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Making, fixing, staining and examining a blood smear is an excellent way to gain confidence and competence in microscopy. Our Lower Sixth Biologists have this week been developing their skills, preparing slides in order to examine samples of horse blood. Blood is packed with lots of different types of cells, and some are easier to…

This Week, our Lower Sixth Economists put themselves into the shoes of The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee as they took on the challenge of delivering presentations about the economy and how best to face the challenges created by the world-wide pandemic. Areas covered included interest rates, quantitative easing projections and the state of…

This week, our A Level Business and Economics students joined a virtual tour of three Amazon Fulfilment Centres in the UK.  Mrs Cole was delighted to get a ‘shout out’ to St Edward’s in Cheltenham, and the tour was conducted live, through masks and with machines whirring in the background, making it engaging, if a…

Our Year 12 Graphic Designers have been working very hard on a termly project over the past few weeks. Each student was set the task of designing and building a stool for themselves to use in the Graphics Workshop. The brief was that the stool should be an upgraded version of the standard ones that…

This term, our Year 12 Artists have been working with air dry clay to sculpt the heads of a person of their choosing. This mini-project aimed to help the students develop their understanding of the proportions and anatomical structure of the human face, skills that will stand them in good stead during their A Level…