Plumpton High School Forensic Science High Performing Gifted Education Club Australian Museum Excursion

10 Jun 2026

Students from Plumpton High School and Plumpton Public School who are part of the Forensic Science High Potential Gifted Education (HPGE) program were able to attend the Australian Museum to further their knowledge in this area.

This program offers the opportunity for students to engage in complex intellectual pursuits with guidance and direction. The High Potential Gifted Education (HPGE) Forensic Science program aims to allow students to delve deeper into the career of a forensic chemist and biologist as well as explore technologies in forensics used in modern society using a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) approach. Students are engaged in DNA testing with Plumpton having the necessary testing resources and laboratory to undertake this process.

In doing so, they acquire an understanding of scientific investigations, legal proceedings and will debunk myths portrayed in crime shows. This allows students to perceive how a range of different forensic scientists work and how this field has developed over history as well as where it is headed for the future. They analyse the importance of the development of this field to its role in legal proceedings.

The program allows students to explore the idea of forensics from the perspective of the four disciplines of STEM. Looking at the range of divisions of scientists involved in forensic science will give students an understanding of how a crime is solved in the real world in real time. The knowledge that they attain gives students an understanding of a career path in these fields.

This program offers students a high-quality Forensic Science experience with a focus on forensic chemistry, forensic biology and technologies that prepare students for further study in Science (Years 7-10), Chemistry & Biology (Years 11-12). The High Potential Gifted Education Forensic Science program is an exclusive program offered by Plumpton High School and is taught by Ms Reno, a qualified Department of Education Science teacher.

Tim Lloyd, Principal

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