In science our pupils begin each topic with an an example of high quality text. Today year 10 looked at recycling. Their job was to fluently read and summarise the following article. bbc.com/future/article…

Here is a lovely example of the summaries produced. "Therefore, making recycling a difficult ad tedious process"

What an achievement

A great Biology link for Y11 and Y13- it’s estimated that 99.9% of all species that ever lived are extinct, this is always a great discussion point for pupils. #hardworkfairnesstrust #staidanscatholicacademy

Great link for our A-level biologists #aaasixthform #alevelbiology

Great link for Y11’s studying communicable disease #biology #pathogens #communicabledisease

The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded for "creating pulses of light so short that they are measured in attoseconds." One attosecond is a quintillionth of a second - it is to a second what one second is to the age of the Universe. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

When Biology meets Art. Well done Mueez in Y13 #hardwork #fairness #trust

The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work in developing what are called quantum dots. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Our Year 11 pupils are learning about different revision techniques. In science, we used 'A Maps' to condense large areas of knowledge into smaller, easily memorised chunks. @St_Aidans_RC #hardwork #trust #fairness

A few more examples of yesterday's 'A Maps' for C2 - structure and bonding.

Come join us Tuesday 17th Oct. See you there!

Acid base titration and metal salts on display tonight for the sixth form open evening.

Year 10 completed a distillation required practical today. This method allows salt to be removed due to evaporation and condensation. #Hardwork #trust #fairness

Potato starch based polymers in #science club.

Careful preparation of polymers.

On this day in 1985 the first discovery of a fullerene was published in the journal Nature. The new form of carbon was discovered by Robert Curl, Richard Smalley and Sir Harold Kroto. They were awarded a Nobel prize in 1996 for this work. #fullerene #nanotechnology

On this day in 1810 Humphry Davy announced that chlorine was an element.

Science club making plastic from potatoes part 2!

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