Park High School celebrated British Science Week from Monday 9th to Friday 13th March with a packed programme of exciting activities for students. Throughout the week there were pop up demonstrations during break and lunch in the quad, playground and science classrooms.

The week began with the always popular Mentos and Coke demonstration at break, followed by methane fireballs at lunchtime. On Tuesday, students created rainbow oobleck during break before launching bottle rockets in the playground in the afternoon. Wednesday featured carbon dioxide testing at break, then a session on balloons and convection currents at lunch. On Thursday, students explored the blue bottle reaction along with the pin bed and balloons activity.

The week ended with a large Science Fair held in the main hall on Friday. More than 330 students from local primary schools visited Park High to experience hands on workshops led by our sixth form science students. Year 5 students from Aylward Primary School, Kenmore Park Junior School, St John's CofE School and Stanburn Primary School took part in the sessions which included experiments with a Van de Graaff generator, slime making and demonstrations involving hydrogen filled balloons, which gave younger learners a memorable introduction to scientific ideas.