Patchway Science

Welcome to the Science account for Patchway Community School. PCS is a Secondary School in South Glos & is part of the Olympus Academy Trust. @PatchwayC_S

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Year 7 enjoyed measuring the energy content in food this morning as part of their energy topic #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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Science staff were blown away by the revision notes made by Abi Withers in Year 9 for her end of year exam! Keep up the great work Abi! #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @Patchwayc_s

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Year 10 were challenged with making a DNA double helix out of sweets today! We think they more than succeeded #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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Year 8 were using the new Locktronics kits during their electricity lesson this afternoon. The funding for these was very kindly provided by @LamResearch #Ambitious #Respectful #Excellent @olympustrust @PatchwayC_S

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Yr 9 used chromatography today to separate the dyes in felt tips. #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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Yr 9 carried out a distillation practical today. They separated a mixture of 2 liquids - ink and water. #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @PatchwayC_S

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Yr 9 have been learning about separating techniques this week. They made copper sulphate crystals through filtration and crystallisation on Tuesday. #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @PatchwayC_S

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Year 11 have been wiring plugs this week! We have some electricians in the making! #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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Year 10 carried out a wave speed practical today. Water was involved but not a drop was spilled! They were fantastic! #ambitious #respectful #excellwnt @olympustrust @Patchwayc_s

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Year 9 have been studying transpiration so today we looked at stomata ( holes in a leaf where water is lost) and potometers - the apparatus used to measure the rate of transpiration. #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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You are invited to come along on a drop-in style exhibition of our school new build at the school at 3-6pm on 13 Mar. The exhibition will be held in the school hall. On the day, the project team will be on hand to talk through the proposals and answer any questions.

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Year 10 carried out another force v extension practical today. They will be using their results next week to calculate the spring constant! #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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Year 9 have been learning about the circulatory system this week. Today they ended the week by dissecting a heart! #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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Welcome back to Term 4! Normal lessons resumed for Year 10 this week after their work experience placements. Today they were investigating force and extension #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @PatchwayC_S

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Year 10 have been revising plant cells today. They made some very nice onion cell slides #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @PatchwayC_S

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Cells have been the focus today for both Year 9 and 10! Year 10 prepared microscope slides of their cheek cells and Year 9 got creative making specialized cells #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @PatchwayC_S

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Year 11 have been learning about hydrocarbons and their combustion this week. They were asked to demonstrate this using molymods #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @PatchwayC_S

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Year 11 have been investigating what material is the best at insulation #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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In another lesson Year 9 set up a practical to investigate osmosis #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s

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Another busy week for investigations in science. Year 9 started a new topic and investigated if temperature affected the rate of diffusion. #ambitious #respectful #excellent @olympustrust @patchwayc_s