A student initiated GCSE Astronomy course begins at Burgess Hill Girls for pupils, parents and staff. The school will offer the course to the local community in 2020.

Barrow Hills was filled with hundreds of bubbles when ‘Maxwell the Bubbleologist’ recently delivered an educational bubble workshop for Middle Prep children, comprising a range of soapy sphere-based activities.

Sixteen children from local primary schools gained an insight into the cutting edge sports science used by professional and international athletes when they joined a Strength and Conditioning Masterclass at Pocklington School recently.

Five GCSE biology students at Churcher’s College have successfully won gold medals at the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) annual Biology Junior Challenge competition. The victorious students are Josiah Wilson, Mara James, Jack Foremen, Oliver Fogelin and Jasper Jones. Nearly 50,000 students from across the world take part in the RSB Junior Competition and only the top 5% achieve a Gold Medal.

What better way to start a new academic year than to hold an Olympiad. On Saturday all the children at Northbourne Park School took part in this annual event. It is a great opportunity for all the children old and new to work together and make new friends.

An impressive team performance by Bridgewater School delivered winning results at this year’s Salters’ Institute Festival of Chemistry.