This weekend, Laura from year 11 participated in the Valencian Community sword fencing championship in Castéllon. Laura began sword fencing as part of her Duke of Edinburgh challenge and has made such rapid progress that she took the second place for her age category. Laura's family are very proud of Laura's dedication to the sport and back her 'to the hilt'. We, at King´s College, are very impressed with her hard work in fencing and the Duke of Edinburgh project. Congratulations, Laura!

We are delighted to announce that Pearson has acknowledged the hard work of our pupils with the award of 7 Outstanding Learner Awards for the Summer 2019 session.

 

Each year Pearson Examination Board awards certificates to the top performing candidates in the summer examination season.  Out of 58 awarded in Spain, King's College Alicante was awarded 7!

 

Congratulations to the following students on their outstanding achievements:

 

Carlos, Y11,  Highest Mark in Spain for GCSE Physical Education

Sergio, Y13, Highest Mark in Spain for GCE Chemistry

Pablo, Y13, Highest Mark in Spain for GCE Further Mathematics

Aline, Y11, Highest Mark in Europe for International GCSE English Language

Sergio, Y13, Highest Mark in Europe for GCE Mathematics

Pablo, Y13, Highest Mark in the World for GCE Physics

Uma, Y13, Highest Mark in the World for GCE Spanish

 

Congratulations to the students and their teachers!

The acquisition and practical application of knowledge in physics and chemistry throughout their time at school has enabled some of our year 13 students to bring a little Christmas spirit into the laboratory. They created a battery strong enopugh to light up a string of Christmas lights.

 

 

 

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! Building on last week's chemistry experiment, year 13 created a battery in series with enough power to illuminate a set of Christmas lights! 

 

Year 12 biology students were studying the different stages of mitosis in garlic root tip cells this week for their core practical. The images they captured show individual root tip cells under 400 times magnification. The stained chromosomes are clearly visible at different stages of mitosis (cell division.)

 

    

 

Year 13 Chemistry students were very excited to be putting their chemical and physical knowledge into practice. They accepted the challenge of powering a battery-less stopwatch using only the chemicals that were available in the laboratory. Lots of interesting cross-curricular discussions followed this and they have accepted a new challenge for next week. Watch this space! 

Mr Wesson thanked Dr Martinez for planning the experiment, saying, "You can´t beat a good bit of redox, it´s so powerful - loaded with potential!" 

 

 

  

    

 

With extreme weather events, flooding and climate change, we will be relying on highly qualified geographers in the near future. At King's College, Alicante, we have skilled, intelligent geographers in the making. Year 10, 11 and 12 classes have been completing their physical geography fieldwork, undertaking primary data collection in our local area. They were investigating whether the sand dunes at Los Arenales followed the traditional concept of succession, and whether the impact of longshore drift was significant in this area. Students also conducted a bipolar survey on the coastal management strategies that have been deployed along the coast and considered their effectiveness. On returning to school, students will take secondary sources into account such as local geology maps and satellite images. We look forward to drawing out their geographical conclusions! 

 

Year 13 biologists also went on the field trip to study the flora of the sand dunes to complete two core practicals for their A level. Using transects, they investigated the distribution and density of organisms and the effects of abiotic factors on the distribution of species. "The beauty of biology is the ability to study in the natural environment. It's not a bad day's work, and we saw a rainbow!"