(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!
Hello, erm I go to the same school as Archana and Lawrence and they are in the same year as me..I would just like to say congratulations for the competition, even though I dont know archana as well!! But well done both of you and hope the trip to America goes well and you learn a lot of interestiing facts for all of us to hear about when you get back!! Bye for now and well done!!!
Congratulations on your success. Have a brilliant time. I look forward to reading your diary every day.
Hi to you spaced out people. Hope you recover from jet-lag in time to enjoy the experience and the masses of Southern cooking. Wish I could be there, it is raining hard here (but no hurricane). Do you have any chance of seeing a launch? We are looking for your photo in front of a spaceman, please paste one into your blog asap.
Hello Everyone
Hope you all are having a great time in America. I think it is a fantastic achievement for 4 students and my form tutor from wolverhampton going on a trip to the USA.
All the best and hope that you have recovered from jet lag. I look forward to your next diary entry and your safe return and to hear your first hand accounts in school also those phots!!
Highfields and i are very proud of you all. all your diary entries have been really intresting to read.
Hope you have a great time
No doubt, it’s one of the most interesting sites I’ve been at. Thanks!
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Jimmy