Chemistry Department

On Wednesday 1st May, 3K produced a Cupcake Periodic Table, which was then auctioned off element by element to girls and staff. They raised a total of £65.95 for their…

On the evening of Tuesday 5th February 24 sixth formers and Miss Oldfield attended the lecture ‘Discovering New Medicines: The Role of the Chemist’. This was given by Dr John Snaith…

On Tuesday 4th December, a number of 6th formers had a magical lecture with Dr. Plevey and Mrs. Plevey at their talk on ‘Chemistry Magic’ at Birmingham University. The audience…

On Tuesday 20th November over twenty sixth formers attended a lecture on ‘Drugs and Sport’ at Birmingham University. The lecture was arranged by the West Midlands Chemistry Teachers’ Centre and…

On Tuesday evening, the 13th November, a group of sixth form girls attended a lecture on ‘Watts New with Clean Energy? Batteries Included’ at Birmingham University. The lecture was given…

This Tuesday evening 16 sixth form pupils plus Miss Oldfield attended a lecture on ‘Fireworks’ by Dr Tom Smith. The lecture was arranged by the West Midlands Chemistry Teachers’ Centre…

On Thursday 27th September we welcomed Dr Andy Stoker into school, to give a talk on Chemical Engineering at lunchtime. He led an informative and interactive session when the girls…

During the summer break four Lower Fifth (Year 10) students have attended Salters’ Chemistry Camps. Alice Handy, Elena Hofmann and Sadie Karia went to the University of Manchester and Grace…

17 Lower Sixth students took the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge after school on Monday. The 90 minute examination is designed to challenge students, with questions relating to topics they have encountered…

The Chemistry department celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by this week inviting girls to help make a specially commissioned model of diamond. The model shows how the carbon atoms are…

On the evening of Tuesday 20th March sixteen sixth formers and Miss Oldfield attended a lecture on ‘The Chemical Engineering of Chocolate Creme Eggs’ at the University of Birmingham. Professor…