AWORLD OF OPPORTUNITY BEYOND THE TOWN WALLS

Shrewsbury High School junior girls marked British Science Week 2023 by coming together at The Royal Institution in London with fellow GDST pupils from across the country for aday of scientific experiments, interactive activities, live demonstrations and controlled explosions.

The day began with asession in which girls were tasked with extracting their own DNA. This was followed by another practical session which involved building acrash-proof cardboard car that could protect achocolate egg.

The girls then heard from two PhD students who discussed their scientific research and what inspired them to become scientists. They took ajourney around the Ri andexplored the paintings and artefacts and even played the periodic table game.

The final part of the event was the showstopper of the day.The girls and their teachers came together at the Ri Theatre to observe –and participate in –acontrolled mess of bangs, crashes, splashes, flames, laughter and explosions!

The Junior Science Conference is just one of the GDST wide events that SHS pupils enjoy throughout the year as part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading network of girls’ schools across theUK.

As afamily of 25 schools and academies, the GDST runs anumber of cross-Trust events and competitions throughout the year.Coming up in the summer term, Year 5pupils will head to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatrefor the Junior EnglishConference; for sixth formers there is the Leadership and Enterprise Diploma in partnership with the London School of Economics or the Space Technology Diploma.

There are travel scholarships, poetry, psychology and classics prizes, theGDST MathsConference at OxfordUniversity, the GDST Techathon, GDST Languages Day,GDST Sing and the GDST Day of Dance and junior and senior sports rallies thattake place throughout the year –all invaluable ways for pupils at Shrewsbury High to be inspired and build lasting friendships with girls from sister GDST schools in places such as Oxford, Norwich, Wimbledon, Cardiff and Newcastle.

Head of Shrewsbury High School

Juniors Kate Millichamp recognises the value to her pupils in being partofthis nationwide family of schools, saying: “Aspart of the GDST family,our girls from Reception to Year 13, have awealth ofopportunities attheir fingertips that individual schools would be unable to offer,via collaboration between schools and across our alumnae network of over 70,000 brilliant women. We are the only GDST school in the local area and as such we are able to bring all theadvantages of this powerful network to our girls.”

To find out more about the opportunities at ShrewsburyHigh School, arrange avisit at www.shrewsburyhigh. gdst.net or call01743 494038. The next whole-school open day takes place on Thursday,May 18.