Elite Scientists

More Posters!

On Tuesday, March 18, Dr. Linda Van Keimpema, from Imperial College, came to speak to the Elite Scientists about Sickle cell anemia in anticipation of the students creating a poster for the Great Exhibition Road Festival 2025. It was a very informative talk about the disease.…

We have the results, now Posters Away!

On Tuesday 4 March, Kristina Losonci from Nine Lyrae, came in to help the students write their posters.  Krisztina helped students with content and formatting of their poster.  It was really useful having a real scientist to help the students with their…

Analysis Complete 

On Tuesday 11th of February, Krisztina Losonci came in to William Perkin, to help the students analyse their data from previous weeks' data collection.  It was a real success. The students worked really hard to analyse the data and convert it into mini graphs, so that they…

More Synaesthetic Experiments!

28 January saw students do these experiments: Visual Mindfulness and Origami, then dance and percussion.  Next week the students will analyse their data using MydPlayer Pro software.

Thank-you to Mr Towers for lending us the percussion instruments.

Ms…

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…

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…