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SUBJECTS
SCIENCE
Harry Swinburn identifies the poison from its flame
Well done to all the successful GCSE and A
Level candidates of 2018-19, and a special
mention goes to Zaylie Mills, whose 3A*
and 1A grade at A level secured her a place
to read Medicine at Birmingham University.
She continues the strong tradition of
successful medical applicants from the
College, ably supported by our in-house
expert Dr Ruth Noble and stretched by their
Biology and Chemistry teachers to achieve
the highest possible grades. GCSE students
also performed above expectations, with
lots of well-deserved 9 and 8 grades
awarded.
This year saw even more scientific activities
taking place outside the classroom. In
March, lucky students were able to attend
the 25th Schools’ Day at the Babraham
Institute. The event involved students
working alongside researchers on worldleading bioscience taking place at the
Institute. It was an amazing experience
and the students were buzzing afterwards,
discussing their experiences.
In November, a team of Chemists selected
from Years 9-11 took part in the Regional
Finals of the ‘Top of the Bench’ competition
in Norwich. Other events included lectures
to celebrate the 150th birthday of the
Periodic Table, and another challenging CSI
day of forensic science for Year 9.
It has been a very exciting year in the
Physics Department. We welcomed
former Head Boy, Tom Hampson into the
department to begin his teaching career.
It was also a new beginning as part of the
Ogden Trust Partnership, as we joined with
other local schools to promote Physics.
We have hosted events and keen Year 9
students have given presentations elsewhere
on ‘Everyday Physics’. A group of girls
studying GCSE also attended a ‘Women in
STEM’ workshop hosted by Sizewell to see
where their studies could take them.
George Wright and Evie Hall and a cloud chamber at CERN
Annabel Thompson carrying out a
chemical analysis on CSI day
Will Lamprell trying a spacesuit on for size
Several trips to the Cavendish Laboratory in
Cambridge have included hearing about the
use of explosives to test the aluminium tyres
on the 1000mph Bloodhound Land Speed
Record car. Years 12 and 13 travelled
further afield to Switzerland on our ‘CERNin-a-day adventure’, where they discovered
the secrets of fundamental Physics at one of
the world’s largest laboratories.
RICHARD HIGGINS
HEAD OF SCIENCE
CERN- The Atlas detector
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