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The Regents Review Autumn 2025

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

The Day In an exciting development for Regents Park, all teachers now have access to The Day, a website resource that

provides daily current affairs articles that enhance literacy and critical thinking for our students. Designed to inspire comprehension through rich texts, The Day offers an exciting range of activities linked to our curriculum, such as comprehension quizzes, discussion topics, writing tasks and vocabulary definitions. Students’ learning will be enhanced both in lessons and during tutor times.

Science

the science behind holly growth, create bath bomb gifts and solve a Christmas cookie mystery. It’s going to be a sparkling finish to an amazing term!

Science Club This term in science club, it has been packed with thrills, chills and plenty of experiments! We kicked things off with a Halloween-themed spooky science club, where we explored static electricity using the Van de Graaff generator, whipped up gruesome jelly worms and discovered the magic of spooky light through chemiluminescence. Our potion-making skills were put to the test with bubbling brews like elephant’s toothpaste and even puking pumpkins! Next came bonfire night, where we asked the burning question: “can you cook an egg with a sparkler?” (spoiler - it’s harder than it sounds!) We also got creative by writing with fire to make fiery artwork. As the festive season approached, we turned to a Christmas theme. We investigated diffusion and chromatography using sweets like Skittles, Smarties and M&Ms and crafted light-up Christmas cards to spread some science cheer. And we’re not done yet! Coming up, we’ll uncover

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