Ravenscroft  Primary School Year 5 students spent the last two days with our Science Department learning new and exciting scientific concepts.

They learned about physics and engineering and how to build cranes, bridges and towers. West Ham Park  provided an ideal venue to study ecology and a bug hunt hunt through mown and long grass to look for different species of insects was very interesting.

On the second day, Chemistry was on the curriculum and the youngsters had a difficult task of a survival in the desert scenario where they had to work against the clock to salvage water or risk dying of dehydration. They could only use debris and wreckage from a notional plane crash to help them and they had to use all their knowledge they had gleaned to complete the complicated scheme.

The children really enjoyed this new way of working and were engrossed in the lessons.

At the end of the two days certificates were given out and one of their teachers, Dipo Oni, who is an alumnus of St Bonaventure’s having left in 2004, delighted his class by volunteering for a fireball gas experiment. 

Our 6th Form Year 12 students led some of the teaching and themselves received Gopher Training Awards.

This is the second year Ravenscroft has visited St Bonaventure’s for Science workshops.