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X/Twitter, it has been a complete pleasure being Head of Chemistry at Victoria College since 2007 and working there since September 2004. I will now hand over the reins, and this account, to Mrs Pallot & Ms Marks. It's been a blast. All the best, Mr Widdop. x

Year 7 making an acid-base indicator from red cabbage, then testing household substances afterwards...a fun time was had by all, which lots of learning!

Year 7 Chemistry Club, run by Ms Marks. Students making “slime”, an unusual viscoelastic substance. Fun being had by all…

Ditch formula triangles and instead teach your learners to rearrange equations urges @MrWAitScience edu.rsc.org/endpoint/why-i… #iteachchem #teachingtips #scienceteachers

Year 12 completing their first practical of the year - determining the formula of Epsom Salts via gravimetric analysis.

Congratulations to all our Chemistry IGCSE students who picked up their results today and to our International A Level students who got their results last week. You all did brilliantly… very proud of you. Hard work pays off! @CambridgeInt @RoySocChem @RSC_EiC @GovJsyCYPES

Year 12 carrying out an iodometric redox titration.

A beautiful morning for the @victoriacollege annual cross country. Senior race just finishing… Starting the timekeepers from an early age…

The task was “simple”… I want pure copper(II) chloride in one week’s time. No practical instructions given… just prior knowledge on compound solubilities and the terms excess/limiting reagent. Let’s see how it goes! #practicalskills #CHEMISTRY #igcse

Hiring: Teacher of KS3-5 Chemistry for Sept. 2024. Closing date: 12th March. tes.com/jobs/vacancy/t… @HMC_Org @RoySocChem @GovJersey @GovJsyCYPES @tes @tesScience @victoriacollege @GoodSchoolsUK @LinkedIn #edutwitter #edujobs #Science #teachingjobs #tes

Happy Friday everyone. Beautiful (almost full) moon over the department this morning…

It’s that time of the year…. Y11 have completed their three chemistry mock examination papers… Y13 start their first of five papers today!

Year 12 AS students calculating the enthalpy of neutralisation of aqueous solutions of HCl and NaOH. #practicalscience

Year 9 investigating how changing the concentration of sodium thiosulfate affects the rate of reaction with hydrochloric acid.

And that’s it all over… a wonderful set of demos from @CLEAPSS and @SSERCofficial reps. Thank you @theASE for a highly informative 3 days. And a big thanks to @OHAUS_Corp for the wonderful free top pan balance! Back to Jersey for us now…

@theASE conference is coming to an end. We have had a very useful 3 days here…will have attended 26 different seminars between the two of us. #cpd

Y10 investigating how changing the temperature alters the rate of reaction between acidified potassium manganate(VII) and oxalic acid.