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Sweet music to my hands?!

So the Synaesthesia  project continued on Tuesday 14 January 2025, with Valeria Perboni, our guest.   One input this time was music, and the students were attempting to write poetry as their output!  The other experiments were: the taste of plain glucose as the input,…

Wow, it smells nice in here!

It really did smell nice in the lab. Krisztina Losonci, came to help the students collect data for their Synaesthesia project.

The students recorded their basal brainwaves and then recorded their brain waves in the midst of Vanderbilt perfume while sculpting…

The Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) is a national charity that supports students to complete their own STEM research projects. This year, we are working with IRIS to undertake our own research and contribute knowledge to the wider scientific community. 

IRIS works with researchers to…

Not with you in person, but in spirit (via teams!). 

On Tuesday 5th November 2024, Valeria Perboni, Synaesthesia researcher, gave an online introductory talk to the New Elite Scientists 10.0, as she was not well. It was a recap of what Synaesthesia was, what the research shows, and where the…

A Level students enjoyed a unique study day at the Leake Street Archives to mark 35 years since the fall of the Wall.

Students learnt more about the events leading up to the fall of the wall through an immersive film installation, several workshops and activities surrounding the peaceful…

Wow! There are 28 senses!Really?!

This is what we found out on Tuesday 15 October, which saw the launch of the Elite  Scientist Project for 2024-25.  The project will be run by Krisztina Losonci and Valeria Perboni, who have both worked with Brunel University, as well as other academic…

30 students from William Perkin 6th Form enjoyed a fantastic trip to visit CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucéaire) and experience the city of Geneva in Switzerland. Here are some of the highlights enjoyed by the A-level Physicists:

Day 1

An early start with a 6am flight out of…

Students from Year 8 and Year 9 have been working on a project from STEMKart. Previously they had a lesson in which they learned about the design, engineering and ergonomics of a Formula 1 car. This was followed up by a very exciting practical lesson today in which they were able to put their…

This year's Founders Day was packed full of stimulating, hands-on experiences for the whole school to participate in.

One of our sixth formers has produced an article about the day:

Article written by: Kaylan | Edited by: Kalina |

On this year’s Founder’s Day, students were off timetable…

Science Science Science!

On Tuesday 25th of June, 2024, the Elite Scientists went to the Friends Meeting House in Euston, to give their research findings to more than 500 delegates, from other schools.  As well as students and teachers from other schools, there were academics who were also…

This was a statement we heard quite alot at The Great Exhibition Road Festival 2024, which took place on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16  of June.  It was a brilliant event.  On both days, the students shared their research findings with members of the public. They were confident, clear, enthusiastic,…

On Wednesday 12 June, Dr Lydia Daniels-Gatward came to speak to the Year 9, sets 1-3. Science Core Elective students on Diabetes. 

Dr Daniels-Gatward, is a Postdoc. who works on the sex differences in Diabetes, at Kings College London, University of London.  

Things that Dr Daniels-Gatward…