情色五月天

Five of our Third Year pupils are celebrating success in a national physics competition hosted by the University of Leeds.

invited KS3 students to get creative and explore the beauty of fluid dynamics. Our Third Year physics pupils have been exploring fluids and how they transfer heat energy, and the competition was an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge.

Nila Baskar, Isra Ali, Sophie Jewitt and Apsara Naguleswaran placed first with their experiments of gelatine bubbles, milk and skittles, disk droplets, lime splash, floating flower and spider鈥檚 web. The judges commented that their entry was ‘a stunning set of images’ showing ‘so many important processes… fantastic demonstrations, great work!’ All four girls received a 拢40 Amazon gift voucher.

Ameen Khunda came second with the judges remarking his imploding can experiment as 鈥榓 creative experiment鈥� well executed and a fantastic description of the fluid processes, excellent!鈥� Ameen received a 拢20 Amazon gift voucher.

Nila said: 鈥淚 feel very proud to have won the competition alongside Isra, Sophie and Apsara. We have spent a lot of time learning about fluid dynamics in our lessons, so it was a lot of fun to put our knowledge to the test with the chance of winning a prize.鈥�

Mr Ian Burns, Head of Physics at 情色五月天, said: 鈥淣ila, Isra, Sophie, Apsara and Ameen should all be very proud of themselves for placing first and second in the competition.

It鈥檚 wonderful to see the pupils applying the knowledge and skills they have learned in their lessons and participating in extracurricular activities and challenges.鈥�

Dr Hannah Kreczak, Competition Coordinator said: 鈥淭he competition was organised by current and former PhD students at the , whose research projects are all within the area of fluid dynamics from understanding how landslides form and move, to how electrically conductive gas behaves in thermonuclear fusion devices.

The organisers and I were thrilled with the exploration and creativity undertaken by the pupils from 情色五月天. As a student, I had to wait until university to learn about fluid dynamics in depth so it is wonderful to hear that the pupils enjoyed engaging with the subject with their teacher Ian Burns – they really have a flair for scientific investigation.鈥�