Year 7 have been putting their scientific skills to great use, completing a practical experiment investigating bacterial growth on an agar plate. With very obvious real world applications, the students focused on how the spread of pathogens are spread, and specifically how bacteria can be prevented by looking at the effect of sanitiser.

Mrs Woodward, our Head of Science, promotes experiments and practical lessons wherever possible across the curriculum, saying: “Practicals help students to develop important skills, understand the process of scientific investigation and enable students to learn scientific knowledge and how science works in the real world.”

“Practicals help students to develop important skills, understand the process of scientific investigation and enable students to learn scientific knowledge and how science works in the real world.”

Mrs Woodward, Head of Science Faculty

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