Science teacher steps up

Chelsea Channing

By Chelsea Channing
Published February 23, 2016

Aspiring young scientists at Victoria’s Wembley Primary School are in good hands with their new teacher Thomas Penberthy. The Year 5 teacher may be in his first year out of university, but his science background and knowledge are certainly first class.

Thomas Penberthy undertook a STEM specialisation at The University of Melbourne.

As part of his Masters of Primary Teaching undertaken at The University of Melbourne, Penberthy was involved in ReMSTEP (Recconceptualising ...

This story appeared in the February 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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