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Inter-House Science Week 9th - 13th May was Science House Week which saw a series of events and competitions: a KS3 poster competition was launched, there was a House Quiz and specific Science days on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: Physics on Tuesday, Chemistry on Wednesday and Blood and Gore as pupils explored Biology on Thursday! The Biology day certainly got the senses rushing….Sounds of screams and shrieks, of both fear and excitement, emanated from the laboratory as pupils got a chance to get up close to a variety of organs provided by the Biology department. Led by staff and Sixth Formers, pupils got a unique opportunity to see the inner workings of the body; the avid curiosity of the pupils helping them to overcome the assault on the senses, the gore and smell. Highlights included dissecting an eyeball, hands-on exploration of the heart, a complete organ system to decipher, a cell quiz and a rather sharp-toothed and pungent fish head dissection! Chemistry was full of whizz, bangs and pops! Students were treated to a fantastic range of demonstrations to show the properties of different substances and how easily fuels burn. Yet again, the hydrogen balloon (almost) brought the house down! The house competition involved students working in teams to create a ‘rainbow burette’ which showed the range of colours in acids and alkalis. This was extremely competitive and difficult to judge but after careful deliberation, the winner was Rollason. During Physics, the students did a variety of activities including ‘trying to block out the magnetism’ and finding out who could add the most mass to a single strand of strawberry-flavoured shoelace before it broke. In this competition, Turing was once again the House winner with 1400g! Mrs Williamson demonstrated the “collapsing can” experiment, and Mrs Baird showed us how to use electricity to set fire to a pencil (please don’t try this at home!!). In the cotton-reel racers, where elastic bands were used to power a cotton-reel car, the House whose car travelled the furthest was Morris. The Science Quiz wrapped up Science House Week with a closely fought battle between 12 teams. Pupils from all year groups plus Heads of House and teachers put their heads together to identify the “scientists in the picture” round, to recall science stories from the week's news, apply their general science knowledge and guess the teacher from the childhood photo. Mr Vastenavondt that provided the entertainment with his "Songs about Science" round. The winners were the Rollason team led by Emily Navidi, Ashleigh Blenkinsopp and Irene Kabanda, closely followed by a Turing Team. Well done to all who participated. See you same time next year!