STEAM PROJECTS CHALLENGE ACCEPTED


Year 8 SCIENCE DDD


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tudents in Year 8 had the opportunity to work through different Science workshops


designed to increase their awareness and knowledge about space and develop school values of ambition, growth, fellowship and scholarship. Students below have given an account of this day:


I enjoyed completing citizen science, because this was when we helped scientists by looking at their data to categorise galaxies. We saw some galaxies that no-one had ever seen before. We also made rockets by working in pairs – ours was pink and blue. The rocket went quite far and we came in third place. I also enjoyed designing a settlement to build on one of Saturn’s moons, and we drew constellations. Overall this day was brilliant, and I recommend it to next year’s Y8’s. Macey 8H


I liked the practical activities, particularly the water rockets. I built a rocket with Adam, and ours went the furthest in our class – all the way to the second floor! We made a star wheel and learnt about constellations. Robin 8H


The bit I liked best was looking at all the different galaxies and classifying them. There are millions of galaxies and they are millions and millions of kilometres away. We talked about black holes and we built rockets! We expected ours not to work because we hadn’t done a very good design, but it flew right across the year 7 playground – the furthest in 8N! Jakub 8N


This day was so interesting as we learnt about black holes and rockets. I didn’t know we would be able to live in space but maybe we can in the future! My rockets went half way across the year 7 playground. It was fun to build and watch it go. Mitchell 8W


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his term saw the success of our STEAM teams in winning Best Brand and Most


Innovative Product at JP Morgan’s Schools Challenge event.


Our teams were pitted against 21 other schools from across London and asked to deliver a presentation on a project they had completed, aiming to tackle some of London’s most pressing problems. Team Papple explored how they could encourage people to recycle waste, while team Caeli aimed to reduce air pollution using a filter system.


All adults involved in the event commented that the groups’ humility, respect and professionalism has put Ark Greenwich Free School on the map for producing elite talent.


One student commented: ‘I know that winning this award will be useful for my future ambitions; I see myself studying A Level Economics, Maths and Physics in five years’ time. Then, I plan to study either Business Management or Medicine at a Russell Group university.’


We look forward to the exceptional characters that these students will become as a result of such high ambitions.


OUT OF THIS WORLD FASHION C


ongratulations to Success Morrison, who won the prize of a colour change constellation mug for her design of an outfit suitable for a colonist on a moon of Saturn.


Keeping in mind the difficult environmental conditions, particularly the cold and dark, Success designed an outfit that was safe,


comfortable, practical, and allowed for enjoying the low gravity by gliding – well done.


Congratulations to all of Year 8 for developing their school values and engaging in our Science DDD.


AGFS Newsletter SPRING 2019


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