The Sakura Project ~ Tree Planting Ceremony
Some of you may have noticed the new addition to the school grounds. Click here to read the full story.
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Some of you may have noticed the new addition to the school grounds. Click here to read the full story.
A cracking performance by the U16 Football Girls in the semi-final against Ravensbourne on Saturday 22nd January.
Diep Anh Nguyen, Angela Luong, Sophie Huang and Anagha Pai, all from 8LPV have won a place in the South East Finals for the CyberFirst Girls competition. Well done girls! Click here to read the full story.
Congratulations to Nathan Singleton, Year 11, for winning the Martin Dales Trophy in the Beckenham Music Festival 2021. Well done Nathan! Click here to read his account.
7STA and 7MAM recently completed their Mindfulness course as part of their personal development curriculum. Students were asked what they liked most about the course. Click here to read their comments
In an interview with Mieko Kawakami, celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami discusses the feminist critiques of his work, which are often considered to objectify women. Click here to read full article.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam - Going viral: How Covid changed Science forever.
Royal Institution website
‘The Christmas lectures are the most prestigious event in the Royal Institution’s calendar, dating from when Michael Faraday founded the series.
They are the world’s longest-running television series and always promise to inspire and amaze each year through explosive demonstration and Interactive experiments with a live theatre audience.’
Having the benefit of membership of the Royal Institution allowed the science department to enter the ballot for tickets to the annual Christmas lecture. For the second year we were successful, and were allocated three student tickets.
As a reward for their hard work and commitment in all areas of science study; students were selected at random after recommendations from their science teachers. From Year 12; William Henderson and Emily Dastjerdi and from Year 11 Maya Broughton were chosen from the many student suggestions. These students were escorted by Mrs Vialls & Miss Petrie to the Royal Institution on the evening of 16th December.
Professor Van-Tam or ‘JVT’ as he likes to be known, was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in October 2017. He became a national figure during the Covid -19 Pandemic through his appearances, as Deputy to Professor Sir Chris Whitty, at the Downing Street Prime Minister briefings. His use of colourful language and clear descriptions of statistical data made him a popular figure throughout the national lockdown.
The filming of the Christmas lecture was live, and we experienced what it is like to take part in a TV programme. Professor Van-Tam explained the technology of masks and why they were an important tool against the spread of the virus. He emphasised how the fight against the spread of Covid was an international collaboration of scientists in different scientific fields. To illustrate this point he was joined by experts. Professor Catherine Noakes, an Engineer who specialises in airborne infections, illustrated how important ventilation is in dispersing virus particles. Mathematician Professor Julia Gog also joined the lecture and demonstrated the effect of the spread of the virus with reference to the R number through some very clever technology displayed on the audience's mobile phones.
This was a very unique and enjoyable opportunity for us all!
The series of three episodes of the 2021 Christmas lectures can be viewed on the BBC iplayer. Royal Institution 2021 Christmas Lecture
Mrs Vialls, Head of Science
We are delighted to be out on Geography fieldwork with our Year 12 IB students and this should mark the start of a year of Fieldwork at BGS. Read the full report here.
The month of October is Black History Month in the UK, and teachers at Bexley Grammar School have planned a series of lessons and activities to take place. Click here to find out more.