Dear Parents and Students

with the a new laboratory and the recent arrival of new computers, the science and technology sector of the St Louis should make massive advances this year.

The year 2002/2003 is also the official EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE YEAR in the UK and Europe. Over the next 12 months all areas of society are coming together to help promote science in primary and secondary education.The St Louis School has joined this venture and will provide extra science in areas not necessarily on the daily curriculum, while keeping in contact with developments in Britain..A number of areas will include:

The science school website was launched at the start of this year just in time for science year, designed and developed for the needs of students studying science at our school and links wondefully to the celebrations at science year. This year the celebrations are space! www.scienceyear.com

The site was updated over the summer and has recently achieved 5000 hits with guestbook registrations including students from as far afield as New Zealand,Australia,Canada and the Middle East.It has recieved recognition from the Institute of Physics and provides instant authorised access to the major British educational bodies and the best world educational Science sites .

1. Interactive research facilities using the best educational weblinks currently available, including an interactive periodic table.

2. A display of exemplary science coursework by St Louis students at all levels.

3. A provision and understanding of the immense variety of careers open to students studying science.

4 Interactive revision of KS3 and KS2 …with all the answers!

5 Slideshows,photographs ,animations and interactive science games exist for the more relaxed browser.

6.Link to the science year celebrations

We will use data logging facilities to carry out most of our practical investigations ,which is the adoption of computer based technology in conjunction with top of the range sensing devices.

In the summer term the annual open evening will allow the students to show off their modern practical skills to their parents.

We hope to initiate frequent visits to the laboratories from the KS2 primary students to see interesting science practicals carried out by the older science students.

We would also like to invite guest speakers from the parent body to share their expertise in scientific matters with sixth form students.Please let us know if you are interested by contacting the school science department.

If you have any any further ideas for SCIENCE YEAR please post them on the school science site guestbook.