A Level Science students win silver medals in the Northern Ireland Biology Olympiad
On Thursday 4th February, four students from The Applied Science A Level took part in the Northern Ireland Biology Olympiad held at the University of Ulster in Coleraine.
Lucy Best, Kristina Smith, Mathew Brown and David Crane had already been chosen from three hundred original applicants, to attend the final.
On arriving, the first part of the Olympiad was a circus of practical experiments to be conducted under exam conditions. Drawing and labelling a dissected mouse (not for the squeamish), preparing a bacterial colony and the preparation of a microscope slide.
After lunch, the final task of the day was a fifty question multiple choice paper against the clock.
When all the results were counted and verified, Lucy Best and Mathew Brown were announced as silver medal winners. In all, two bronze, two silver and two gold medals were awarded, and we are proud of the fact that our students claimed both silver prizes. The gold medallists go on to compete in the International Olympiad in South Korea in July, and by securing the runner-up positions Lucy and Mathew are first reserves, should either of the gold medallists withdraw from the competition. So, congratulations once again to both pupils on a great achievement; for them, the Science Department and the School.
