Key Stage 3 Science Club
Every Thursday afternoon we hold a science club for our KS3 students . Here, they are able to explore a different side to the curriculum in more depth with some fun injected into the process. Recently, Mr Spain has been dying clothes with them using red and common onion skins.
Students explored how natural chemicals like tannin, which is found in onion skin, help colours bind to fabric.They have also created snowy crystal scenes from brine and potassium ferricyanide and learnt about ionic structures and saturation at the same time.
Astronomy
Year 8 performed enthusiastically in the discovery space this morning during their astronomy lesson. Mr Rose`s lesson guided them to re-enact some mythological stories about the birth of stars. The children were very inventive and even attempted to "reach for " Beta and Zeta Tauri - these two stars form the horns of the bull in the constellations of Taurus.
Big Bubbles!
