Physics Department

Fantastic Physics...

Physics Camp

Students attended Keble College, Oxford, for a day of learning about Physics.

Physics Olympics

Two Year 9 teams of 4 students took part in the Physics Olympics competition over in BSBD. The girls who took part are:

Tejal Shanbhag, Year 13, achieved a Merit on the British Physics Olympiad A2 Challenge 2013-2014. She also achieved a Silver Level on the next level of challenge, the British Physics Olympiad Round One 2013-2014. Nadia Barabash and Jennifer Heyes were also commended.

Team A

Lea Assi 9B Sudah Ahmed 9S Imaan Bhuta 9C Kiran Cheema 9D Team B

Neha Khimani 9B Aminah Mohammed 9B Fatima Islam 9N Anika Patel 9D

Nadia Barabash Jennifer Heyes Corin Greaves Nasreen Musa Tejal Shanbhag (Merit) Michelle Sun

Lab in a Lorry

The November 2013 Institute of Physics, Lab in a Lorry visit Year 8 pupils and Year 7 Science Club members.

Environment Club

As the academic year comes to an end, it is good to refl ect on the great variety of projects the girls have been involved in over the last year. Some have made houses for solitary bees out of recycled wood and bamboo canes. They then used the art of pyrography or ‘wood burning’ to decorate them. Others have made pencil cases and colourfully decorated make up bags using recycled fabric. The girls also learnt how to insert both a lining for the bags and a zip. Using only natural products, the girls went on to make their own make up as Mother’s Day gifts. They had great fun making lemon scented body scrub and a selection of fl avours of lip balm. Both the Herb Garden and Nectar Bar Garden continue to develop, providing a colourful display. Using old newspapers and colourful magazines, the girls have made plant pots for developing seedlings which will naturally decompose when planted into soil. A third garden has also been created which has been fi lled with a mini wildfl ower meadow which we hope will continue to set seed, grow and fl ower each year. In addition to this, a variety of other seeds and bulbs have been sown around the edge of the new car park next to the dining room. Together with members of the History Club, the girls scattered Flanders Poppies as part of the Centenary Poppy Campaign. The aim of the campaign is to cover the UK with poppies during the centenary period in commemoration of all those who lost their lives in the First World War.