Reports from Schools
If you teach Twenty First Century Science, please send us an account of how teachers and students in your school are getting on.
Email Sarah Codrington.
Reports from schools from September 2006
London
St Pauls Girls School, London
Preston Manor High School, Brent
Waldegrave School for Girls, Twickenham
Drayton Manor High School, west London
Haggerston School, east London
Clapton Girls Technology College
Dunraven School, London
South-East
Horizons Community Learning Project, Hastings
Homewood School, Kent
Maplesden Noakes School, Kent
Astor of Hever School, Kent
Midlands
Iqra School, Oxford
Gosford Hill School, Oxfordshire
Wycombe High School, Buckinghamshire
The Marches School, Shropshire
East and North-East
Bradfield School, Sheffield
St Michaels RC School, Billingham
Robert Manning Technology College, Lincolnshire
Sherburn High School, Leeds
North-West
Alder Community High School, Tameside
Sale High School, Cheshire
Two Trees Sports College, Manchester
Isle of Man
Queen Elizabeth II High School, Isle of Man
Wales
Ysgol Y Preseli, Pembokeshire
Highlights
The Additional Applied Science GCSE course is brilliant and has truly motivated many students. Penny Stothard, Bradfield School Sheffield
The big thing about C21 is that it appeals to many more students than traditional courses. ... There is a LOT of good physics content in Additional Science. Kate Lee, Head of Physics at St Paul's Girls, School, west London
The students have definitely stopped saying 'Why are we doing this?' Richard Folk, Robert Manning Technology Collge, Lincolnshire
Students are motivated (by the GCSE Science Case Study) to develop the demanding skills of data analysis, evaluation of evidence, and communication and presentation of scientific ideas.
Helen O'Connor, Preston Manor High School Brent
When students are still there at the end of the lesson asking questions then something is going right. Helen Reynolds, Head of Science, Gosford Hill School, Oxfordshire
Quote from a parents' evening last term: "You have made life at home more difficult - my daughter now knows how to construct an effective argument!" Anthony Snowden, The Marches School & Technology College Shropshire
Numbers going on to study science post-16 have increased. Our sixth form colleges have found that the skills developed by these courses, along with the science content of the Additional Science course, has well prepared the students for science at AS level. Chris Colclough, St Michael's RC School Billingham
We are fortunate to have been given support and time to plan, though we could always do with more. ... We are tired but positive! Alison Knowles, Alder Community High School, Tameside
