Geography teachers entered the Cook-Offs this week with the message Eat Global, Think Local.

Check out their video below:

Check out the Social Sciences area of the Technology Show today and tomorrow in TA33.

They will be checking your brain age and also doing the Stroop test which tests your mental agility!

We will be putting the Stroop test results online throughout the day.

Top Designers in Year 8

Year 8 Design & Technology students demonstrated their excellent Design skills when the College took part in an IET  Faraday Challenge Day on Tuesday, run by Mary Southall and Kevin Jones from Attainment Partnership.

36 students brushed up their Design and Technology, Science and Maths skills to design, develop and manufacture a mechanical device that could simulate a robotic arm. The students were marked throughout the day at every stage of development.

On the day, team two comprised of Jonathan, Liam, Danielle, Lucy, Natalie and Scott just beat the runners up by 4 points with a superb 160/200. A great fun day for everyone involved.

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Another 2 wins for the staff and 1 for the students in round 2, taking the total to STAFF 4 and STUDENTS 2.

The power-trio of Miss Roberts, Mrs Hewitt and Mrs Longmore won with their vegetable enchiladas, as did the PE area with a superb raspberry pudding from Mr Lovell and Mrs Garrett.

Congratulations to Jo and Zexuan for beating Mr Easton’s Lasagne with their beef and vegetables in black bean sauce with authentic rice mountains.

Results were: Staff 2, Students 1

We had wins for Mr Baxter, with his tenderloin of pork with mash and vegetables, and late substitute Mrs Cheese with her fish pie.

Verity & Susie score a victory for the students, beating Mr Goldstein with their Tiramasu and hot choc puds.

Monday 21st June 2010 saw the first de Ferrers annual Science lecture. 

In keeping with this year’s theme, Breaking the Boundaries, we were delighted to have Dr David Evans, who works at CERN and the University of Birmingham Particle Physics group, as our guest speaker.  David was joined by our own Mr Griffiths to talk about particle physics and the search for the smallest structures in the Universe.

Dr Evans and Mr Long experiment with liquid nitrogen

The audience were treated to some great demonstrations involving superconducting magnets and liquid nitrogen.

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Here is a preview of the poster for this year’s 10th Annual Technology Show -

Thanks to Mr Hawker in Reprographics for designing the poster.