With great excitement, Howick High School’s Grade 8 and 9 pupils entered the School Hall on the evening of the 17th of May to view the results their Science projects had achieved. The range of topics covered was wonderfully varied and the standard of the work submitted was high. We congratulate all our budding scientists who undertook this journey of discovery.
The results included three A+, ten A and seven B+ awards:
Grade 8
Cornelius Mentz – A+ Sarah Rushworth – A+
Georgia Harvey – A Benjamin Olivier – A
Caitlin Rode – A Abigail Petersen – A
Leanne Harmer – A Abigail Beaumont – A
Briony Wood – B+
Best Project in Grade 8 – Cornelius Mentz
Grade 9
Sonia Naicker – A+ Radley Jackson – A
Timothy Twigg – A Stuart Rencken – A
Hannah Finch – A Kalai Glover – B+
Wade Wood – B+ Justin Burnie – B+
Robert Pike – B+ Troy Simmons – B+
Callum Tyrer – B+
Best Project in Grade 9 – Sonia Naicker
These 20 pupils will be invited to submit their projects at the Regional Science Expo in Durban later this year.
Poster Awards were made to Zoe Morrisey, Cornelius Mentz, Tatjana Witthoft, Caitlin Rode and Sonia Naicker.
Pictured above: Georgia Harvey’s innovative science project, entitled ‘Hermes Phone Bag’, involved the design of a security alarm, which goes off if a cellphone is removed from a bag.
Pictured below: Sonia Naicker received the award for best science project in Grade 9 and Cornelius Mentz received the award for best science project in Grade 8.
News supplied by Howick High School.
