On Monday 9 March we celebrated Women in Science with a special trio of activities centred on the discovery of DNA. In Chemistry, pupils extracted DNA from peas with Ms Izzo. In Biology, Ms Lilley and Ms Batsford led a sessions on microscopes and the structure of DNA and in Physics, Mrs Bailey spoke to […]
On Friday 6 March, A Level Physics pupils travelled up to Manchester to visit Jodrell Bank, home of the Lovell telescope (one of the world’s largest steerable telescopes). As well as enjoying the museum and exhibits, pupils took part in two workshops; one on Pulsars and one delving deeper into the mathematics of the telescope […]
On Monday our Lower Sixth Form pupils studying Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Design and Technology, and Art were invited to listen to an excellent guest speaker. Dr Ahu Gumrah Parry visited us from the University of Manchester’s School of Materials to talk on the subjects of Women in Science, Nanomaterials, and Biomimicry. “I work on Biomimetics, in […]
