On Thursday 2nd February Glebelands School hosted its latest Community Science Show, Science Misadventures presented by Fran Scott. Fran is an internationally recognised science communicator on shows on the BBC Learning Zone, as well as a number of other shows on CBBC such as Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom. Fran has also won an RTS Award and been nominated for three BAFTAs for her TV shows.

The talk was a journey through Fran’s career in how she became a science demonstrator and how she uses the fundamentals of science and “experimentation”, to design demonstrations suitable for a TV audience. The audience were shown the strength of friction by having a tug of war between themselves and two yellow pages, the wonders of Newtonian fluids and how to make very loud bangs from very small bubbles. Crowd participation was a big part of the show and there was a real buzz from the audience as they were exposed to a number of demonstrations.

Glebelands School prides itself on the promotion of the STEM subjects to our community and students and these events allow them to see the opportunities available through these subjects. Fran’s talk had an underlying theme of how she applies the basic principles of science in lots of different ways and that science is just about trying to answer questions and that people shouldn’t be put off by it because actually it is a lot of fun!

It was a very enjoyable evening and a great end to a fantastic Community Science Week at Glebelands School.

Mr Stefan Radwanski
Senior Teacher/Head of Science

 

With a backdrop of some chilly Spring sunshine, students from Glebelands School took part in a plethora of creative activities for their late Spring Focus Day held on Wednesday 26th April.

Students in Year 7 spent half of the day participating in two activities of their choice from Art, Stomp drumming or contemporary dance. These physical activities were followed by team building sessions on the field and in the Sports Hall with games like gutter ball designed to help our new cohort build deeper friendships.

Year 8 spent half the day with some horrid creepy-crawlies and weird and wonderful creatures with the ZooLab experience. A company visited the school and brought in some unusual and amazing animals for students to learn about and in many cases, hold, including a snake which was not for the faint-hearted! The other half of the day was learning about how to programme and write code for simple computer programmes – an essential skill in today’s evolving World.

The Year 9 activity saw them head to Thorpe park for the day, as well as the fun and thrills of being at a theme park for the day and enjoying the rides, they also took part in a STEM workshop. This workshop focused on the design and technology of the structures and rides around the park as well as looking at advances in technology and how they have improved the types of rides that are now available.

Year 10 students were on their work experience placements for the week. This involved being out and about in the community, serving customers in shops and learning about different trades and businesses. Year 11 were focused in revision sessions for the day within the English and Mathematics departments. With exams approaching very soon, students were grateful for the focused support from their teachers.

Mr Rhoan Hepburn
Senior Teacher

Glebelands School hosted another Community Science Show called Science Pranks presented by Steve Mould on Thursday 27th April. Steve is a prolific science communicator being on a number of TV shows such as the BBC’s The One Show and Britain’s Brightest. During the evening, Steve took the audience through how to use the principles of science so you can prank or confuse your parent’s or friends, including a trick of how to open a bottle of water so it leaks all over someone!

Steve’s relaxed engaging style got the crowd literally to the edge of their seat as he demonstrated some common phenomena, which can be applied to prank people. There were huge amounts of audience participation including the Mayor of Waverley Cllr Chris Storey and the Chairman of Cranleigh Parish Council Cllr Mary Foryszewski who were both brought into the show. Steve showed how our senses could be used to confuse us by switching our ears around, how some senses confuse each other and how you can manipulate this. Overall it was a very enjoyable evening and there was a real buzz in the room. We are looking to really engage the students so that they are inspired to go into the field of science and can see the enjoyment that it can give. Look out for our next show in the autumn and throughout the next academic year.

Mr S Radwanski
Senior Teacher/Head of Science

Please, see below for the Uniform Shops Summer Opening Hours

 

Glebelands Experience Week School Uniform Shop opening hours:

Monday 3rd July                                3pm to 4.15pm
Tuesday 4th July                               3pm to 6.30pm
Wednesday 5th July                          3pm to 4.15pm
Thursday 6th July                              3pm to 4.15pm 

 
School Uniform Shop Summer Holiday opening hours:

Monday 31st July                            2pm to 4pm
Tuesday 8th August                        2pm to 4pm
Wednesday 16th August                 2pm to 4pm
Thursday 24th August                     2pm to 4pm
Monday 4th September                  10am to 2pm