Lift Off!
On Thursday evening parents joined us to help launch the fund raising to complete our new building project. The Winston Churchill School Library and Planetarium will be constructed on the site, adjoining the English Block, by the end of 2017, the 50th anniversary of the school.
The Project:
Vision:
To design,
build and run an outstanding facility, that both inspires and furthers the
study of space, through science and astronomy and to meet the needs of learners
aged 10 – 75+; allowing our students to access emerging technologies, to
explore and make sense of an ever-changing universe.
This dedicated suite would include:
1.
A planetarium, able to bring the universe to our
students
2.
Digital and on site observatory facilities;
remote access to telescopes worldwide
3.
Equipment to monitor and study the sun
4.
Space for lectures & research regarding the
exploration of space & emerging technologies
It would enable learners to:
·
Become excited about the origin
and evolution of the Universe.
·
Develop their understanding of the physics of
the universe
·
Have unrestricted access to a safe environment
in which to study
·
Use a range of equipment that is not usually
available to learners
·
Access images of the universe through the remote
use of telescopes abroad
·
Use equipment to study the sun
·
Create opportunities to study an aspect of the
universe of particular interest
·
Enable students to achieve recognised
qualifications
'If
we are to survive as a species we must ultimately spread out to the
stars'
'Astronomers
believe that there is a reasonable chance of an Earth like planet orbiting one
of the stars in the Alpha Centauri system. But we will know more in the
next two decades from ground based and space based telescopes.‘
Stephen
Hawking 12th April 2016
We need you help and the support of local businesses to complete our fund raising.
The cost will be £1.5 million but we have already raised £1.2 million over the last three years.
Will you help us?
Possible ideas:
u Buy a brick, have your child's name permanently in the building
u Buy a book
u Sponsor your
child for an event
u Shopping
Cards (we are reviewing this)
u AND ………. How could you help us to build this facility for your child?
