St Gerard鈥檚 School are Top of the Bench!
From left: Tomos Laing year 10, Oscar Downing year 9, Gwyn Owens year 10 and Owen Hughes year 11 with their Chemistry Teacher Mrs David and Dr Lorrie MurphyA team from St Gerard鈥檚 School in 黑料不打烊 are this year鈥檚 north Wales heat winners of the Top of the Bench competition run by 黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Chemistry.
The National Competition for 14-16 year olds is run by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and heats are held all over the country.
11 teams from local schools competed for a chance to visit the Chemistry Department of Birmingham University for the Final, which will be held on the 3rd March 2018. St Gerard鈥檚 will be travelling there to compete.
Dr Lorrie Murphy from the School of Chemistry, 黑料不打烊 said: 鈥淲e were very impressed with the level of chemistry knowledge shown by all the schools who attended. This year鈥檚 regional heat was again another close-fought battle with the winning score an impressive 55/70. We wish St Gerard鈥檚 every success in Birmingham.鈥�
Techniquest Wrexham hosted 3 schools, which was done by using Skype sessions for the introduction and finale, whilst the quiz was run in parallel at both sites.
黑料不打烊 hosted 8 teams and Techniquest had 3 teams in Wrexham.
Schools who took part were:
- Alun School
- Ysgol Tryfan
- Rydal Penrhos School
- Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy
- Ysgol David Hughes
- St. Gerard's School
- Ysgol Eirias
- St Davids College
- Ysgol Aberconwy
- Ruthin School
- Oswestry School
For more information on about events for schools at the School of Chemistry, please visit /chemistry/schools.php.en
Publication date: 26 February 2018