Anna Reed, Samuel Marsden School attendee at this year’s National Science Forum in Auckland in January who spoke to the Club on 12 March. Pictured with President Jim Johnson, and Past President, Allan Frazer.
Anna Reed gave the club a lively presentation on her experiences at the National Science Forum at Auckland University in January. She said it gave her a lot of confidence, built great team spirit and cooperation in many tasks that each team had to carry out. Anna came to New Zealand for her schooling from the UK . She said there were 170 students at the Forum in Auckland, getting up at 6 a.m. to face the day and turning in late after full on team work.
Developing collaborative learning skills and putting it all together for the benefit of the team is a huge part of the Science Forum. She said it became an important showcase to help each student with their thoughts for tertiary study and the leadership requirements they would need for later in life.
National Science Forum attendee, Anna Reed, taking questions from members.
Anna is taking a gap year next year from school and plans to work in the United States at disabled children summer camps and then to look at tertiary studies at Auckland or Massey for a Bachelor of Nursing degree. The many questions fielded by Anna showed her competence, continuing a line of strong participants from Samuel Marsden at the National Science Forum.