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.

Leehurst Swan pupils from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 had a super time at Marwell Zoo.

Brentwood School Upper Sixth biologists have proved their scientific credentials with top honours in the recent British Biology Olympiad (BBO), open to students from around the world.

The pharmacologist Professor Paul Talalay, who died last month aged 95, has been an inspiration for many years.