Everything around us is made up of chemicals. We study Chemistry to make us aware of its influence on our everyday lives.
Chemistry develops a wide range of thinking and practical skills whilst introducing the key concepts of the subject. At all levels, there is extensive use of laboratory based practical work and ICT to promote ideas through excitement and discovery. The course is designed to develop the central theme of the particulate nature of matter and to use this concept to explain increasingly complex natural phenomena.
The importance of chemical terminology and chemical symbols is emphasised from the outset.
Visit to Assay Office in Sheffield.
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On Tuesday 13th October Yr II set off on a trip to Magna Science Adventure Centre, an old steelworks in Rotherham. |
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On Friday 16th of October year 4 had a science careers evening. |
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Dr Terry Kee of the Chemistry Department at Leeds University gave an interesting talk entitled "Did Life on Earth Begin on Earth?" |
The Chemistry Department offers Investigators’ Club for girls in Year I as part of the afternoon activities programme.
Chemistry is taught as a separate subject from Year II.
Year II
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Autumn Term
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Spring Term
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Summer Term
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This is Chemistry!
Just add oxygen!
Metals League Table
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Let’s separate them!
Sharp and Fizzy!
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Let’s keep warm
Extended independent
project related to fuels
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Year III
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Autumn Term
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Spring Term
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Summer Term
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Chemical Building Blocks
Bubbles and Stuff
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Lots more fizz
Wet and Soggy
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A Rocky End
Extended independent project
focussed on Green Chemistry
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In Years IV and V the Edexcel IGCSE syllabus is followed for Chemistry as part of double award science and as a separate science.
There is no coursework; practical skills are assessed on the written papers.
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Year IV
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Year V
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Structure and bonding
The Periodic Table
Quantitative chemistry
Organic chemistry
Preparation and Analysis
Rates of reaction
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Metals
Equilibria
Further organic Chemistry
More inorganic Chemistry
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Girls can access the AS course from both the Double Award Science GCSE and GCSE Chemistry.
The AS and A2 courses are modular with examinations at the end of the year.
Practical skills are assessed in school.
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AS
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A2
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Atoms, Bonds and Groups
Chains, Rings and Resources
Practical Skills
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Rings, Polymers and Analysis
Equilibria, Energetics and Elements
Practical Skills
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Girls have achieved places to read Chemistry, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy and Veterinary Science at all the top universities; Oxford, Imperial College, Bristol, Edinburgh, Durham, UCL and Liverpool to name but a few.
Sixth form chemists regularly enter the RSC Chemistry Olympiad Competition and have attended events organised by the RSC ChemNet.
Science Society meets regularly throughout the year and girls studying chemistry are expected to attend. We encourage girls to broaden their chemical knowledge by reading Chemistry Review and Chemistry World.