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exciting demo competition – DEMOlition –
between Mr. Gibbons and Mr. Goodwin. It proved
to be very popular, with the corridors of the science
block packed with excited students, with some even
trying to sneak a glimpse of the action from outside
on the field! Mr. Gibbons and Mr. Goodwin took it in
turns to show off their best explosive demos, but in
the end, Mr. Goodwin was the 2016 demo champion,
beating Mr. Gibbons in the final round with his
explosive bottle of hydrogen and oxygen.
fire and element cupcakes!
After school, Miss. Miller and Mr. Goodwin opened
the doors of the Year 7 Science Club to all year groups,
where students were able to enjoy some optical
illusions and methane bubbles.
The penultimate week of term has been an exciting one
at Woodcote, with the Technology and Science
departments celebrating National Science and
Engineering Week with a range of activities from
building challenges and gory dissection, to loud bangs,
On Monday 14th, Mr. Hewitt hosted a number of Year
7 students in a bridge making activity, where students
demonstrated excellent enthusiasm and knowledge
about what makes a successful engineering project.
The group involved created a very successful bridge
using 98 of the 100 lollipop sticks provided, with their
design managing to hold every weight during testing!
Very Well Done!
Not one for the squeamish, Tuesday lunchtime was
host to Mrs. Smee’s gory eyeball dissection workshop,
with students across the year groups joining in to
carefully take apart the intricate components of a
sheep’s eyeball…
On the Wednesday, Mrs Slade
continued the fun with a
catapult competition. Several
students from Year 7 – 10 got
into teams of 4 with the
challenge of building a
catapult out of card, elastic
bands and masking tape, to
propel a glider. The students
took this challenge on and
were really positive! Working
together, they produced 4 different styles of catapults
and 4 gliders. Teams A, B, C and D took to the
corridor outside DT2 and tested each catapult and
glider.
Well done to all of the teams that took part, it was a
difficult challenge to take on in just an hour. But big
congratulations to Team A! Their glider went the
furthest, a good metre and half! Well done!!
Thursday was a very busy day of celebration, with the
The day ended with the Science and Technology Café,
with the centre of attention being the periodic table
of cupcakes – 108 cupcakes for the different elements!
The cupcakes were made over two evenings by a
number of students from Year 7 up to and including
the 6th Form, supported by Science and Technology
teachers and led by Ms. Bailey.
The last day of the celebrations will see students
turning sticky glue into gloopy slime with Miss. Essex.
It’s been a really fun week, with lots of students getting
involved – some have attended all activities!
Thank you to all who came along, and a special thanks
to all those who supported or led activities during the
week and made it a successful and enjoyable week.
Bring on National Science and Engineering Week
2017!
Contribution by
Mrs. Slade, Mr. Hewitt and Miss. Price