Year 8 ecology morning has been fun, engaging and rather competitive! @OPS_OratoryPrep #stemeducation We've estimated blades of grass on a cricket pitch, used pooters and gone pond dipping using all our ecological skills and sampling techniques.

Open morning at our wonderful @OPS_OratoryPrep! Lots of excited children and STEM Ambassadors doing what they do best!

We're getting ready to welcome families to our exciting open morning here at the @OPS_OratoryPrep! We have lots of STEM toys and demonstrations this morning so come and see us! #STEMeducation #openmorning

Our final celebration, chain catepillars to connect our school values to the life cycle of an insect. How we can metamorphose to shape ourselves to be better versions of ourselves through kindness and caring? Lots of inspired discussions! @OPS_OratoryPrep #BritishScienceWeek2023

Paper chain catepillars, sherbert making and a quiz end our celebrations for British Science Week #BSW2023 this year! We've made a lot of connectios from chemical reactions to life cycles, dance mat forces to industrial uses of separation techniques. Phew! @OPS_OratoryPrep

Where's my class gone!? We built periscopes in the first part of our lesson to show how light rays travel and 'connect' images to our eyes. Then we tried to take our notes using them... much fun for #BSW2023 @OPS_OratoryPrep @STEMLearningUK

#BSW2023 has started with Year 8 looking at the 'connection' between stomatal density and where a plant lives. We're investigating desert and forest leaves. So far, 68 stomata on a forest leaf and 3 on a desert leaf! @OPS_OratoryPrep

A great day for a dinosaur-themed inspiration lab! Making fizzy bathbomb dinosaur eggs with a dinosaur ranger! Happy #WorldBookDay2023! @OPS_OratoryPrep

Learning the difference between irreversible and reversible reactions the only way the @OPS_OratoryPrep knows how to! With full engagement, super practical skills and tasty waffles. #STEMeducation

What happens when we add oxygen to metals? Green flames and bright white lights! Year 8 have been exploring corrosion this week and investigated the reactivity in oxygen of some metals. @OPS_OratoryPrep #STEMeducation