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• Year 7 Red Cabbage Experiment

  Wed 01 Feb 2023

  Our Year 7 students have been making an indicator from red cabbage by boiling it in water for five minutes and allowing it to cool down. They filtered the mixture through filter paper so the purple liquid dripped into a conical flask. The students then took a couple of drops of the indicator they had made and used it to test two liquids. These were sulfuric acid (indicator went bright pink) and sodium hydroxide (indicator went yellow/green).

  

• Oxford University Translation Exchange

  Wed 01 Feb 2023

  Our students have been given the opportunity for an extra-curricular activity exploring the possibilities of creative translation.

  The programme, organised by Oxford University, will culminate in a national translation competition which will be judged by a team of Oxford undergraduates and professional translators to select regional and national winners.

  In preparation for the competition, each week our students will be bringing translation to life by focusing on translating poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction. This week, they spent time translating a recipe for the Epiphany - El Roscon for Spanish and La Galette des Rois for French.

  

• Year 7 talk on Sikhism

  Wed 01 Feb 2023

  Year 7 were very lucky in their Sikhism unit of work, to have a visit from Mrs McCann who volunteered to come in and chat about her religion; Sikhism.

  Sikhism is one of the newest religions in the world, founded around 500 years ago by Guru Nanak in the Punjab Region of India. They talked about the 5 K's of Sikhism; The Golden Temple, Sewa and how a Sikh bride traditionally wears red when she gets married. Some students even had a chance to meditate, like you would in a real Gurdwara!