Blogs and News - St George's School, Edinburgh
"On the 14th of June, seven Lower 4s and I took part in the SCIS Alternative Salters Festival of Chemistry, this involved a trip to Heriot-Watt University for a day of Chemistry fun.
The day started off with a talk from two of the university staff who walked us through what our day would be like and gave us a short safety briefing. We then were taken into the labs where we were dressed in lab coats, disposable gloves, and safety glasses. After dressing up like chemists in the real world, we split into smaller groups and started our first task; “Chemical Cluedo.”
Chemical Cluedo was a set of forensic experiments where we investigated a murder by seeing what chemical reactions took place and which results matched up with those of the killer’s. The first experiment we did was testing types of salts, this took place mainly before lunch.
During lunch we all sat down and ate together. Many people were extremely excited to find out there was a café which sold Starbucks drinks in the building. After some of us guzzling down our sandwiches and drinks we made our way back to the labs to continue with our experiments.
Our second experiment was a chromatography experiment which was fascinating yet slightly frustrating as we had to wait for substances to rise on the paper. Once the experiment was over my partner and I got started on the report, the report was needed to show our results in the competition against the other schools.
Whilst the university students were looking over the report, we had one more experiment to do. This experiment was separate from Chemical Cluedo, and it was based on a scenario where a spacecraft would malfunction if the water temperature changed too much! We were told to try to counteract this by using a chemical to keep the water temperature at the correct reading for a whole minute without fluctuation. We did quite well as we came first and third in this particular experiment, but it was not always easy as one of the times it took three tries before succeeding but we learnt perseverance is key.
Soon after this, the results for the overall school winning were in, so we all frantically made our way back to the lecture hall to know which school had won the prize. Unfortunately, we did not win overall we were still congratulated and felt immensely proud of ourselves.
I am incredibly grateful for this experience, and I am now more excited to go to university when I get older and to potentially take chemistry when I get to my GCSEs! Thank you very much Herriot Watt University!"
Cherise L4P
January
Careers Newsletter January 2022
Fencing medal for Alexia (Upper 4)
Rosie on Tour in Florida for Lacrosse World Cup Training
February
Primary 6 Project on Space Tourism
Spring Revision @ St George’s Online
Chinese New Year at Houldsworth 2022
Lunar New Year Celebrations in Primary 4
House Event in Junior School: PHOTO GALLERY
March
Connected Culture: Lower School Conference
Love and Kindness for Valentine's Day
Crafty outings with the Boarders
P6 Author Visit: Elle McNicoll
Deepti wins the National SSBU Secondary Junior U13 title
An Evening with Allistair McCaw
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge
International Women's Day - Junior School
Summer Sports Camps: 15-18 August 2022
Success for U11 Hockey at the Compass School Tournament
Young Enterprise Best Company Award Winners 2022
Success in Hockey and Lacrosse
April
May
National Representation in the Scotland Lacrosse Team
Sport Scotland event with Judy Murray and Allistair McCaw
Staff Fundraising Walk for Ukraine
Primary 3 Travel Back in Time to Stone Age Times
National Representation for Deepti at Badminton
Bea Competes at the National Schools Equestrian Association Event
Rosie Hazell Selected for the World Cup Lacrosse Squad
Target Ovarian Cancer Walk/Run
Rights Respecting Schools Bronze award
Primary 4 Visit The Birds of America
Scottish Mathematical Challenge Awards
Celebration for Upper 6 Boarders
Equestrian Club at Floors Castle
Inter-District Hockey Tournament
Miss Campbell selected for Wales Match
P6 Netball club had a ‘ball’ at EPSSA netball festival
Scottish Fencing Youth Development Series 2
u17 Edinburgh District Netball
A.F. Steadman visits the Junior School
Butterflies for Chelsea in Bloom
Emma-Louise Beeson visits Nursery
U4 Digital International Exchange Week
Primary 4 Learn about Electricity
June
Erasmus Exchange Hosting Visit
First Impressions of St George's
Theatre Visit to The Lion King
Work Experience at The Royal Highland Show
Festival of Chemistry at Heriot Watt
August
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