Beech House School news

Fifteen year 10 students spent an exciting afternoon in the Forensic Science Laboratory at Hopwood Hall College. The students were given an interactive presentation about the role of forensic scientists and how they help to solve crimes by working with other specialists.

The students were then given a simple problem to solve using thin layer chromatography. This is a technique used to separate non-volatile mixtures.

The students separated samples of chlorophyll (the pigment found in plants) and concluded that the two samples were different and that the burglar could not have been at the scene of the crime.

The students were also very excited when they were introduced to the collection of many amphibians, insects and reptiles that the college have as part of their Animal Physiology Studies.

A spokesperson for Beech House School described the day as “a very informative and hands-on afternoon”.

Many Congratulations go to the following pupils who helped Beech House School achieve the school’s best ever results at Commended and Highly
Commended levels in this year’s Biology Challenge 2014.

Bronze Award - Rebecca Whitaker.

Silver Award - Joshua White and Conor Leyland.

Commended Awards:
Umair Ahmad, Cody Birch. Omar Tahir, Olivia Rigg, Grace Pedley, Joseph Hamblett, Jacob Hill, Aston Buckley, Jack Cryer, Muhammad Arslan, Zahra
Naqvi, Emily Cooper, Piers Smithies, Hassnat Nadim, Holly Scott, Adil Hussain and Sofia Meadowcroft.

Highly Commended:
Max Atkins, Sam Clutton, Jessica Scott, Kingsley Benson, Jacob Dench, James Hart, Haider Hussain, Victoria Burnett, Emma Hardman, Faisal Mughal, Cecily Morgan, Junaid Naseer, Eleanor Nickson and Amy Fryer.

The Progress Awards are presented each term to children in the Prep Department who have excelled in attitude, behaviour and performance. This
term the honors went to:
Reception - Umar Mahbub
Year 2 - Inaaya Ahmed Year 4 - Holly Gaucas
Year 6 - Adam Millington

The House Point totals are:
Saturn - 53
Jupiter - 48
Mercury - 33
Neptune - 27

Pupil of the Week Awards went to:
Nursery - Sarah Khan
Reception - Maxwell Spencer
Year 1 - Adham Rafique
Year 2 - Wendi Zhang