Category: STEM

18 September 19

Congratulations to our sixth-former Deborah for winning one of the prestigious Newnham College essay prizes.  Deborah was awarded second prize in the Engineering category 2019. Newnham College’s annual essay prize competitions are designed to encourage ambitious female sixth-form students to explore university-level subjects and themes and to develop their independent research and writing skills.  Newnham College…

9 September 19

We would like to congratulate former Upper 6 student Isi on her recent design project.  Isi has had excellent success with her project reaching two national design competition finals. The Triumph Design award where she was highly commended in the Innovation and visionary section as well as the Impact on Society section and corporate responsibility…

12 August 19

During July Middle 5 students enjoyed an enrichment day with a CSI theme.  The day kicked off with a talk from forensic science expert Simon Pole who gave them top tips for crime detection.  Students then went on to enjoy a series of workshops; stage make up, graffiti painting, stage combat and a murder mystery…

5 August 19

During the summer term Year 12 biologists went on a much-anticipated trip to Dorking with the aim of cultivating their skills in fieldwork and ecology. Grace in Year 12 writes about the experience. Whilst initially convinced that we wouldn’t enjoy having to spend three whole days rifling through mud in search of snails and other…

29 April 19

On Saturday 16 March, we headed off to Birmingham to spend an exciting day at the Big Bang Fair, where various science and engineering companies were to present and talk about their work with hundreds of students passionate about STEM. We were particularly nervous to present our own project which we had created as our…

18 March 19

Congratulations to Emike in Lower 6 who has just won the runners up prize in the Royal College of Science Union’s Science Challenge. This is a prestigious national essay competition.  Emike chose to answer the question set by Lord Robert Winston ‘Human consciousness is the great unsolved puzzle in biology. How can we make artificial…

8 March 19

We are all excited about National Science Week which starts here at Habs Girls on Monday 11 March. A variety of activities are taking place based on the theme of journeys. The activities cover everything from CSI and dissections to building rockets.  Senior school students will have the opportunity to take part in workshops and competitions…

5 March 19

Lily (M5), Anji, Phoebe, Tanya (L5) and Aya (L6) write about Architecture Club and what goes on there. Every Tuesday after school, we budding architects and Señora Fanning meet up to let our imaginations run wild and create models of future architectural masterpieces.  All of this is created out of a professional Lego set with…

12 February 19

U6 Biology students enjoyed a fascinating day out at the Science Live conference in London. World-renowned scientists including Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Professor Robert Winston, Dr Adam Rutherford, Dr Jenny Rohn and Dr Ben Goldacre highlighted the latest biological and medical research advances in areas from antibiotic resistance to DNA sequencing for genealogy to the neuroscience…

5 February 19

On Saturday 19 January seven L5 students took part in the MBDA Robot Rumble finals at the University of Hertfordshire.  The team spent all of Autumn term building and coding their robot so were eager to test it in the competition arena.  After several fiercely competitive rounds they made it to the final match.  Unfortunately their…