To celebrate Black History Month, Bishop’s has been embracing our shared history! Over the past two weeks, pupils have been learning about the history, achievements and contributions of Black and Asian people in their lessons, form time and enrichment clubs to celebrate Black History Month. There has been a real buzz of excitement around the […]
Mathematical Artistry in Origami Club Our Origami (mathematical artistry) club meets on Mondays. We have been making some modular origami where multiple pieces of paper are folded and linked together (without glue!) to form shapes. So far this term we have made Sonobe jewels, cubes and octahedrons and yesterday we learnt produced a new shape […]
Year 7 Maths Team finally get to the final Back in March, three Year 7 teams took part in a countywide Maths Team Challenge. One of the teams made it through to the final but it was sadly cancelled due to the National Lockdown. However the organisers (HfL) decided to reorganise it virtually! So we […]
Fun exploring German Culture Every Thursday Our German Club explores fun facts and activities linked to countries where the language is spoken. Arabella, Lexi, Madeleine and Mya in 7Ha say…. “We really have fun discovering all sorts of weird and fun stuff about German speaking countries. We particularly liked the one all about how important […]
A worthwhile challenge of teamwork, leadership, commitment and perseverance From our experience, the Duke of Edinburgh scheme is a great way to enhance many valuable skills such as teamwork, leadership, commitment and perseverance. For us, it was a real adventure from beginning to end as we pushed ourselves through the many times we got lost. […]
Amgen biotechnology equipment gives Sixth Formers an insight into practical DNA science As part of Biology Week, we used some biotechnology equipment lent to us by Amgen and the University of Hertfordshire to manipulate DNA. We cut open a plasmid using special enzymes called ‘restriction’ enzymes and then ligated the red fluorescent protein gene into […]
New covered area for pupils to use at Break and Lunch Have you noticed our new marquee? With the many social distancing restrictions imposed on schools, we have therefore erected a marquee which offers another covered area where they can eat or chat in the fresh air and protected from the elements. We hope our […]
An opportunity to use biotechnology equipment during Biology Week 2020 This week is Biology Week at school. There are lots of fun activities planned in lessons and at lunchtime. In our science lesson today, we used a micropipette to measure microlitre volumes. We used our new pipetting skills to place samples in a DNA agarose […]
Clean-Up by Bishop’s girls along Woods Avenue Our Save the World Club took part in the national ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ Initiative today by picking up litter along Woods Avenue. We were encouraged by comments from the general public who congratulated us on picking up the litter along the hedgerow in Woods Avenue. Since lockdown, a […]
Year 10 get creative in maths! During their Face to Face sessions, Year 10 were introduced to the world of circle theorems. Another topic that we have found difficult to teach remotely! Pupils then spent a couple of lessons applying their knowledge to some problems before creating a visual display of one of the theorems. […]
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Headteacher:
Mr A Wood
BA (Oxon), MBA, NPQH
