students have their fingers crossed that their wacky performance will usher them through to the finals at Hamer Hall in September.
Performing arts teacher Megan Lutz said Wakakirri was a great opportunity for students to represent their school.
“Wakakirri is great for building confidence, performing arts skills, team work as well as social and emotional skills.”