Year 8 Science Fair

It was a thrill to see the culmination of Year 8’s hard work, collaboration, and research in our annual Science Fair last Thursday (13 June). The Auditorium was buzzing with parents, fellow classmates, and teachers who were able to quiz these burgeoning young scientists about their work.

Year 8 students had been tasked with completing investigations into their own research questions which ranged from questions around the role music has on memory to whether colour influences a horse’s decision-making. Topics were indeed varied and wide-ranging.

Additionally, we were delighted to welcome back a distinguished panel of WHS alumnae as judges who had the difficult task of distilling down more than 50 posters to just three winning projects after a thorough interview with each entrant.

MEET THE WINNERS:

1^st Caitlin H, Kyla S -T, and Flora S-H

– Bioplastics  

2^nd  Eleanor W (8AST)

– Does an equine’s colour perception affect their decisions?

3^rd Isabel A, Tess B, and Isla D (8AST)

– How do different genres of music affect short-term memory?  

MEET THE ALUMNAE JUDGES:

Priti Verma
Gained a Masters in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London and has had a successful career in Finance, now working as Group Chief Risk Officer at Quilter.

Alex Broughton (Class of 2014)
Completed an Integrated Masters (MPhys) at Swansea University in 2018, followed by a  3-year training course for Medical Physics, specialising in radiotherapy physics which included a MSc in Medical Physics studied at King’s College, London. Now works as a registered clinical scientist at Oxford University Hospital Trust.

Anna Broughton (Class of 2016)
Studied a triple Masters degree in Mining and Mineral Engineering, allowing her to study at three different universities across Europe (Aalto University - Finland, RWTH Aachen - Germany, TU Delft - Netherlands) which covered every aspect of the life cycle of mineral resources, ranging from the technical engineering aspects to the business and economic side of mining and now works as a Business Associate at Minviro.

Vera Kjellberg (Class of 2021)
Has just completed her third year of an Integrated Masters in Biochemistry (Hons) at the University of St Andrew’s and is soon to start an industrial placement year.

Sasha Burina - Ling (Class of 2023)
Has just completed her first year of her Biological Sciences degree at Imperial College, University of London.

Helen Sun (Class of 2023)
Has also just completed her first year of her Biological Sciences degree at Imperial College, University of London.

Sabrina Cruz (Class of 2023)
Is also at Imperial College, having completed the first year of her Medical Biosciences degree.
                              

Event lead KS3 Science Co-ordinator, Mr Patterson, said that it was a fantastic event, and the Year 8 Science students produced some outstanding work.