As part of Biology week, year 8 race their maggots to see who has the fastest!

On Thursday 6th October we raced maggots! The maggots were coloured red, green and yellow. We picked our own maggots and timed how long it took them to wriggle to the end of a race course! Some maggots were very slow and some did not want to move at all! It was great fun and an unusual way of thinking about insects and their life cycles as part of biodiversity and Biology Week.

Lottie T

Biology Week 2022 has a crafty start with Year 7 creating origami animals to celebrate the Earth’s biodiversity.

Biology Week 2022 has a crafty start with year 7 decorating bookmarks and garden sticks with an animal theme to celebrate and appreciate Earth’s biodiversity. Students enjoyed painting bug themed garden sticks ready to use at home and for Bishop’s green club. Students designed scratch art magnets and bookmarks for display in their classes and some students challenged themselves with origami, designing origami bats, fish and foxes! The origami bats are a great, seasonal activity for everyone to try: https://origami.me/bat/. These activities help students appreciate the diversity of life and how close to extinction many of these creatures are, including bats; https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/endangered-bats-killed-in-mauritius.