[Images: Aerial view of the hospital and St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School; Dr Loz is interviewed, cut with footage of students attending an education session and building science experiments]
[Text on screen: Dr Loz, SciencePlay Kids]
Dr Loz: These kids are lucky enough that this school is next to Frankston Hospital and they get to see engineering in action. It's a much more tangible and relatable example of the STEM that we're trying to talk about and so we've been building the Frankston Hospital. Adding lights and making circuits so that the whole thing lit up and moved and it was very interactive.
[Images: Kim is interviewed, cut with footage of the Frankston Hospital redevelopment and students in an education session]
[Text on screen: Kim, STEM Leader, St Francis Xavier Primary School]
Kim: The children are now starting to see how tall the building's actually going to be. But its also really important for them to understand what's happening in their local community. Why is that hospital expanding? What that can bring to our community as well, so more jobs, more people coming into their school.
[Images: Tamara is interviewed, cut with footage of students building science experiments]
[Text on screen: Tamara, Grade 5 & 6 Teacher, St Francis Xavier Primary School]
Tamara: It gives them that experience of understanding how things work, rather than just being told.
[Images: Dr Loz speaks to the camera, cut with footage of the cardboard model of the Frankston Hospital redevelopment built by the students]
Dr Loz: So we try and use materials like cardboard so that they can go in, have a crack, encouraged to make mistakes and if they do, just go again. It's instant feedback, I think more of the kids participate because of that.
[Images: Steve is interviewed, cut with footage of students building cardboard models, and the façade of of the Frankston Hospital redevelopment]
[Text on screen: Steve, Principal, St Francis Xavier Primary School]
Steve: The Frankston Hospital being probably 50 metres away from us is something that our school has always had a really strong connection to. We also have a huge number of parents, grandparents and other family members who work at the hospital. Nurses, doctors, cleaners, that link that we have with Frankston Hospital is really important. There has been a lot of really positive consultation
[Images: Dr Loz and Steve are interviewed, cut with footage of the students building cardboard models]
Dr Loz: The principal just said 'I have never seen 50 year 5/6-ers stay engaged for an hour and a half.' And they were so buzzing and they just created so much.
Steve: And hopefully setting them up for skills that they'll be able to use in the future in whatever job that might be.
Dr Loz: If we can get that happening, if we can get those opportunities, if we can create those experiences as often as possible we can do so much for these kids. Yeah.
Steve: Having a prime view of what's taking place really interests them. We'll have lunchtimes where we've just got a big crew out there watching the cranes do their thing. We're going to be receiving such a fantastic piece of infrastructure.
[Images: An artist impression of the completed hospital]
[Images: A white transition screen appears with 'In partnership with' and the logos for Peninsula Health and Exemplar Health. A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the url vhba.vic.gov.au]
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