Science revision sessions at BWA
Published 17/04/18
The science department is running a series of practical revision sessions after school to help Year 11 students prepare for their exams.
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Published 01/02/18A group of four students competed in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Top of the Bench competition and succeeded in making it through to the regional finals where they represented Northamptonshire coming eighth place out of fourteen regions.
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Published 16/01/18A group of six Brooke Weston Year 11 girls have been chosen to take part in a trial scholarship from The STEM Skills Fund (SSF) for A Level physics and maths, with the aim to help increase the number of girls that continue to study these subjects beyond GCSE.
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Published 21/11/17Two students from Year 12, Luca Milford and Matthew McCormick, attended Masterclasses in genetics, biochemistry and physics at Cambridge University.
Read MoreChemistry in action 2017
Published 20/11/17Students from the Sixth Form visited the university of Warwick to explore the wonders of chemistry with some of the top chemists in the country.
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Published 14/11/17A group of Year 12 students visited the university of Warwick to explore the wonders of physics with some of the top physicists in the country.
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Published 06/11/17A group of 12 Brooke Weston students visited CERN near Geneva, to talk to particle physicists about the ground-breaking research at the site, which is the world’s largest experiment.
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Published 15/05/17Congratulations to Mrs Karen Hearne who has been appointed the Trust’s first Director of Science. Mrs Hearne is a very experienced teacher, having been at Brooke Weston Academy since it opened, and Head of Science for the past three years.
She is looking forward to working with colleagues from across our Trust secondary schools to improve outcomes for students, sharing ideas and best practice between departments. The new role is about building relationships and offering support where needed:
Read MoreStudents on the cutting edge of science
Published 13/01/17Students from Years 10 to 13 interested in careers in medicine or science attended an Operating Theatre Live workshop where they donned a set of scrubs to dissect simulated body organs and tissues in an operating theatre setting.
The groups dissected pig brains, removed eyes, looked at the lungs’ structure and attempted a heart transplant. They also investigated the digestive system and calculated anesthetic dosages. The event is designed to give students as authentic an experience as possible. There was a strong focus on skills and careers providing students interested in medical careers with up-to-date information.