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London Zoo

Last week we explored the amazing London Zoo! We saw animals from across the world and explored different habitats which the animals need to survive and thive in their natural environment.

Remember the school rules

  1. Be Kind
  2. Do not mention anyone’s names including your own.

Comment Help

Remember, your comments are reflective comments just like your smiley face comments at school. You can share what you’ve learnt, what you enjoyed and ask any questions you may have. Also, don’t forget to write full sentences with the correct punctuation!

A bad example: ‘I’ve learnt loads, that was great’

A good example: ‘I’ve learnt that the Sun is in the centre of our solar system and that it is really big’

Never Use a Full Name

Use other names, but nothing silly as this name appears for everyone to see. Names that are full names or silly names will not be posted. Use abbreviations like Mr G or Miss P or your initials will do.

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Alpha Prep Science Team Wins The UK National Finals Quiz

This year, the National Finals was held at The Light, one of London’s  largest auditoriums, situated at Friends House in Fitzrovia in Central London. 

There were 50 teams in the finals representing schools from across the country (some online and some live).

At the live event, 27 teams were finalists and amazingly, Alpha Prep Science Team took first place.

An amazing achievment for the team. Well done!

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Alpha Prep wins 2nd Prize in the BIEA International STEM Competition 2021

This year’s challenge was to create reusable packaging to reduce plastic waste.

The children had 4 tasks to complete during the competition.

Task 1:

Report writing: Competitors will use the Internet and other secondary sources to research, design and write a report on the ‘reusable packaging’ project.

Task 2:

Design: The design round is a paper-based entry, with competitors producing several concept images of their design and to use scientific testing methods to check if there designs would hold a hot liquid.

Task 3:

Presentation and Evaluation: Competitors, either individually or as part of their team, video a presentation summarising their project, including an evaluation about their project successes and challenges

Task 4:

Online Q&A round: Competitors with the highest marks will be notified whether they have been selected for the live Q&A round.  This round will be a remote question and answer session, where the judges will ask the competitor’s questions about the project based on aspects of their report, design and video submissions.

The children found the tasks challenging and difficult but they kept persevering and worked hard to keeping going during this lockdown period.

Well done to this fantastic STEM team.

 

 

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Alpha Prep Wins 2 Awards at the BIEA STEM Youth Innovation Competition 2020

 

This years challenge was to create a robot to help keep dangerous areas clean of plastic pollution.

The children had 4 tasks to complete during the competition.

Task 1:

Report writing: Competitors will use the Internet and other secondary sources to research, design and write a report on the ‘Save our shores through STEM’ project, helping clean up plastic from remote mud banks and waterlines through innovative and creative specifications

Task 2:

Design: The design round is a paper-based entry, with competitors producing several concept images of their vehicle designs, including a cartoon-strip of the vehicle in action.

Task 3:

Presentation and Evaluation: Competitors, either individually or as part of their team, video a presentation summarising their project, including an evaluation about their project successes and challenges

Task 4:

Online Q&A round: Competitors with the highest marks will be notified whether they have been selected for the live Q&A round.  This round will be a remote question and answer session, where the judges will ask the competitors questions about the project based on aspects of their report, design and video submissions.

The children found the tasks challenging and difficult but they kept persevering and worked hard to keeping going during this lockdown period.

During the announcements they won the  Best Report Award and First Runner-Up award. Well done to the Keeping Mudbanks Clean Team.