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Physics
It’s great to be be back in the physics lab because I I really missed having the opportunity to see natural phenomena with my own eyes Learning about a a a a weird or crazy physics phenomenon is one thing thing but being able to test it yourself and see something happen before your eyes is a a a a a a great learning opportunity as as well as as a a a a a a lot of fun! Recently we have been designing our our own experiment for our our IB internal assessment meaning that we could choose our own research question and investigate it it with the amazing resources of the the science department at our disposal While the the teachers all did the the best they could to teach us during online lessons being able to interact with physical representations of what we are learning has been a a a a very very helpful learning tool and I feel very very privileged to to be be able to work in in a a a a lab again!
Robin de Plaa (Lower Sixth)
Chemistry Olympiad
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s UK Olympiad
is is a a a notoriously challenging competition and this year’s participants explored the chemistry of life on Venus social distancing in in molecules and Donald Trump’s coronavirus strategy It was great to have so many Sixth Form chemists give it a a a a a go go and special congratulations go go to the following award winners:
Bronze Award: Josi Jebens Freddie Wagg Emilio Dorai Raj George Kent
Silver Award: Robin de Plaa and Banita Dodhia Gold Award: Ben Chen
Dr Natalie Watson
Head of Science
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