On the 7th February 2026, five of our top Chemistry students; Angela Luong, Caspar Nalepa, Fope Odutayo, Tobi Orimoloye and Caitlyn Osei-Tutu, were selected to attend the prestigious Chemistry Race held at the World renowned University of Cambridge.
The past couple of weeks at Senior Science Society have been very eventful!
On Wednesday 21st January, 30 of our Year 10 students enjoyed an inspiring day at Science in Action, packed with exciting lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on experiences.
Each week in Senior Science Society (M15 during P5 lunch), our Year 12 students deliver “science presentations”.
For the past 3 weeks, the Science Club has been running every Tuesday, during lunchtime, at 12:50pm in the M16.
As part of Black History Month, Year 7 students took part in a Science Trail to discover historic Black figures who have made remarkable contributions to science.
For the past three weeks, the Senior Science Society has been running every Friday lunchtime, supported by our former Year 13 President and Vice President.
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Led by Mr Andrews, Mrs Gradley and Mr Das and assisted by some of our fantastic Sixth Form helpers, Science Club has proven to be a fun but educational way to spend lunchtimes on Tuesday for the Year 7s this year.
This term, a group of 20 keen Year 12 chemists participated in the prestigious Cambridge Chemistry Challenge (C3L6), a 90-minute two-question exam designed by the University of Cambridge's chemistry department. Aimed at stretching KS5 Chemistry thinking, the challenge encourages students to apply problem-solving skills well beyond standard exam topics.
We are proud to share that three teams of Year 12 students took part in this year’s Royal Society of Chemistry Analyst Competition.
A Celebration of Change and Adaptation!
Four teams completed the Royal Society of Chemistry, Top of the Bench Competition task. The teams were asked to create a poster on a Transition metal. Three of the teams were selected to be entered. Their entries are below.
Dr Numbrere-Nmaju, Science Department
RSC TOTB Competition ~ 2024/2025
Articles:
This competition was certainly a valuable experience, I believe: to form a team, partaking in research, writing and design, and to produce something is great. In spite of a group dilemma of transition metals to choose from - with some unusual suggestions, much like throwing darts at the periodic table, there seem to also be many choices that are interesting, rather important in daily life and specific applications, extraordinary in properties, or relevant to the future, and even a combination of these. It was certainly enlightening to learn, through our investigation and presentation of a transition metal, of the extent and application of chemistry, and to delve into the subject which I find myself often fascinated by. Teamwork was also valuable, as we were all eventually tasked with our areas of research, and in simultaneously iterating and criticising our design ideas, we also linked all of our ideas together, both in presentation and understanding. The aspect of design was also a dilemma, but the result was resolved and enthusiastically completed.
Tianming Xie, Year 10
I am truly proud of what my group has accomplished within and outside the bounds of this poster: improved organisation, collective research, and great teamwork. This poster is one collection of our communication put into words and illustrations, but overall, our knowledge of chemistry has improved tremendously (to the point where we couldn't fit all our research on the poster!)
Great work everyone!
Isabelle Raphael, Year 11
Leader of the BGS winning group
