Biology

Mr. Robin Backhouse – Teacher of Biology

Ms Laura Gillespie – Teacher of Biology

Ms Pauline Amondi – Teacher of Biology is year the Biology department welcomed the arrival of Miss Laura Gillespie. Laura is an experienced Biologist from the UK who came to Peponi from Tanzania where - as well as teaching Biology throughout the school - she was also the Assistant Headteacher. She joins Mr. Robin Backhouse and Miss Pauline Amondi in the department. e 2022 examination season was another successful one in which - for the second year in a rowone of our pupils achieved the highest Biology A Level result in Kenya.

Outside of the classroom, we continue to enrich the Biology experience in a number of ways: e Princeton Project remains an area of the Shell programme which develops the pupils’ all-round scienti c literacy and has adapted to give the pupils more creative freedom in their choice of project.

Lower Fifth pupils have competed in the Biology Challenge - an international competition to test their knowledge and e Peponi African Wildlife Society is now an accredited Field Guides of Southern Africa (FGASA) centre, authorised for the delivery of the ‘Nature Ambassador’ quali cation. Six pupils have already successfully completed this programme, demonstrating thorough knowledge and understanding of Africa’s wildlife and ecosystems. ey completed a eld trip to Nairobi National Park and are looking forward to an upcoming trip to Amboseli

For our Form II pupils the Forest School project has (quite literally) grown, with around one third of the site now planted with indigenous trees. ey have recently enjoyed a residential trip to Brackenhurst where they were inspired for a greener future by seeing and being involved in the great works being carried out by environmental NGOs in Kenya. Form II have also been on a eld trip to Brown’s Cheese Factory where they learned about how an understanding of Biology can be applied to food production.