Four pupils from Year 7 at Barrow Hills School in Witley took part in the ’ Festival of Chemistry at the University of Surrey this week. The children: Sophie Rodriguez, Ben Clare, Ollie Gook and Freddie Sligo-Young had to undertake two practical challenges. The first was the Salters’ Challenge where they had to find the murderer through paper chromatography followed by identifying the metal and non- metal part of some salts. They then had to match the evidence up to the suspects to eventually find the murderer. The second challenge, in the … [Read more...]
Why teachers need a staff room
How would staff in your school react if their staff room was taken away? Flying Start takes a look at 'Why Teachers Need a Staff Room' recently featured on the Guardian's blog. What are your thoughts? This article titled "Why teachers need a staff room" was written by Michele Hanson, for The Guardian on Monday 9th April 2012 19.00 UTCOur government has decided that teachers shall no longer have the right to a staff room. It will now be up to headteachers to decide whether to provide one or not. I thought this plan bonkers when I first heard of … [Read more...]