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Science Club participants took part in an ‘eggs-tra’ fun activity this week- the ‘Egg Drop’. Each of the students were given a hen’s egg and tasked with constructing a container that would protect it from a 15m drop. The students were given a wide selection of materials including cardboard, bubble wrap, tissue paper, rubber sheeting…

It’s the season for cricket! We are huge fans of the game here at St Edward’s and this term has seen our co-curricular Cricket Clubs attract excellent numbers of both boys and girls of all year groups at the Senior School. With no cricket played last summer due to the pandemic, finally hearing the sound…

The 10X Challenge (previously, ‘The Tenner Challenge’) is an annual enterprise competition for young people aged between 11 and 18 years old. The Challenge is run by Young Enterprise, the UK’s leading enterprise and financial education charity. Each team of budding entrepreneurs are given £10 to get their business idea off the ground and are…

After several months of being unable to hold our weekly Combined Cadet Force (CCF) training sessions, it was difficult to tell who was more excited about the return of CCF; the staff or the students! With good weather on our side, lots of fun was had by all. In their Year group bubbles, the Cadets…

St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form is proud to be part of the Cheltenham Education Partnership (CEP) an equal partnership of secondary schools (from both the maintained and Independent sectors) and local organisations and charities. The driving ambition of the Partnership is to expand the horizons of young people in Cheltenham and to help them…

This week it was the turn of our Year 11 students to speak at a meeting of the Stride Darnley Society. The Society, which has been in existence for well over ten years, meets on a regular basis and aims to foster public speaking and presentation skills. During this week’s meeting, an audience of staff…

Students in Mr Andrews’ Robotics Club have made a start on the build of their PIC microcontroller car. Microcontroller chips are already being used in vehicles to provide road intelligence, for example; automatic windscreen wipers. It is likely that the use of these systems will continue to increase in cars of the future. A microcontroller…