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Key Stage 5 English Department News:

Year 13 trip to Strawberry

Hill House -

the ‘birthplace’ of Gothic Literature

In October, 56 Year 13 English students set off on a sunny autumn day for the Gothic delights of Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham, the artistic expression of Horace Walpole’s Gothic vision. We were treated to small group tours of the house and a very informative lecture by James Lesslie from St Mary’s. We had the gardens and house to ourselves for the day and it was a fantastic place to enrich students’ knowledge of the Gothic genre, a key component of their A Level course.

By Mrs Eve

SCIENCE ENRICHMENT

As always, we have continued to provide a variety of science enrichment activities for our students. Some highlights are detailed below.

YEAR 9 BUBBLE SHOW: In term 1, Year 9 classes were treated to the ‘Bubbles’ show, allowing them to discover some of the mysteries of gases and to observe the unexpected behaviour of bubbles that float and sink, grow or shrink, burn and even explode!

KS3 SCIENCE CLUB: We have been delighted to re-start our KS3 Science Club on a fortnightly basis with activities, starting off with some invisible ink making – much more to come next term!

We are thrilled to have been selected again to be part of the judging panel for the Royal Society’s Young People Book Prize – a group of Y7 judges have been meeting fortnightly to discuss their insightful reviews of six shortlisted books. We look forward to submitting our final scores and judgement on our winning choice in January 2022!

YEAR 7 STATES OF MATTER SHOW:

To end the year with a bang, we were pleased to be able to finally offer all our Year 7 students an opportunity to attend an interactive practical Chemistry demo exploring the three states of matter. Our pupils were able to model the behaviour of solids, liquids and gases and witness some truly magical science!

From Ms Ghaffar, Science Enrichment Coordinator; follow us on twitter: Cherwell School Science @Cherwell_Sci