Category: Chemistry

17th March 17

Last week, in conjunction with the British Science Week, #BSW2017, the girls were exposed to a whole array of large scale school experiments. These ranged from the Big Fizz, a cola cola and mentos explosion, the Chain Reaction involving 90 ping pong balls  and the Natural Selection Challenge involving Moths! Apart from the annual House Science Quiz,…

28th November 16

Tormead hosted the Regional heat for Quiz Club’s Science Quiz. Amelie, Sophie, Felicity and Amy beat off stiff competition from other local schools to win a place in the semi-final, which is to be held at Downsend next month. Well done, girls!

16th November 16

Katie Nuttall, Jasmine Freeborn and Evita Harmane from Reading University ran a spectroscopy workshop for the upper sixth chemists today at Tormead. Our chemists had the opportunity to run their own analyses of chemical samples on an infra-red spectrometer then undertake a problem solving exercise to solve the mystery of the body in the lab. This workshop…

5th October 16

On Monday, as part for our Beacon Academic Enrichment programme, the Chemist department and Beacon co-ordinator, Mr Tony Breslin, invited over 30 girls to create UFO alien eggs. Sixth Form Chemistry students helped the Lower School girls with the experiment. The process was of course ‘Top Secret’ but involved vinegar, eggs and highlighter pens. The result…

24th March 16

During the last full week of term, we celebrated National Science Week. The whole school gathered to see the final of the House Science quiz, in which Nightingale emerged triumphant. Year 7 had special Physics lessons in which they continued their work on the Shell “Bright Ideas” challenge to think about what cities will be…

10th October 14

Last week, Ms Travis, Rebecca and her father, went to the University of Reading to attend the Society of Chemical Industry, SCI Thames and Kennet Best Sixth Form Chemist 2014. Every year this award is organised by SCI and it is designed to recognise talent and enthusiasm for the subject amongst sixth formers in the…

1st April 14

No one could have predicted the anxious anticipation, emotional exhilaration and utter captivation that ten fertilised chicken eggs would create among the entire Senior School – girls and staff alike! As part of the Science Week festivities, the chicken eggs in the incubator were visible to all via our own ‘Chickcam’, a 24-hour live video…

4th October 13

Eleanor, Upper Sixth, collected the Best Sixth Form Chemist Award from the Society of Chemical Industry’s Thames and Kennet Group. Eleanor was presented with the award on Wednesday 2nd October at Surrey University, by Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Neil Ward. Many Surrey schools attended the event, which was organised by Dr Oliver Choroba, Chairman of the SCI…