When the science wing opened last September, we promised it would change how Secondary learns science. A year on, we counted: just over 4,000 experiments, 212 of them designed by students themselves.
More doing, less watching
The biggest change isn’t the equipment. It’s that every class now has a lab to itself. Before, Year 9 chemistry shared a room with Year 11 biology, and demonstrations at the front were often the only option. Now students run their own practicals, twice a week, from Year 7.
“You remember what you do with your hands,” says Ines, Year 10. “I didn’t really get titration until I’d done it wrong four times.”
The maker room
The fourth room was meant to be a store. Instead it became the maker room, with two 3D printers, a laser cutter and a bench of soldering irons. It’s open at lunch and after school, and it’s rarely empty.
- Year 8 built weather stations that now report from the jetty.
- Year 11 designed a water filter tested on samples from Lyngby lake.
- The robotics club reached the national final in Odense.
What’s next
This year we’re opening the labs to Primary on Thursday afternoons, with Year 11 students as lab assistants. If your child is in Year 5 or 6, expect questions at dinner.
