Lincolnshire Schools 2010
St Bede’s Catholic Science College, Boston
Year 7 pupils at St Bede’s Catholic Science College worked with teacher Natalie Grant, scientist, Peter Crowther and Kirsty Mead from the Rhubarb Theatre Company to perform a ‘through-the-ages’ play describing the history of medicine. Two performances took place – one in the morning for two local primaries, and one in the afternoon for the rest of St Bede’s pupils and their parents. Various gory detail from mummification to bubonic plague was explained in a light-hearted fashion so that the young audience did not scare too easily! Plenty of music, laughter, dancing and acting out superhero characters such as ‘Hygiene Girl’ (aka Florence Nightingale) and ‘Antiseptic Boy’ (aka Joseph Lister) certainly brought the history of medicine to life.
Gleed Boys School, Spalding
Gleed Boys School had been collaborating with Dr Philip Dunn and Amber Sinclair, and together they had built on the success of last year’s King John’s Jewels and launched the sequel... King John’s Jewels II. A fantastic science adventure took place where invited feeder primary schools, governors and parents were on the hunt for the buried treasure.
Caistor Yarborough School
Year 7 and 8 Gifted and Talented Art and Science pupils at Caistor Yarborough School (CYS) took on the role of teachers to groups of pupils (Years 5 and 6) from Caistor Primary. The day was called ‘Mini Microbes, Massive Models’. Groups rotated around different activities which included looking at Daphnia and Triops under the microscope, quizzes and making huge scale models of the mini-beasts using rolled up newspaper sticks. Models were taken back to the primary school. All primary pupils were given a pack when they left containing freebies from the Society of Microbiology, Royal Microscopical Society and a certificate designed by the CYS pupils.
William Farr School, Lincoln
William Farr students became ‘Science Superheroes’ and led 6 earth based experiments for the visiting primary pupils who, once trained, could then graduate from ‘Earth Science Academy’! Amongst the activities were an erupting volcano and a competition to produce buildings made from marsh-mallows and spaghetti capable of withstanding earthquakes. William Farr collaborated with Tilly Branson and Mick Keown.
Haven High Technology College, Boston
Year 9 pupils at Haven High Technology College hosted a screening of their film ‘Enter the Future’ and the making of it, at the West End Cinema, Boston for local primaries. Filmmaker Martin Tempest helped the Year 9s creatively voice their thoughts about climate change through a film containing stop-frame animation, special effects and CGI.
The climate change theme continued the next day as Year 9 pupils, who had also been working with Neil Tetherton from Camouflaged Learning in the lead up to the events, led a range of activities for two local primaries. The activities included a human sized board game based on global warming where the younger pupils were the pieces of the board game, a treasure hunt across the whole school and an eco-friendly boat building challenge. In the afternoon the focus was on climate change’s impact on the world’s animals, and the students got to meet real iguanas, skunks and tarantulas to name but a few!
