Science Achievements 2010-11

• Good School Guide Award for the best results at A  level achieved by Boys taking Chemistry at an English Independent School.

• Philip Eakins, Sam Boon and Arran Williams received Nuffield Bursaries for research projects completed during the last summer break. They also received a gold CREST awards and Philip’s project will be featured at the Big Bang festival in July.

• Having won the regional final of the ‘Top of the Bench’ competition, Charles McCullock, John Warburton, Dominic Fowler-Williams and Leo Westbrook travelled to Imperial College for the National Finals in London. They came a very creditable 8^th out of the 32 teams present.

• The Olympiads produced silver medals for Emma Redhead, Philip Eakins, and Riko Yu in Chemistry. Sophie Mathew-Jones and Philip Eakins achieved bronze medals in Chemistry and Biology respectively.

• The Senior Science club achieved 8 gold CREST awards for Andrew White, Gregory Kane, Jack Granby, Curtis Wright, Andrew Hoyland, Neil Lawrence and Adam Snee for a project on the effectiveness of the ingredients in toothpaste. Sophie Mathew-Jones impressively finished research, started last year, into Cillit Bang.

• The Science in the Communities group has expanded to now include the Birkenhead and Tarporley cub groups and even a nursery school. James Kewin, Allan and Kyle Lowey have been heavily involved this year.

• The Science Fair  again attracted large numbers and the following received bronze CREST awards for their involvement in this event and for their leading role in the science clubs;- Sebastian MacTaggart, Ben Appleby, David Nevin, Oliver Jones, James Howe, Sam Keenan, Paul Gogerty, Ciara O’Sullivan, Safiya Rafiq, India Collister, and Rosie Durband.

• The Biology UK Challenge for Years 9 and 10 produced some exceptional results including 2 gold medals for Benjamin Pearson and John Warburton. Silvers for Oliver George, Samuel Wells and Kevin Wong. Whilst Thomas Atherton, Samuel Berkson, Connor Lee, Conor O’Sullivan and Lewis Tran achieved bronze medals.

• The North West region Physics Olympics were held at the University of Liverpool. The team members were Johnny Daly, George Pinder, Edward Brown  and Andrew Hoyland. They came a creditable 10^th out of the 30 teams present.

• Jack Granby, James Moses and Andrew White represented the school at the RSC Young Analyst competition.

• Tom Atherton, John Warburton, Kevin Wong, and Conor O’Sullivan all won places at the Salters’ Chemistry Camps at various universities this summer.

• The Salters’ Chemistry Festival team this year is Sam Gavin-Pitt, Edward George, Joshua Gibson, and India Wild.

• Max Keeling and Joshua Black were this years recipients of the Shell Global research placements.

• Richard Jones attended an Engineering Development Trust Headstart course

• The Year 9 Solar group has produced some interesting work on the fauna found on the school grounds and on the behaviour of chimpanzees, they have even adopted one!

• Many other students have benefited from field trips, UCAS support lectures and work placements