SUMMER 2010 Newsletter - Drighlington Primary School

SCIENCE WEEK 2010
HIGHLIGHTS
Thirty Year 7 students went to Leeds University and met Aggie McKenzie.
They got the chance to learn about the science behind bacterial growth,
vacuum cleaners and many other aspects of domestic cleanliness
(see separate article on page 3).
A second group of Year 7 students also visited Leeds University and performed
a range of chemical experiments to solve a crime, came up with wonderfully
creative designs to help people in a disaster situation and watched explosive
demonstrations by the BBC One Show's Dr Marty Jopson.
Other students saw Mark Wilson of the Institute of Engineering Thermo Fluids,
Surfaces & Interfaces at Leeds University provide an interactive demonstration of the
science behind favourite super heroes such as Spiderman, Wolverine and Batman.
Jane Jiang of form 7G was the winner of the Endanger Rangers Poster Competition,
helping to raise the profile of endangered plants and animals all over the world. She
won an iPod shuffle.
The 'Hunt the Scientist' competition was particularly challenging this year thanks to
Mr King’s cunning selection of poster positions! It took real perseverance for Ben
Bilsborough 11O to find all twenty and be the proud winner of an iPod shuffle.
The whole of Year 10 had the unique opportunity to design and create their own
soap product with 'Soapbox Enterprise'. Their original, innovative creations were
admired by everyone.
Year 9 was lucky enough to be the chosen group to watch the BBC One Shows
Scientist, Marty Jopson perform his amazing range of science experiments. A real
privilege!
Year 8 came up with innovative solutions to the problems we face with climate
change in the 'Our World 2050' event, hosted by the Institute of Mechanical
Engineers. Phil Willis was delighted by the ideas that our students presented.
Mike Hoyland is a truly incredible scientist and performs the most amazing, large
scale science experiments; it was a pleasure to welcome him once again and to
be wowed by his extreme explosions and huge range of astounding
demonstrations. Year 11 students were really honoured to have the chance to
watch Mike perform in our school hall.
The 'Maths Cryptic Challenge' and 'The Maths of Chaos' events at Leeds University were very much enjoyed
by Year 10 and 6th Form students; a unique opportunity to get a taste of the applications of Maths at
University level.
Even our local Primary Schools got involved with Science Week at Horsforth School and it was a pleasure to
welcome them to the best ever Planetarium event; thoroughly enjoyed by all. We also welcomed them to the
Zoolab experience; giving students the rare opportunity to handle exotic rainforest creatures.
OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL