Head's Newsletter 30 November 2018

was the perfect opportunity to show the links between the two theories and how each supports the other. The day was spent collecting and organising evidence from the different exhibitions on continental drift and Evolution by Natural Selection and the period in which this occurred. By the end of the visit, the students came away with a much deeper understanding of how biological evidence can be used to explain the movement of landmasses by plate tectonic forces and some comprehension of the vastness of deep time. A great time was had by staff, students and parent volunteers alike.

Year 7 undertook their first major expedition last week with our annual visit to London Zoo. Concerns about the weather proved unfounded as we were blessed with a fine day allowing us to enjoy fully the experience. It was wonderful to see the boys so excited yet so well behaved. They loved the lions and gorillas but the favourite experience was watching ‘Animals in Action’. In addition to the simple fun of meeting the animals, the boys were able to take notes and speak to zoo staff to help them with their task of evaluating the role of zoos in conservation. It was a fantastic day all round.

On Wednesday 21 st November, all 180 students of Year 9 accompanied by the Biology and Geography departments, along with other willing volunteers, visited the Natural History Museum with the aim of investigating BioGeography as a unifying theory of life and Earth. The Year 9s are currently studying Plate Tectonics in Geography and have just finished Evolution in Biology, so this trip