Academic Science Week

Visitor - Bugfest

To celebrate Science Week this term, we welcomed Nick from Bugfest to deliver a session on natural history and exotic animals. We learnt about how big insects used to be and why they are much smaller now. The students even got to hold an array of little beasts such as tarantulas, millipedes, stick insects and many more....

Students really enjoyed learning about Nick’s growing collection of creepy crawlies from afar but weren’t so sure when they came in close contact!

Practical Projects

During Science Week our Year 10s completed a DNA extraction of a strawberry and also made a jelly baby wave. This is useful at showing how a wave moves.

Moreover, our year 9 students were involved in microbiology practicals and used aseptic techniques to look at how clean their classrooms are!

Bath Bombs

Mrs Baird and Ms Ameen went across to Sixth Form to host some workshops with the Year 5 students from our Prep School. Together they made bath bombs and also used thermochromic paint to decorate some mugs. These paints go white when hot water is poured into them!

Year 10 Science Museum Visit

This term, our Year 10s also headed off to the Science Museum to visit the new David Sainsbury gallery all about careers in STEM. The gallery is called the technician's gallery and has a lot of hands-on experiences including how to be a wind turbine engine and part of a sound and light stage in a film set.

The students also got involved in a workshop from an Explainer. They modelled a demonstration that the Explainers perform to visitors and students also had a chance to demonstrate this to the rest of the year.

Following Science Week, we welcomed Phil Williams to the school who delivered a very interesting session about respecting our planet.

This was a huge hit with the students. They discussed many environmental issues from fast fashion to how we can take ownership of our actions and help protect our planet.