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Iodised Salt! Crystals of Sodium Chloride (left)  and Iodine (right). Prepared by me and viewed under the microscope.

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Penicillium - the fungus that makes the antibiotic compound Penicillin. Viewed under my microscope from a prepared slide.

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My blood, and crysatlised dried blood from a fabric stain. Prepared by me and viewed under the microscope.

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Amoeba and Paramecium - microbes that live in water. Taken with my microscope from prepared slides

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Photos of the Moon taken with my telescope and iPhone.

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Front cover of the Education Gazette!

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Just returned from studying some local Zoology in Brisbane, Australia.

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Lab day at Wellington Regional Hospital for the Antibiotics Awareness Week Poster Competition prize winners!

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Two of my students have won the Antibiotics Awareness Week 2017 Poster Competition, which I have collaborated to create along with doctors from the local District Health Boards. Looking forward to our day at the Wellington Regional Hospital and University of Otago, Wellington on Thursday!

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A big thank you to the Science outreach team at Victoria University for all the fun and learning that you brought us this week! We're already 'fizzing' waiting to see you again in a fortnight!

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A big thank you to the Science outreach team at Victoria University for all the fun and learning that you brought us this week! We're already 'fizzing' waiting to see you again in a fortnight!

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A big thank you to the Science outreach team at Victoria University for all the fun and learning that you brought us this week! We're already 'fizzing' waiting to see you again in a fortnight!

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A big thank you to the Science outreach team at Victoria University for all the fun and learning that you brought us this week! We're already 'fizzing' waiting to see you again in a fortnight!

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An amazing trip to Rotorua for Earth Science! We climbed Mt. Tarawera and visited a huge range of geothermal and cultural landscapes.

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The thrilling conclusion: wash your hands! Look at the difference in decomposition between the samples. Clearly there are a lot of bugs on our hands that can be spread to our food and each other!

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The control was handled with gloves, the clean with washed hands, the dirty was touched by every kid in my class. What will happen as we leave them for the next week?

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Kia Ora!

November 13-19 is World Antibiotics Awareness Week 2017. Antibiotics are becoming a precious resource due to antibiotic  resistance and  this year we are hoping to spread the message past health professionals and  into the community.  This event helps to get out important information that is relevant to the health of your students, such as how to prevent and treat illness.

To help support World Antibiotics Awareness Week and spread these important health messages, the Capital and Coast DHB, Hutt Valley DHB, and South Wellington Intermediate School have collaborated to bring you this pack of classroom resources and a poster competition for kids who are year 5-6 and 7-9 .

By entering a poster your students can be in to win a fantastic day of discovery and learning alongside doctors and specialists at Wellington Hospital, while helping to support public health in our region.

We hope that you will have a look, use what you like, and get some of your students involved in this important campaign and fantastic opportunity. Feel free to contact us with any questions, and please forward this email far and wide so we can reach as many schools in the Wellington region as possible!

- Emma Henderson - Hutt Valley DHB emma.henderson@huttvalleydhb.org.nz

- Chris Little - Capital and Coast DHB Chris.Little@ccdhb.org.nz

- Matt Boucher - South Wellington Intermediate School