(28/09/05) The Autumn Term City Learning Centre newsletter is now online. A paper version is being sent to all EiC schools as part of the CLC pack being sent out imminently.

Upcoming opportunities for schools include:

• Primary visits to Whitwick Manor with a follow-up day at the CLC
• Secondary KS4 History visits to RAF Cosford with a follow-up day at the CLC
• DiDA training for KS4 teachers
• A school website design service
• After-school chess club
• The launch of Maths in Motion 2005-6
• Interactive Whiteboard training for Primary and Secondary teachers
• Funding for teachers to visit Kennedy Space Centre in Florida during Easter 2006.

The packs going out to schools with an allocation in the Spring Term also include details of the theme days available and booking details. New theme days for Spring term include Space Day (Primary and Secondary), Flash animation (Secondary) and Film Editing / Film Making (Primary and Secondary). Book early to ensure that your chosen dates are still available!

(28/09/05) Four students from Highfields Science Specialist School are to spend 10 days visiting Kennedy Space Centre in Florida and Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas. They will meet astronauts and space scientists and visit Shuttle launch sites and the Vehicle Assembly Building, one of the biggest buildings in the world.

To win the competition, the youngsters, Hitesh Patel and Samantha Allbrooke from Year 13 and Archana Kapoor and Lawrence Clark from Year 10, had to use their ICT skills to investigate key topics of modern space exploration and produce an electronic presentation. They are due to leave for the trip of a lifetime on October 20, accompanied by physics teacher Mr Balrag Mehmi.

The competition was organised by ISSET (International Space Science Education Trust), in collaboration with Wolverhampton City Learning Centre and Wolverhampton Education Business Partnership. The students were aided by an Enrichment programme organised by Wolverhampton Astronomical Society and Wolverhampton City Learning Centre.

Well done to all of the students who took part!