The science department took 52 girls on a trip to the University of Northampton to the Women in Science Technology Engineering Accountancy and Maths (STEAM) event.

There were over 50 different careers stalls all offering interactive and engaging activities including;

 the Ben and Jerry's challenge from Unilever

 making sherbet with Scott Bader

 seeing robots

 airbrushing from Northampton college

 and lots more

The students also had a tour of the UON campus and a workshop where they looked at Vauxhall car design or go karts. This fantastic opportunity helped raise awareness and confidence in students which we lovely to see throughout the day.

The girls completed surveys at the start and end of the day which showed a massive increase in the number of students wanting to attend university without the worries they had at the start of the day.

It was wonderful to see the girls imagining themselves going to university and their behaviour was impeccable.

Isobel won a competition beating over 750 students from other schools to build the best structurally sound structure out of lolly sticks!

We also had a team of students who scored joint second out of all the teams of the day to build a go kart without instructions in the quickest time.

Miss E Jepson

Science Department

On Tuesday evening our newly formed Year 8 Basketball team hosted Manor School in their first ever competitive fixture! Despite only having played together in one rotation of PE lessons and the After-school extra-curricular sessions, we were unsure on how we would fare against a school that had played numerous games beforehand.

However, the team consisting of Svetlan, Lorenzo, Joseph, Callum R, Oliver S, Alex W, Kieran M and Jake were exceptional and lead 6-0 within the first 20 seconds. the boys ran riot, continuing to score at will, playing some excellent basketball with fast flowing, passing moves and working at an incredible intensity. The team ended up winning by over 50 points!!! Despite the score line the boys maintained their high levels of sportsmanship and gamesmanship, often assisting the opposition and overruling the referee for the benefit of the opposition.