You might be interested in registering for this event in London. It is designed to highlight science careers and further education opportunities in science. It's free and looks quite interesting. We may send a representative from our service and will feedback via this blog any pertinent information.
Please find attached the application form for the blog item below. To get to it, click on the heading to this post and then find the attachment on the new page that opens.
Attached you'l find a course flier (zipped file) for an event to be held at Pfizer on July 8th. This is a free enrichment day for Y8 pupils. It is hoped that about 20 schools will identify 8 Y8 students to attend the day. Further details will emerge nearer the date but early registration of interest should take place. Allocation will be on a first come first served basis. The event is to encourage students in Aim Higher schools, but others can attend. Details of how to book are in the attached booking form (see separate post above). If schools further from Sandwich want to attend, it is possible we can organise a "pick up" coach and charge per student. If you register for the course and want to see if this is possible, please contact me (keith.milchem@kent.gov.uk) and we'll see what we can sort out. The £30 booking fee is fully refundable if you attend. It is to try to ensure they don't get last minute withdrawals. All bookings need to go via the people detailed on the booking form.
I have also received details from the Kent branch of the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) of their wish to support school chemistry. Their message reads:
The Kent section of the RSC would like to know whether teachers in Kent are interested in establishing contact with RSC volunteers who are trained scientists with special knowledge of Chemistry. If you would like to make contact with a professional chemist - who may be able to advise on such matters as science in context, applied learning and the employment of scientists, then please inform your Science Adviser so that the need can be assessed and arrangements made.
Please e-mail me to express initial interest (keith.milchem@kent.gov.uk) in having RSC support.
This file contains a summary of the pro's and con's that delegates thought were appropriate when asked to plan a new scheme of work starting from different viewpoints. For example, planning a scheme of work using "How science works" as the spine on to which the range and content were then mapped. These may be useful for departments planning the approach they wish to take for their new SoW.
This is the list of opportunities afforded to schools by having a new PoS to develop.
Please find attached to this and entries above, the print outs from the flip charts that delegates produced.
This attachment lists the attributes and skills one might expect from a successful students after KS3