Most of our Year 7 students have recently carried out the necessary training during Science classes so they could receive their Bunsen burner licences. Being able to safely light and use the Bunsen burner is an important skill for students as they look forward to a possible five more years in the Science Laboratory. Each student had to learn the parts of the Bunsen burner, the safety aspects of using a Bunsen burner such as where the firefighting equipment is and how to shut off the gas valve in case of an emergency and how to safely light and turn off the Bunsen burner. There were some nervous scientists however, by the end of the training, each student was competent with the skill and demonstrated safe practices.