This year’s event was attended by nearly 350 students aged 12 to 16 . As usual, they came from Special, Comprehensive, Upper and Private Schools in Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Buckingham, Bedford, Luton and Wing. Here is a letter I received afterwards from Dr Rae FRSCI and Head of Chemistry at Ousedale School who came to the event and sent students on all three days.
Dear Derek
I felt that I should write to you to congratulate you on your excellent “Chemistry at Work” again this year.
As usual we brought our Year 8 Gifted and Talented groups on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The students absolutely loved the presentations. I have had great feedback from both students and the teachers that accompanied the other two groups.
One parent said:
“I just wanted to thank you for organising the very successful Chemistry day in Milton Keynes yesterday. [Our son] had a wonderful day out and spent all evening chatting about the activities and presentations. It is so lovely to see him so engaged with his education, and really challenging his thinking about Science. It also opened up discussions about wider issues, for which he is now starting to formulate opinions.
Thank you again for arranging this opportunity and selecting [our son] to take part.”
The chatter amongst the students on the bus on the way back to School indicated to me that the day had achieved the goal of promoting Chemistry and widening their horizons.
There was a sense of excitement throughout the day and in the bus on the way home.
Thank you for your efforts. We will certainly be attending again next year.
Regards
Bruce