Chloe Kwan

Science should not and cannot become background noise.

Increasing these opportunities and initiatives, and more marketing towards them, could make a world of difference in how students perceive science and allow them to understand how it applies to the fabric of the world around them.

They'll be able to see themselves there.

Very suave, erudite kind of guy.

Many researchers rave about space repetition, and study skill experts often shove it down our throats.

But why has this not been applied to early education?

Even scientists at Birmingham University have stated that the 2-3-5-7 method, a method where you revise the same content 2, 3, 5 and 7 days later,

is a great way of training your brain to retrieve information and remember it over a longer period of time.

We're not doing this, causing science lessons to be forgettable, irrelevant over the course of just a week.

And yes, whilst it's important to show the scope of science and I recognise the lack of time primary school teachers have, this lack of consistency and repetition has forced one horrible image on science.

that it's forgettable, inconsistent and irrelevant.

This leads smoothly into the next issue surrounding teaching primary school science.

There just isn't enough time.

The time to prepare resources would be amongst the top barriers for primary school teachers.

Looking further into it, the New South Wales catered six-time allocation advice,

show 6-10% allocation for science until 2027, and a new 8% allocation for the reformed syllabus.

The actual time, however, is averaged at around 3% or 45 minutes.

Whilst the allocation is still around 2 hours in a 25-hour week,

Research from the University of Vermont states that allocated time should be at least five hours of science learning, indicating that without at least five hours of instructional time dedicated to science during a typical school week, teachers are less likely to use the types of inquiry-based learning practices recommended by leading science and education professionals.

This is at least 20% of weekly hours in a standard week of schooling.