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32 ORGANIC LIFE In the first week of June, Handcross Park saw its newest entrants, and work starting on a new accommodation block. Not a new boarding house, but a chicken house. The chickens, which quite literally arrived in embryonic form are the first part in a major project that will see the repurposing of the old Victorian rubbish dump.
Wisley In the Root Zone we learnt all about roots. Did you know that liquorice and sugar come from roots? In the tropical rainforest zone there were a lot of exotic plants. We looked at the plants in the desert zone and drew some of them. After lunch we went back to the glass house to look closely at the plants and to learn about the adaptations that the plants used to survive the different conditions. My favourite adaptation was the drip tip leaf. In the desert the funniest cactus was the old man cactus with the long white hair. Another interesting adaptation was the fly catching ‘pitcher plant’. The pitcher shape has slippery sides so animals that go in can’t come out. Insects are attracted to the pitcher plant because it has yummy nectar which lures in the insects which provide nutrition for this carnivorous plant. None of the flowers in the glass house looked anything like the ones in my back garden! Later in the afternoon we went into the schools area and planted cuttings of pepperomia in some soil. – Jemma Murphy Science Show On Tuesday 16 March, Year 7, Mr Hilton, Mrs Lawrence and I had the delight of attending two science shows put on by the London Science Museum at Sevenoaks School in order to celebrate ‘National Science & Engineering week’. We arrived for the ‘Supercool Show’ where we were enthralled by the properties of liquid nitrogen and its effect on other materials. The show explored how the properties of materials can change drastically depending on their temperature; we were captivated to see a frozen banana being used as a hammer, whilst a previously malleable plasticine character was shattered into numerous tiny pieces after it had been given the ‘liquid nitrogen’ treatment. Later in the show, our host made and ate fresh ice cream; by freezing it before our very eyes. And, of course, just witnessing liquid nitrogen evaporate instantaneously was a real treat. The latter show, ‘Material World’, looked at specific elements & compounds. Pupils were delighted to see a hydrogen balloon blown up, along with numerous SCIENCE other explosions! A jelly baby was placed into potassium chlorate resulting in an exothermic, fiery show along with a whole new compound being made. Pupils were captivated by the sublimation of solid Carbon dioxide, as well as observing a liquid polymer that can be physically poured and then cut! There were many other compounds, which all exhibit strange and wonderful properties; many of which cannot be classified as either solid or liquid. Many of our pupils volunteered answers and a brave Bethany was selected to participate in naming the properties of unknown compounds, whilst blindfolded! Our sincerest thanks go to our hosts, Sevenoaks School. We all had a wonderful day and thoroughly look forward to ‘National Science & Engineering Week’ next year! – Mrs Killip 33
Page 1 and 2: REFLECTIONS 2009-2010 1
Page 3 and 4: FROM THE HEADMASTER ‘Reflections
Page 5 and 6: From the Chair of the Governors Whe
Page 8: 6 ART
Page 11 and 12: Our chess team began the season wit
Page 13 and 14: Blue Crystal (Middle School play) D
Page 15 and 16: Year 3 - Pirates Pirates, pirates,
Page 17 and 18: Year 5 - Iron Man In the Spring ter
Page 19 and 20: Year 7 - Rain Poems It is as loud a
Page 21 and 22: car to Buckingham Palace, before wa
Page 24 and 25: 22 LIBRARY The last year has been a
Page 26: 24 (ACTIVE) MATHS At Handcross, mat
Page 29 and 30: Concours d’Art Oratoire at Lancin
Page 31 and 32: These standards of performance are
Page 33: Merits - Caitlin York, Grade 1 sing
Page 38 and 39: 36 FRIENDS OF HANDCROSS PARK Two we
Page 40 and 41: 38 VALETE Aimee Taylor, now at Burg
Page 42 and 43: 40 VALETE The teachers were really
Page 44 and 45: 42 VALETE I am now going off to Lan
Page 46 and 47: 44 VALETE Hopes for the Future I ha
Page 48 and 49: 46 VALETE have made great friends d
Page 50 and 51: 48 VALETE will never forget and wil
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