by Fay Stephenson | Nov 11, 2018 | News & Events, STEM
Last week Bootham Maths Dept were lucky enough to have Tom Briggs visit with an Enigma Machine from Bletchley Park. In a series of workshops throughout the day, he explained exactly how the machines worked and just how the staff at Bletchley were able to crack the...
by Fay Stephenson | Nov 11, 2018 | News & Events, STEM
On Wednesday the 7th November we were delighted to welcome Dr Sylvia Knight from the Royal Meteorological Society to work with Upper School Room on a Climate Change Negotiation Simulation exercise. Students role played delegates from 10 diverse countries and...
by Fay Stephenson | Nov 11, 2018 | News & Events, Sport
Bootham School student Milly Haynes has qualified for the British Schools Judo Championships. Haynes was competing in the British Schools Judo Championships Northern Area Regional Competition representing Bootham School, where she won gold. She has now automatically...
by Fay Stephenson | Nov 11, 2018 | News & Events
The Solution to plastic is here… Bootham School has committed to becoming involved with the ‘Eco bricks’ campaign. An Ecobrick is a reusable building block created by packing clean and dry used plastic into a plastic bottle to a set density. Ecobricks enable us...
by Fay Stephenson | Oct 31, 2018 | News & Events, Old Scholars
It is with great sadness yesterday that we received the news of the death of Ian Small, Headmaster of Bootham School from 1988-2004, following a short illness. The love, thoughts and prayers of our community are extended to his friends on the staff, former students...
by Fay Stephenson | Oct 22, 2018 | News & Events, STEM
Real or Fake Challenge Can you tell the difference? Students at Bootham were challenged with creating real or fake psychology studies. In the era of ‘fake news’ we would like to conduct our own research into whether people can tell the difference. Vote...
