Completion at St Leonards and the Coming Summer

Yesterday was the final day of astronomy club at St Leonards in Padiham. It was also the last day of school before half term so I had some pretty hyper students trying to learn about The Big Bang! Despite the rowdiness we covered no small amount of ground and had the inevitable giggles when a student questioned how exactly astronauts use the toilet in a space suit.

A great school and hopefully one we can return in the autumn with our telescopes to do some stargazing.

We're also thrilled to announce that a group with whom we work very closely, Summer Fun 4 All has won funding from Children In Need to go ahead with a three year programme which will include Stargazing Live with us over summer. We're really pleased about that as we get to show off the cosmos to a whole group of new people that would never be reached with it otherwise. We also have provision for something pretty special over the summer, and I'll be telling you more about that at a later date.

This summer we have made time and provision to make a big impact in the summer holidays. So many people will be looking for something to do and we have a winning lottery ticket, the entire universe to see. Tonight Erica and I will have a curry and further our plans for world domination... Read More!

More Schools Experience The Beauty

We never stand still here at Beauty. This week we are halfway through an after school club run at St Leonards in Padiham. I spent my summer holidays in that area with my grandparents so it is quite moving to be up there teaching and sharing the beauty of astronomy where I used to play on those typically English, long, hot, hazy summer days. This is another great school and the students there are phenomenal. I hope to get a couple of photographs just for posterity.

We also commenced work in a few more new schools. Firstly we went to Casterton in Burnley for the first of six weeks with their year four, five and six. This is a great school and their students are smart kids. It was a joy to do our thing there.

We also went to Blackburn to another two schools, St James and Longshaw Juniors. We did a couple of assemblies there in preparation for lessons and after school clubs there, and as always this went down a storm. We look forward to working with these schools.

We also have some big plans that we are working hard on behind the scenes. Nothing would please me more than to write about them here. When everything is ready to go you'll hear all about them. Read More!

Recognition & Appreciation

There are many ways to measure success and much debate to be had over them, but one thing that I do love is when we receive the ultimate accolade - the praise from the mouth of babes. It is impossible to fool children. If they say you're good, you're good. So it gives me immense pleasure to share this photo with you; cards given to us by children we have taught,

From Cards

To view the full, high resolution image just click on the photo.

Below also, belatedly, are a couple of photos from Stargazing Live with Great Wood school in Morecambe.

From Great Wood, Morecambe Alien Parade

From Great Wood, Morecambe Alien Parade

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