b'Take to the HillsOver the last couple of years, a number of science staff have donned their walking boots, dusted off their maps and ventured together onto the fells. The regulars have been Mr Ahmed, Mr Alishah, Mr Bansal, Mr Bedi, Mr Jones, and former Technician Mr Maju. Conquered peaks include Ben Nevis (the highest mountain in the UK), Snowdon (the highest in England and Wales), Scafell Pike (the highest in England), Pen-y-Fan (the highest in the Brecon Beacons), the Malvern Hills and the Long Mynd. Perhaps its not appropriate to mention Mr Bedi thumbing a lift to avoid a five-mile walk back to the campsite on one trip, or Mr Maju packing two inner tents but no outer tent on another It was a real shame about the torrential rain we experienced!The accompanying photograph shows science staff at the Worcestershire Beacon, the highest point on the Malvern Hills.LETS GET PHYSICALIn November, a mixed group of A Levelan exciting development for the future and GCSE physicists went on a trip tousing a minimal amount of plastic to the University of Birmingham, where weprint things such as solar panels that are were given the opportunity to listen topaper-thin!Furthermore, she discussed various speakers describing their particularthe importance of the orientation of the research interests. chemical formulae of materials and how Professor Jim-al-Khalili talked about anthis can alter their properties depending on exciting new breakthrough between thewhether they are left-or right-handed.three sciences called Quantum BiologyOverall the day was very informative and how this has led to collaborativeand gave a great insight into how varied projects between students at thephysics is.Many thanks to our Physics University of Surrey. Department for organising the trip.Doctor Jessica Wade from Imperial CollegeRohan Nath, Year 12gave a lecture on Plastic Electronics: 22'