Colin Suttie, A Level chemistry teacher tells us about this year’s Chemistry Olympiad success.
”The day after the college closed to students, we received copies of certificates for a small group of 2nd year A-level chemists who had taken part in this year’s Chemistry Olympiad.
The Chemistry Olympiad is an extremely demanding competition that challenges the chemical understanding of the best chemistry students across the country. This year a pleasingly high proportion of The Henley College students rose to that challenge and independently prepared themselves for this test.
In a 2 hour written exam at the end of January, they answered questions on the amount of electricity that can be generated by a hydrogen fuel cell, the many chemical reactions necessary to preparation of a sunscreen, and the colour of chlorophyll in plant leaves, among many other things.
When the results came in just after the college had closed due to COVID-19, it was confirmed that all of the students had performed extremely well, achieving bronze or silver awards. One student was frustratingly close to achieving a gold certificate, but that still placed her in the top 10% in the country (out of over 9000 entries).
Congratulations to all of the students involved!”
The students involved can be seen below and go by the following: Adam Cooper, Saoirse Coveney, Alastair Fulbrook, Gemma Harling, Alexander Heath and Elliot Wilson.
As you can see, The Henley College have some brilliant Chemistry students who have shown real determination, passion and depth of knowledge for this subject. If you could see yourself as Henley’s next Chemistry Olympiad, have a look at the course information download for this popular A Level subject.
Applications are still open now for September 2020, so if this has sparked an interest for you apply here now to secure your place with us.
