This term, our Year 9 students have been getting hands-on in Science, diving into heart and kidney dissections as part of their biology unit on interacting body systems. With plenty of curiosity (and a bit of nervous excitement!), they explored how these organs work and how they fit into the bigger picture of the human body.

Supported by their teachers, students were able to spot key features like the heart’s chambers and valves, and the kidney’s layered structure, including the renal medulla and renal cortex. We even got to see a demo of a cow kidney dissection, thanks to our wonderful lab tech, Mel - the cow kidneys were enormous! Seeing these parts up close helped make sense of what they’ve been learning in class, turning textbook diagrams into something real and memorable.