The Squashed Tomato Challenge!

The whole of Year 8 took up the Squash Tomato Challenge as part of the Y8 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) day run by Science Oxford. The challenge –  A real life problem affecting people in Nepal to design and build a model to move tomatoes down a mountain. The problem: In Nepal many […]

Particle Physics masterclass at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

On the 8th March 12 Chipping Norton Physics students visited the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot. The trip was aimed at giving sixth formers a deepened understanding of the particle physics section of their A-Level studies. During the day there was a series of lectures from leading university professors and Large Hadron Collider particle physicists. […]