You would think that we would be winding down for the summer. On the contrary, friends. We are gearing up for a busy summer at Beauty In The Universe. We recently commenced work in a further three schools, St Barnabas in Darwen, coincidentally where we staged our first Stargazing Live event, St Joseph's Primary School and we are also working at Ashleigh Primary School with their gifted and talented group. It is a privilege to be in all of these schools and we have been blown away by their passion and enthusiasm for astronomy.
We are also pleased to announce one of the things we are doing this summer, working in partnership with the excellent Summer Fun 4 All:
Sports and science. SAS: Who Cares Wins. See you in Cumbria everybody.
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More Schools See The Beauty
Right now is a great time to be a part of Beauty In The Universe. We are ploughing our way through a good many schools. This week we commenced work at St Johns in Burnley, with two classes there and we have also started work in Darwen and Blackburn, at Longshaw Junior School and St James Primary School. We have a good few more coming up this term to but I will post about those when we commence work.
A week on Monday we will be taking our last trip to Alston for this academic year, with children attending from a couple of schools in Blackburn. Alston is always good value for the students and we have seen some excellent results from that. It will be the last time we see Katie there, she is the academic researcher who has done such a great job with the presentations and with showing people around the observatory. She'll be much missed by us but she will move on to bigger and better things without a doubt, and UCLAN will no doubt put somebody equally as knowledgeable and skilled in there to replace her.
Summer is coming and we can't fit it all in right now. Everything we dreamt of is happening so we are having to come up with some new ambitions and ideas. This is, to us, a very good sign.
We have also been nominated in the Young Uns Business Awards for 2011 - four nominations no less! We have a chance to win in two different categories and the awards shortlist is online now, so check it out. Whether or not we win, it is nice to be nominated and recognised by our peers, and we will have a great night out. Since I cycle to most things we do it will be one of the few times I wear something other than shorts. I will post about the evening afterwards, however, if you wish to cross your fingers (assuming you're the superstitious sort) then it's June 16th when we go.
A very productive academic year is ending with a bang, and we will not be resting on our laurels over the summer as we get stuck in to summer science activities with Summer Fun 4 All. If you're in the Darwen area then come along and you will get to see what remarkable things you can do with a few household objects, a couple of magnets and a bicycle pump.
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