Partnerships Directory

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Ogden Schools Science Partnerships 2015–16
Fourth Edition
Contents
Introduction
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Schools Science Partnerships
Map: Secondary Schools Partnerships
Directory of Secondary Schools Partnerships
Map: Primary Schools Partnerships
Directory of Primary Schools Partnerships
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Partnership Support Network
Map: Science Officers and Regional Consultants
Regional Consultants: biographies
Science Officers: biographies
Map: Teacher Fellows
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Partnership Schools: Additional Benefits
Secondary schools
Primary schools
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The Ogden Trust
Staff
Trustees
Financial summary
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Index
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Ogden Trust Principal Contact Information for Partnerships
For general enquiries and administration:
Dr Anke Friedrich
Partnerships Co-ordinator
Tel: 01223 761842
[email protected]
or
Isla Stanger
Schools Programme Manager
Tel: 01223 761845
[email protected]
For primary partnership and Phiz Lab enquiries
Wendy Cox, National Primary Consultant
[email protected]
For Teach Physics internships, contact Isla Stanger
For website and social media, contact Isla Stanger
or
Melanie Gardner
(Freelance) Communications Officer
[email protected]
Cover photo: The annual Schools Physicist of the Year celebrations at the University of Warwick.
Copyright: Tennisons Photography, University of Warwick.
Introduction
Ogden Trust Science Partnerships – a personal perspective
“Inspiring the next generation of physicists” – it’s a clarion call heard across the
landscapes of education, scientific research, academia and politics. Why is this so
important, what are the challenges facing us if we are to sustainably address this
issue and what has made The Ogden Trust so impactful in this area?
Physics is an academic subject that tries to model the behaviour of matter and energy
at all scales – from the subatomic, billions of times smaller than can be perceived by
the human eye, to the large-scale structure of the Universe. The sense of awe and
wonder inculcated by what physics has revealed to us about the workings of nature
is a powerful trope, drawing interest from people of all ages and from all
backgrounds. For those students who pursue physics at GCSE, A-level and beyond,
the formulating of theories, building of mathematical models and devising of
methods to experimentally verify such theories, comprise a rich mix of diverse subtopics and themes. Physics
stretches students of all abilities and, crucially, develops a fundamental skillset of critical thinking skills which can be
transferred to virtually any other academic subject or area of study – including well beyond the parameters of pure
research. Physics develops a toolkit for the mind – and it’s for this reason that academic qualifications in physics are
among the most valuable educational currency that young people can have. Physicists – and those with physics
qualifications – are in demand from sectors ranging from engineering to finance to law. Having a workforce with
physics skills is an essential factor if we are to maximise future economic growth and prosperity.
But over the last 30 years, the numbers of UK students pursuing A-level physics has shown a worrying decline –
and although the trend has successfully reversed over the last eight years there still exists a significant gap
between the figures now and those of three decades ago. Why?
The reasons are complex – the decline in the number of specialist physics teachers, changes in the level of
mathematical content, societal issues about perception of levels of challenge…all of these have been cited as
factors. The challenge is to address these and support school physics teaching in the most effective ways with a
clear vision for sustainability and growth in the methodologies that prove most effective…and this is where The
Ogden Trust has excelled.
Its support has been at multiple levels, with multiple stakeholders and with a clear commitment to combining
excellence in its programmes with a mandate to grow and support greater numbers of schools.
Ogden Trust Science Officers within universities have enabled current researchers to implement sustained
programmes of support for individual schools, meaning that GCSE and A-level students have the opportunity to
engage with their academic subject in the context of cutting-edge contemporary physics – experiencing at firsthand the inspirational contexts that first drew them to the subject.
The Trust’s Teacher Fellows have been able to support both specialist and non-specialist physics teachers through
the sharing of the very best teaching practice. The Trust has also focused on where the need for nurturing school
physics has been greatest, establishing ongoing programmes of partnership between local schools and university
departments, where previously very little collaborative work of this type had been happening.
And significantly, the Trust has been committed to supporting programmes which can, and which have, proven
their worth through impact…measurable through the numbers of students who progress from GCSE to A-level
physics, from school to university level courses in physics and STEM subjects, and the number of new entrants into
physics teaching both from university undergraduate courses and as non-specialists with other science academic
backgrounds.
The Trust’s various pathways of support have evolved and spread across the country – and in forging sustained
operational links with other physics support organisations it has maximised its impact in supporting innovation in
physics education through which thousands of students and teachers have directly benefitted.
I have worked with the Trust for more than ten years from multiple perspectives – as a School Head of
Specialism, as the Director of the National Space Academy programme but most significantly for me, as a physics
teacher. During that time, I have seen at first-hand the impact of its work at local, regional and national
level...and it’s a remarkable story of commitment, support and dedication to supporting physics education in
schools and in partnerships with academia.
Schools Science Partnerships Directory 2015–16, Fourth Edition
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The Greek philosopher Plutarch wrote “the mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be lit”. The Trust’s
partnerships have stoked the fires of inspiration in physics education, sustained them and enabled a new
generation of physics students and teachers to reach their maximum potential. I am delighted to have been
invited to introduce you to the Trust’s work and I am confident that you, too, will be as inspired as I am by the
scope and impact of Sir Peter Ogden’s vision.
Anu Ojha
Director, National Space Academy Programme
National Space Centre
BEN CARPENTER
Primary science
Warwick Christmas Lecture
Physics Forum 2015
Physics Forum 2015
Teach Physics Internships
BEN CARPENTER
TENNISONS PHOTOGRAPHY
Phiz Lab
BEN SIMMONS
BEN CARPENTER
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The Ogden Trust establishes, supports and funds Ogden Schools Science Partnerships. Our overall goal is to
increase the number of students taking physics at GCSE, A-level and at university. To achieve this we support
teachers of physics and encourage more physics graduates to become teachers. Increasingly our support is
being introduced at primary level with Primary School Partnerships, CPD for teachers, a growing network of
Phiz Labs and resources.
In partnerships, teachers from a group of schools come together and develop an annual programme of
activities and events to develop their own expertise, enthuse students about physics, increase their knowledge
and skills as well as stretch their learning. These physics events involve CPD for teachers and technicians,
sharing of good practice, trips to universities and other places of interest, competitions, careers events,
science ambassador schemes for sixth-formers leading primary school STEM clubs, GCSE astronomy clubs,
outreach events and many other activities that physics teachers initiate and develop.
A growing number of partnerships concentrate on work in primary schools. The particular focus here is to
develop primary teachers’ understanding of the physical processes through training and provision of simple,
tried and tested teaching resources. Some central primary and middle schools have repurposed rooms to
become Phiz Labs; rooms dedicated to the teaching of science to pupils and their teachers, equipped by The
Ogden Trust.
Partnership teachers meet at least once a term and nominate one person as the partnership’s co-ordinator.
The co-ordinator’s school holds the partnership’s funds and becomes the partnership’s hub school. For the
Trust, this co-ordinator is the point of contact and submits the annual funding bids and reports. The Ogden
Trust invites co-ordinators to special events and often, after one year, offers to buy out some of their time
from teaching for the administration of the partnership and delivery of special projects.
Students and teachers in Ogden partnership schools enjoy preferred or exclusive access to nominate A-level
students for Ogden Undergraduate Scholarships. Teachers may also make nominations for Schools Physicist of
the Year (SPotY); these can be made at primary (Year 6) and sixth-form level. There is also a Year 10 Physics
Prize. Senior schools may apply for help with the costs of trips to CERN. Schools in a secondary partnership
are also preferred hosts for our Teach Physics internships. We hold teachers' emails in a database and
occasionally send invitations to Ogden-funded or third party physics events for students and teachers.
More detailed information on the above schemes and partnerships in general can be found on our website
and in the online partnership handbook.
Join our online Science Partnership community and share your stories and news.
Follows us on Twitter or Facebook.
@ogdentrust.com
@Ogdenprimary
www.facebook.com/Ogdenpartnerships
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Secondary Schools Partnerships
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In the directory listing the partnership formation year is listed with each entry; where two years are included, the
partnership has now ended or has been effectively reformed – (year) is the time of the original formation.
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1 Birmingham Central
Partnership
2 Birmingham Southside
Partnership
3 Bolton Partnership
4 Bristol South Partnership
5 Bucks & Chiltern
Partnership
6 Chorley & South Ribble
Partnership
Partnership
28 Preston Partnership
29 Redditch & Alcester
Partnership
30 Skipton & Keighley
Partnership
8 Cornwall Partnership
32 South Lakes Partnership
9 Cotswolds Partnership
33 Southampton Partnership
10 Cumbria West Coast
34 Stamford Partnership
Partnership
Partnership
35 Stockport Partnership
36 Stockton-on-Tees Partnership
12 Furness Partnership
37 Tamar Partnership
13 Fylde Coast Partnership
38 Tameside Partnership
14 Hyndburn & Ribble Valley
39 Watford Partnership
Partnership
15 Lancaster Partnership
16 Leeds & Bradford
Partnership
17 Leeds & Harrogate
Partnership
18 Liverpool – Allerton, West
Derby & Woolton
Partnership
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27 Pontefract – Five Towns
31 South Devon & Torbay
11 Exeter & East Devon
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26 Peterborough Partnership
7 Cleeve Hill Partnership
Partnership
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25 Oxford Partnership
19 Liverpool Central
Partnership
20 London – Haringey, Enfield
& Barnet Partnership
21 Manchester & Salford
Partnership
22 North Dorset & South
Somerset Partnership
23 Nottingham Partnership
24 Oldham & Rochdale
Partnership
40 Wellingborough Partnership
41 Wirral & Chester Partnership
42 Wyre Forest & Hagley
Partnership
43 York Partnership
The cycle of funding ended
for the following partnerships
in 2015. Although they no
longer appear on this map,
their final reports are featured
in this directory. Many of the
schools and people involved
still work closely with the
Trust.
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Bury
Carlisle, Penrith & Alston
n Dorset
n Durham
n London – Southwark &
Lambeth
n Pontefract & Wakefield
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Directory of Secondary Schools Partnerships
Birmingham Central Partnership
Year of Formation: 2012
Hub:
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Dan Cottle
[email protected]
University link:
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham
Partnership schools:
Bartley Green School; Bordesley Green Girls’ School & Sixth Form;
Edgbaston High School for Girls; Hillcrest School & Sixth Form Centre;
Lordswood Girls’ School; Shenley Academy; Small Heath School
Birmingham Central Partnership has had a busy and productive year. Highlights included:
• A careers event for Year 10 pupils from three schools held at The Learning Hub at Birmingham Airport. This
allowed groups of pupils to hear first-hand from representatives from a range of local and national employers
about STEM careers. Rolls-Royce, IMI Engineering and the University of Birmingham, amongst others,
supported the event.
• A joint trip to CERN for sixth-formers from Edgbaston High School for Girls and King Edward VI Five Ways
School.
• Two successful Physics for Non-Specialists CPD courses
run with teachers from a wide range of schools improving
their knowledge and pedagogy.
• A launch of the Phiz Lab at King Edward VI Five Ways
School and the establishment of a new primary
partnership.
In the coming year, amongst other things, we are hoping to
run a science quiz for pupils from all partnership schools and
continue to support educational trips and opportunities for
all. In addition, we are continuing to work with local science
teachers to provide CPD to improve the learning experience
for pupils in physics across the City.
Birmingham Southside Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Alice Blakemore
[email protected]
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham;
Outreach, Aston University
John Henry Newman Catholic College; King's Heath Boys' College;
Kings Norton Girls’ School; Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School;
St Albans RC Primary School; St Bernard's Catholic Primary School;
St Chad's Catholic Primary School; St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School;
St Edward's Catholic Primary School; St Martin de Porres Catholic
Primary School; St Peter's RC School; Swanshurst School; Wheeler's Lane
Technology College
This year has been our busiest yet, with lots of new activities and events taking place. We have successfully run
our Year 10 maths and physics inspiration day and STEM Fairs for Year 5 and Year 7, both delivered by our Year 8
Young Leaders. We have taken time to hone leadership skills across the key stages, with Year 12 students
helping to run the Newton Day for Year 9 students and running the after school clubs programme for Year 4
students. Our Science and Engineering Week for all year groups across KS1 and 2 was a hugely exciting affair,
with students taking part in hands-on science activities, including sessions run by the Science Circus and a
Forensics Day for Year 5. We have a growing programme of STEM CPD for both primary and secondary teachers
within the partnership which we would like to see properly established next year. We are continuing to develop a
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‘mobile lab’ to ensure primary schools, in particular, have
access to the equipment they need to offer fun and
practical science lessons.
Next year we are extending our programme further to
include visits from an inflatable planetarium at different
sites across our partnership for year groups across KS3,
several exciting events linked to the HiSPARC Cosmic Ray
detector held at one of our schools and an interschool
trip to the Big Bang Fair, as well as our current
programme of study. We are also looking to make links
between classroom physics and real-life applications
through visits to GE Aviation, the EES Scheme and events
at the University of Birmingham. We hope this will help
to demonstrate to students the multitude of
opportunities that are available through physics.
Bolton Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Bolton School Boys’ Divison
Mark Ormerod
[email protected]
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester
Bolton Muslim Girls’ School; Bolton School Girls’ Division; Canon Slade
CofE School; ESSA Academy; Harper Green School & Arts College;
Kearsley Academy; Ladybridge High School; Rivington & Blackrod High
School; Sharples School Specialist Science College; Smithills School;
St James’s CofE High School; St Joseph’s RC School; Thornleigh Salesian
College; Turton School; Westhoughton High School
The Bolton Partnership has continued to provide top-quality events for students of all ages from the surrounding
schools. Old favourites such as the Physics Olympics and Keble College have gone from strength to strength.
Over 100 students from a variety of schools took part in these events and were challenged and inspired by the
activities on offer. PhysicsX has become increasing popular and this year we looked at the machines used to test
climbing equipment to destruction as well as the physics involved in making fires, insulation in clothing and
sailing.
More new and exciting activities have been added
this year. The Girls in Careers event very successfully
made girls aware of the possible career paths open
to women. This event consisted of students
interviewing a variety of females who work in
engineering, medicine and other physics-related
jobs. The trip to Heysham Power Station was
inspiring and, again, gave an insight into possible
careers linked with physics. Both teachers and
students found this to be a success venture in that it
reinforced the work done on the GCSE syllabus.
Our first trip to CERN went extremely well; students
were pleased to find out about this aspect of
cutting-edge physics. Other events have included
INSET for local science teachers, links with primary
schools and a planetarium event.
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Bristol South Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Bedminster Down School
Gareth Banks
[email protected]
Ashton Park School; Churchill Academy; Merchants' Academy; St Mary
Redcliffe & Temple School
The new Bristol South Partnership is planning a teacher meeting to share exciting ways to teach electricity and
masterclasses for students on a particular aspect of GCSE or A-level physics hosted by each school. There will be
opportunities for staff to have additional CPD to support their teaching of A-level and GCSE physics at Bristol’s
Science Learning Centre. We will be commissioning an inspirational talk to promote physics for girls, A Science
of Strings Show and a Skype Physics Career Fair using STEM Ambassadors to talk to classes in school time.
Finally, we will be sharing excellent physics technician skills to build and share equipment like Rubens tubes and
cloud chambers.
Bucks & Chiltern Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Wycombe Abbey School
Sue Jones
[email protected]
Science Co-ordinator, Imperial College London
Amersham School; Ashlyns School; Beaconsfield High School;
Berkhamsted School; Chalfont Community College; Chesham Grammar
School; Chestnut Lane Infant School; Dr Challoner’s Grammar School;
Elangeni School; Gerrards Cross CofE School; Great Missenden CofE
Combined School; Haddenham St Mary's CE School; John Hampden
Grammar School; St Michael’s Catholic School; Woodside Junior School;
Wycombe Grange Pupil Referral Unit; Wycombe High School
Another busy year for the Bucks & Chiltern Partnership, with something for everybody! The work with primary
schools has gone from strength to strength, the shared equipment being fully booked out, plenty of action at
the Primary Roadshows and some excellent progress made at CPD masterclasses to continue to develop physics
teaching at KS2.
A diverse line-up of lectures ranging from Nuclear Fusion by Dr Melanie Windridge to Rock Guitar in 11
Dimensions by Dr Mark Lewney have been well attended by students from all partnership schools and have
served to enlighten and inspire students across the age range. New this year was the Arduino workshop series;
developed by one of the partnership’s teachers – students in Year 11 from all schools attended after-school
sessions where they were introduced to basic programming and got stuck into various projects, including
building their own robot. The Introduction to Electronics day complimented this, with Year 12 students getting a
taste of careers in this field from a representative from Imagination Technologies plus some hands-on experience
of building their own small projects too.
Always a winner, the Starchaser rocket appeared in February to capture the imagination of adults and children
alike.
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Bury Partnership
2006–2015
Hub:
Bury Grammar School (Girls) / The Derby High School
Bury Grammar School (Boys); Castlebrook High School; Holy Cross
College; Woodhey High School
The Bury Partnership has seen another exciting programme of events since September 2014 including several
lectures. We heard Dr Heather Williams lecture on Medical Physics and an old boy, Dr Michael Howse from Rolls
Royce, returned to BGSB to tell us about engineering and his own career. A flashbang-style show just before
Christmas was a great way to end 2014. During Science Week, which ran in March, we held Raspberry Pi and
Reverse Engineering Workshops and interviewed scientists via Skype! Our final event was our much-anticipated
annual Ambassadors' Dinner where working scientists and students enjoy a lovely meal. Our science buskers
from all schools also amazed us with tricks such as expanding marshmallows and a waterproof hanky! We have
had another great year.
Carlisle, Penrith & Alston Partnership
2011–2015
Hub:
William Howard School
Appleby Grammar School; Caldew School; Energy Coast UTC; Nelson
Thomlinson School; Netherhall School; Newman Catholic School; Queen
Elizabeth Grammar School; Trinity School; Ullswater Community
College; Workington Sixth Form Centre
This year, the Partnership has held sixth-form masterclasses including Low Temperature Physics, Particle Physics
and Star Trek Physics. Dr Melanie Windridge gave her fusion talk to Year 10 students in six schools and there was
a Partnership trip to CERN.
Chorley & South Ribble Partnership
Hub:
St Michael's CofE High School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Jonathan Allcock
[email protected]
University link:
Manchester Metropolitan University
Albany Academy; Balshaw's CofE High School; Bishop Rawstorne CofE
Academy; Hutton CofE Grammar School; Parklands High School;
Penwortham Priory Academy; Runshaw College; Southlands High
School; Tarleton Academy; Wellfield High School
Another busy year for the Partnership – several schools took the opportunity to train their Science Ambassadors
as physics buskers. They aren’t quite ready for Covent Garden… yet… but have started to create a real buzz
around their own schools and local primaries. These pupils have grown in confidence and understanding of how
physics and everyday objects can be used to stimulate interest and understanding of the world around them.
We have embraced the fantastic Phizzi Forces CPD with over 20 of our primary schools. These exciting resources
have been received with genuine enthusiasm and gratitude as every delegate has left equipped with both a
greater personal understanding of the curriculum, and the equipment to run the investigations in their own
schools. Many primaries have started to meet to plan how they can work together in the future. In addition, we
have developed our partnership with feeder primary schools through the use of sixth-form students to run data
logging activities with primary pupils.
In addition to our lecture, All I want for Christmas is a … robotic telescope! We have developed a competitive
edge within the partnership through our first ever Roller Coaster Challenge Day and a Physics Olympics!
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Cleeve Hill Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Other links:
Cleeve School, Cheltenham
Jenny Carruthers
[email protected]
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham; GE Aviation
Cheltenham Ladies College; Churchdown School Academy; Pate’s
Grammar School; Tewkesbury School
During the school year 2014–2015 our Partnership welcomed as a fifth member, the Cheltenham Ladies College.
In our partnership we share similar aims: (i) to encourage more girls into physics through the GirlsGetSET scheme
of GE Aviation (ii) to enrich the curriculum through GCSE astronomy and (iii) to educate students and the general
public in scientific matters. One of the highlights of this year’s partnership events was the visit of Professor
Moussas from the University of Athens, Greece, together with The Antikythera Mechanism Exhibition. The
exhibition travelled to six schools and three universities. Thousands of students and the general public learned
about science in ancient Greece, had the opportunity to play with photographs and computational models of
the archaeological fragments and hold in their hands a replica of the mechanism.
Our Partnership also benefitted from visits to Birmingham for the Big Bang Fair and GCSE Live, as well as a trip
to @Bristol, one of the UK's biggest and most exciting interactive science centres. Partnership schools also hosted
inflatable planetariums, and developed primary school science clubs with the support and development of
student STEM Ambassadors. The Partnership continued its involvement with GirlsGetSET and other careers
events with GE Aviation.
Cornwall Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Truro School
Nick Fisher
[email protected]
Camborne Science & International Academy; Falmouth School; Humphry
Davy School, Penair School; Richard Lander School
The Cornwall Physics Education Partnership has had a successful first year of working together, with a wide
variety of activities for both students and teachers taking place.
A number of engaging talks have been organised for students, including the Partnership launch event featuring
Richard Noble from the Bloodhound project, who inspired the audience with his insights into the physics and
engineering behind the supersonic car. The Partnership initiated a Humphry Davy Essay Competition for GCSE
and A-level pupils, which attracted some extremely high quality entries. A Physics Busking Training Session for
Year 12 and 13 pupils gave them the skills to share fun physics demonstrations with younger children and the
public as enthusiastic Science Ambassadors.
Teachers in the area are benefiting from a link with PhysicsS3 who are providing physics CPD aimed at supporting nonspecialists and experienced physicists alike. A day-long INSET
event was also organised specifically for physics technicians
in the Cornwall area.
The Partnership plans to repeat and expand these activities in
its second year to continue to enthuse and inspire local
students and support physics teachers.
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Cotswolds Partnership
Hub:
Chipping Campden School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Jackie Flaherty
[email protected]
Department of Physics, University of Warwick; Department of Physics
Other links:
University of Oxford; GE Aviation
Kineton High School; Mickleton Primary School; Shipston High School;
Sibford School; Stratford Upon Avon School
The Cotswold Cluster has had another busy year.
Our new GCSE A/A* Conference happened on the
day of the Rosetta Mission Comet landing and we
were lucky to have an expert from the National
Space Academy to give us a detailed commentary of
the physics involved. We marked the solar eclipse
with a live Skype link to a lecture from Dr Johanna
Jarvis from Astronomy Tuition to Ogden schools
from other clusters.
The Physics Factor competition in National Science
Week goes from strength to strength and we invited
schools from our neighbouring cluster to join us this
year. It is an inspirational event that is enjoyed
equally by the students, parents and teachers
involved.
The students were awarded CREST Discovery
Awards this year for their science communication
skills and some of them were invited to be part of the British Science Association's Discovery Friday Exhibit at The
Big Bang Fair in Birmingham in March. They were awarded medals on the red carpet and VIP seats for a show!
Five of our Sixth Form Science Club students achieved Gold CREST Awards for their project this year – the very
first in the UK for a science communication project of this type.
Cumbria West Coast Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Energy Coast UTC
Paul Poddington
[email protected]
Beacon Hill Community School; Cockermouth School; Keswick School;
Netherhall School; St Benedict’s Catholic High School; St Joseph’s Catholic
High School; West Lakes Academy; Whitehaven Academy; Workington
Academy
In our first year we are planning to host a Physics Fair, which will include a physics challenge – all partnership
schools will enter a team to come up with a solution to the challenge. The teams will present their investigations
at the Physics Fair which will be held at UTC. We are also planning to develop school astronomy clubs, host
planetarium visits, and a series of lectures and talks.
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Dorset Partnership
2011–2015
Hub:
The Thomas Hardye School
All Saints CofE School; Dorchester Middle School; St Mary’s CofE Middle
School; St Osmund’s Middle School; Sunninghill Preparatory School; Wey
Valley School
The Dorset Partnership has continued to act as a beacon school for physics over the past 12 months sharing physics
enrichment activities and giving curriculum support to a range of schools and the wider community. Strengths
include inviting partner schools in to share in roadshow events and lectures featuring cutting edge physics, offering
bespoke CPD for teachers from a range of schools, contributing and facilitating physics outreach at a Family Festival
of Science and the County Show, Cafe Scientifique discussions and Community Lectures open to the public, taking
part in the CERN@school project and organising an annual competition for Year 12 physicists, The Ogden Essay
Competition, designed to improve students and teacher subject knowledge and develop their communication skills.
We will not be a partnership hub school next year but hope to offer some legacy events and still play a part in the
national network promoting physics.
Durham Partnership
2012–2015
Hub:
Durham University
Bishop Barrington School; Parkside Academy; Sedgefield Community
College; St Bede’s Catholic School & Sixth Form College; Tanfield School;
Whitworth Park School & Sixth Form College
The Durham Partnership has been developing physics by engaging and inspiring our students, and undertaking
projects that challenge and enthuse students and teachers alike. This year we focused on:
1. Further embedding and strengthening our School Science Ambassadors programme by training and
supporting more schools’ involvement. Last year’s Ambassadors (over 120 of them) engaged over 8,500
primary school pupils and adults with their exciting science workshops and activities;
2. Our resource sharing and physics teaching support network co-ordinated by our Ogden Teaching Fellow;
3. Developing primary science teaching and learning;
4. Maintaining a high-level of additional activities and events including overnight trips to Diamond, visits to the
Medical Physics and Radiology departments of University Hospital of North Durham, and lectures and
workshops from Durham University academics and students.
Exeter & East Devon Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Exeter School
James Wilson
[email protected]
College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, University of
Exeter
Colyton Grammar School; Exeter College; Exeter Mathematics School;
Exmouth Community College; Sidmouth College; St John's International
School; St Luke’s Science & Sports Centre; Uffculme School
Since our inception in 2014 we have been active on Twitter (@EED_Physics) to raise the profile of our partnership
activities and physics in the region, organised a twilight meet and greet session for around 30 physics teachers
and an engaging lecture to more than 600 students from Simon Singh with an informative and inspiring
presentation on physics at university from Professor
Peter Vukusic. We also ran an interesting #lovephysics
short film competition that attracted more than 20
high-quality entries.
In our second year, we have plans to run two large
talks for pupils in the region, organise a number of
training events for teachers, run a pupil trip, re-run the
successful #lovephysics film makers' competition and
there are also some further pupil-related events in the
pipeline.
Furness Partnership
Hub:
Ulverston Victoria High School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Alaric Thompson
[email protected]
Other links:
BAE Submarine Systems; Physics Department, Lancaster University;
Science Learning Partnership
Barrow-in-Furness Sixth Form College; Cartmel Priory CofE School;
Chetwynde School; Dowdales School; Furness Academy; Millom School;
St Bernard's Catholic High School; Walney School
The Furness Partnership has had another successful year with students of all ages experiencing enriching
activities which include a visit by the Polestar Planetarium, a trip to Lancaster University Physics Department and
an astronomy residential. A training programme has resulted in schools in the partnership using liquid nitrogen
to enhance their programmes of study and to engage students in extra curricular activities. The Sixth Form
Ambassadors programme has been introduced so that Primary School children can experience science clubs run
by the Ambassadors.
In the coming year we hope to run all of these successful activities again and also run a competition to see which
school can fly a weather balloon to the greatest altitude and recover it to examine pictures from an onboard
camera.
Fylde Coast Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Blackpool Sixth Form College
Mhairi Mitchison
[email protected]
Physics Department, Lancaster University; STEM First
Blackpool Aspire Academy; Carlton Green Community Primary School;
Fleetwood Academy; Hodgson Academy; Millfield Science & Performing
Arts College; Montgomery High School
The Fylde Coast Partnership is now going into its third year and we have organised a wide range of activities for
students of all age groups and the surrounding community.
Students attended lectures at Manchester at Christmas and Lancaster during their open lecture series. We also
started Blackpool’s first open lecture series, which I hope, will develop into a regular activity for parents, students
and the wider community. As a partnership we have continued to host competitive events including our STEM
Olympics, Mechanics of Easter and Santa’s Christmas and to promote inter-school competitions.
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As a hub school, Blackpool Sixth Form is also a teaching college so we were
able to run CPD events and be able to send two of our sixth-formers fully
trained to local high schools. One of these students was lucky enough to win
one of the five places at the 2015 International Summer School in Sydney.
We ran the Polestar Planetarium again for Year 5, 6 and 7. However, this year,
we invited fellows from Leicester Space Centre to run workshops making it a
more memorable experience.
One of the final events was our red carpet event, which allowed us to
celebrate with our student prize-winners. At the event prizes were collected
from each school for Year 6, 9, 11 and sixth form School Physicists of the
Year, we celebrated the British Physics Olympiad prize-winners at GCSE and
A-level and also celebrated our competition winners throughout the year for
project work, science week and poster competitions. All students, teachers
and parents were invited to the event in our state of the art 200-seat lecture
theater and enjoyed an interactive lecture from Matthew Tosh, Physics of
Fireworks.
We are now looking forward to a fantastic third year. If you want to follow us, please do so on twitter
@PhysicsNW_Ogden
Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Partnership
Hub:
St Christopher’s CofE High School, Accrington
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Lisa Hays
[email protected]
University links:
Lancaster and Manchester University (Physics Departments); School of
Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences, UCLan
Bowland High School; Mount Carmel RC High School; Nelson & Colne
College; Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn; St Augustine's
RC High School; Thomas Whitham Sixth Form; Unity College; Westholme
School
This has been a busy year. We have organised a series of CPD sessions for physics technicians from partnership
schools and schools across the North West. It will be run again, with a shift in focus to the new GCSE set
practical work. This is a collaboration with the Science Education Department at MMU, and sessions are led by
Rita Smith.
In the Partnership we have hosted Polestar Planetarium in two of our schools. We had our first visit to a
partnership event by a primary school too. Watching a class of Year 4’s silently staring at the stars was
unbelievable!
We also went to UCLAN’s observatory again, and had
an evening finding out about galaxies. This event was
co-ordinated by their Ogden Science Officer. Once
again the weather wasn’t good for observing, we are
hopeful for the next time.
The year ended with two great events. QEGS,
Blackburn hosted our Physics Olympics for nine
schools, which included several who are not involved
with the Ogden Trust. Tauheedul Islam Boys' High
School, won the overall event. We also had a
Sustainable Physics show from Science Made Simple,
which was part of a Sustainability Conference held at
St Christopher’s CE High School.
Lancaster Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School;
Keith Strachan
[email protected]
Department of Physics, Lancaster University
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School; Lancaster Royal Grammar School;
Morecambe Community High School; Our Lady’s Catholic College; Ripley
St Thomas CofE High Academy
This year, the Lancaster Partnership has repeated some of the very successful activities from the previous year and
tried out some new ideas. The visit of a planetarium to Our Lady's Catholic College enabled several hundred
pupils from across the partnership to learn about our solar system and beyond. Links with our local industries,
and particularly EDF who run our local nuclear power stations, have continued to develop.
In the coming year we hope to introduce some new activities making use of STEM Ambassadors and our two
local universities who continue to offer us exciting opportunities.
Leeds & Bradford Partnership
Year of Formation: 2013 (2010)
Hub:
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow:
Other links:
Pudsey Grangefield School, Leeds
Rob Hodge
[email protected]
Jodrell Bank
Crawshaw School; Immanuel College Bradford; Priesthorpe School
Another successful year for the Leeds & Bradford Partnership with a fantastic set of A-level results and physics
now ranking as one of the most successful subjects across our partnership. We sent a record number of students
to university to study physics – Durham, Leeds, York and many more. Physics continues to go from strength to
strength! With physics staffing now stable at all four schools we hope to build on our successes and deliver
many more cross-partnership events.
We continue to deliver our Year 9 Girls into Physics sessions, part run by our Ogden Teach Physics interns. The
gains of this three-year project are becoming measurable, with high numbers of girls entering A-level physics this
year as a direct consequence.
This was the inaugural year of our Science Ambassadors scheme which saw Year 13s successfully planning and
delivering physics sessions to Year 5 students in local primaries. Topics included temperature, light, sound and
astronomy. The sixth form students in question presented a portfolio of their work in their university interviews
and were praised highly on their initiative during this project.
Two students won the regional SPotY award, producing highly detailed portfolios of work. One more gained the
undergraduate scholarship after achieving our first ever A* at A-level.
Our hub school supports the Ogden Trust’s Teach Physics internship programme. We hosted two physics
undergraduates in 2015 who were mentored by experienced teachers, and helped to develop the resources for
future partnership activities. Both have now entered science PGCEs and we look forward hearing of their
success.
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Leeds & Harrogate Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL)
Tom Rogerson/Lee-ann Humphries
[email protected]
Allerton High School; Ashville College; Batley Girls' High School;
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School; Corpus Christi Catholic College;
David Young Community Academy; Fulneck School; Harrogate Grammar
School; Horsforth School; Mount St Mary's Catholic High School; Otley
Prince Henry's Grammar School; St Aidan’s CofE High School; St John
Fisher Catholic High School
The Leeds & Harrogate Partnership officially launched with a Physics and beyond… lecture – The Large Hadron
Colliding, which encouraged plenty of audience participation with flying beach balls to demonstrate colliding
particles, a giant elastic band encircling three student volunteers
representing the strong nuclear force, and a sledgehammer to
illustrate taking something apart to see how it works!
There have also been a range of workshops including Scientific
Method and Shake, Rattle and Roll, where students had to design a
seismometer. This workshop was followed by a talk from Dr Caroline
Neuberg, a teacher at Fulneck School, on the use of seismology in
predicting volcanic activity. Further lectures have been planned.
GSAL has also invested in a scale model of the solar system, which is
available for other schools (and the general public) to visit and has
supporting learning resources.
Liverpool – Allerton, West Derby & Woolton Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
St Julie's Catholic High School
Kate Rooney
[email protected]
Department of Physics, University of Liverpool
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College; Belvedere Academy; Holly Lodge Girls’
College
This year will see our Partnership move into the third full year of activities designed to inspire the students. As
our partnership consists of girls’ schools only, we are passionately interested in ways to empower our girls;
women in physics is a big part of our agenda.
The Partnership supports a number of events through the year and we are particularly proud of our own lecture
series where students from across the partnership deliver mini lectures on topics from their science lessons to an
audience of partnership members, students, staff, family, and members of the public.
The Liverpool Physics Festival, a week filled with events, is now a firm fixture on all of our calendars. The main
aim of the festival is to enthuse our students through a variety of activities, one per year group hosted by a
different partnership school each day. This includes our Young Women in Physics event at the University of
Liverpool, Super Science Olympics and Physics across the Curriculum art installation.
Our hub school supports the Ogden Trust's Teach Physics intern programme and has welcomed four budding
physics teachers who have fully immersed themselves in school life.
Our hub co-ordinator is now an Ogden Teacher Fellow and is working closely with eight primary schools to
support KS2/3 transition in science, provide INSET for non-specialists and develop their own calendar of events to
inspire the students at an early age.
Liverpool Central Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Other links:
Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College
Wendy Daly
[email protected]
Department of Physics, University of Liverpool; STFC Daresbury
Laboratory
Childwall School Sports & Science Academy; Deyes High School;
Gateacre School; Hillside High School; Merchant Taylors’ Boys' School;
South Sefton College
This year, we’ve forged a new and fruitful relationship with STFC Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire. Scientist
Alan Brown presented his inspirational lecture to over 100 keen GCSE and A-level students. Seventy of the
partnerships keenest Year 10 physicists visited the lab to see firsthand some of the cutting edge physics research
happening right on their doorstep. These activities have illustrated that physics is open to anybody who is
passionate and prepared to work hard.
We’ve continued with our scheme of GCSE enrichment activities led by sixth-formers and supported by our local
university physics department. These activities have given our students real ownership over and responsibility for
their partnership, and have had a widespread, positive impact on students’ participation and confidence in
physics lessons – at both GCSE and A-level.
In April, for the fourth time the partnership gave 24 sixth-formers and seven teachers the life-affirming
opportunity to visit CERN in Switzerland.
We believe we’ve seen a huge increase in the science capital of our students in recent years, and we’re
convinced that this is at least partly because of the opportunities the partnership has afforded us. In the hub
school for example, this year’s A-level intake is almost double that of three years ago. Furthermore, in 2014, four
out of our seven-strong A2 physics class went on to read physics at university; this year all A2 physicists are
going into either physics or related STEM degrees.
Strategically, we’ve focused mostly on KS4 and A-level physics, but moving forward we plan to develop new
activities with a KS3 focus, to raise the profile of physics amongst youngsters as soon as they start their
secondary education. We’ve got new competitions, and an internationally flavoured ‘STEMMinar’.
London – Haringey, Enfield & Barnet Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow:
University link:
Alexandra Park School
Henry Hammond
[email protected]
Department of Physics, Imperial College London; Departments of
Astronomy and Engineering, UCL
Barnet & Southgate College; Broomfield School; Fortismere; Heartlands
High School; Highlands School; Oasis Academy, Enfield; Southgate
School; St Anne’s Catholic High School for Girls; St Thomas More
Catholic School
Our Partnership has gone from strength to strength, providing over 35 events this year to an ever-widening
community of potential physics enthusiasts. Particular highlights include whole community activities such as our
very popular Christmas Lecture on holographic projection and the STEM Family Challenge, both of which
brought together three generations of physics love! We have been strong advocates for the Institute of Physics
Capital Physics Programme, leading a series of termly six-hour CPD conferences for teachers and technicians for
ten local A-level physics providers.
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Interest in physics amongst our Year 11 cohort has grown
exponentially, partly as a result of a whole year group trip
to the Royal Greenwich Observatory which involved a range
of physics-related learning activities. Our STEM and
Robotics Clubs have had a great year, with enthusiastic
participants. We expanded our work with local primary
schools, providing more demonstrations, hands-on activities
and Year 5 masterclasses. Finally, a personal highlight:
during our two school trips to Geneva and CERN in July we
were lucky enough to be shown down to the CMS cavern!
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London – Southwark & Lambeth Partnership
2013–2015
Hub:
Alleyn’s School
Ark Evelyn Grace Academy; The Charter School
This year, the Southwark & Lambeth Partnership hosted the Accelerate lecture – an action-packed event, held in
the Great Hall was attended by more than 150 Year 10 students from Alleyn’s, The Charter School and Evelyn
Grace Academy. This Partnership has encouraged tremendous communication between schools through mutual
lesson observation and the sharing of ideas to continually improve teaching and learning.
Manchester & Salford Partnership
Hub:
Loreto College
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Yasmin Andrew
[email protected]
Other links:
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester; The Greater
Manchester STEM Centre
Abraham Moss High School; Barlow RC High School; Chorlton High
School; Harrop Fold School; Manchester Communication Academy;
Salford City College; St Paul's Catholic High School; St Peter's RC High
School; Stretford Grammar School; Trinity CofE High School; William
Hulme's Grammar School
A highlight for this year was the success of the Physics Research Group at Loreto College. Fourteen A-level
physics students undertook independent research projects on Low Temperature Plasma Physics, Falling Chain
Mechanics and The Slingshot Effect. Students
presented their work at the Institute of Physics Young
Person's Lecture and Poster Competition, winning
prizes for best sixth-form student lecture (Chain
Mechanics) and best poster (Plasma Physics). Two of
the research groups successfully published their papers
in peer reviewed journals: ‘Non-linear dependence of
the height of a chain fountain on drop height’ Andrew,
Yasmin; Kearns, Francis; Mustafa, Tarig; Salih, Rejwan;
Ioratim-Uba, Aondoyima; Udall, Ian; Usama,
Muhammed. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/
10.1088/0031-9120/50/5/564?fromSearchPage=true
'Experimenting with Low temperature Plasma' Y Alhamwy, E AlShami, HB Qu, CE Rockson, Young Scientists
Journal, Issue 17 (2015) 14-17. The students working on the plasma physics project also won a prize for 'Best
Scientific Article' by The Royal Society. Three of the students travelled to The Summer Science Exhibition at The
Royal Society in July to give a talk on their work and be presented with their certificates and prizes.
North Dorset & South Somerset Partnership
Hub:
Sherborne School for Girls
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Katy Smith
[email protected]
University link:
Exeter
Gillingham School; Gryphon School; Huish Episcopi Academy; Leweston
School; Shaftesbury School; Sherborne Preparatory School; Sherborne
School; Wadham School; Yeovil College
The North Dorset & South Somerset Partnership consists of a mixture of state and independent schools located
over a large area of North Dorset and South Somerset. We aim to provide networking opportunities for physics
teachers and to enable our students to experience physics through contact with higher education and industry.
Partnership teachers use the group to discuss teaching and learning of physics and to share ideas and
experiences.
Partnership events have included trips (e.g. Stargazing Live trip to Normal Lockyer Observatory) and lectures (e.g.
Dr Melanie Windridge); events are often open to the whole partnership but our large geographical spread and
rural location means sometimes two or three local partnership schools will work together to organise a trip or
event. Several schools are also involved in the STEM Ambassadors programme in order to provide sixth-form
students with the opportunity to help run physics clubs and activities.
Nottingham Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University links:
Trinity Catholic School
Peter Dowsett
[email protected]
School of Physics & Astronomy, Nottingham University; Physics
Department, Nottingham Trent University
Arnold Hill Academy; Chilwell School; Kimberley School; Nottingham
Girl’s High School; Nottingham High School; Oakham School
The Nottingham Partnership continues to go from strength to strength, with more schools joining and others
returning after a period of disruption at their school. This year the Partnership introduced a Wind Turbine
Challenge at individual partnership schools. Students were filmed explaining the operation of the turbine, and
they had to build it – the event was recorded and uploaded on to YouTube, the number of hits were recorded
and the teachers had to decide which was the best explanation.
The Partnership also introduced the Primary Science Club, run after school by sixth-formers. The primary teachers
brought the pupils to the school and their parents/guardians collected them from the secondary school after the
event. The sixth-formers were awarded a Silver CREST Award.
Each institution in the Partnership organises an event; the programme of activities covers all Key Stages and
events are well attended. A primary partnership has now been established in the Nottingham area and we hope
to increase the number of students participating at each event so that more students can benefit from the work
of The Ogden Trust.
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Oldham & Rochdale Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Oldham Sixth Form College
Kathryn Parkinson
[email protected]
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester; Outreach,
University of Huddersfield; MOSI
Blue Coat CofE School; North Chadderton School; Oasis Academy;
Oldham Academy North; Oldham Hulme Grammar School; Siddal Moor
Sports College; St Cuthbert’s RC High School
2014/15 has been a very exciting year for the Oldham
& Rochdale Partnership! As in our previous year, it all
'blasted' off with a lecture and workshop from
Starchaser Industries on the Physics of Rockets. This
was held at Oldham Hulme Grammar School and saw
some amazing collaborative work amongst the
partnership schools’ Year 11 students.
One of the highlights of the year (but, shockingly not
THE highlight) was a visit from the University of
Manchester's Dame Nancy Rothwell and Professor
Brian Cox. Whilst they were at Oldham Sixth Form College to open a new facility we asked them to judge and
award prizes for a Science Poster Competition; with kindly prizes donated by The Ogden Trust.
However, the highlight of the year came at the end of June (after our annual trip to CERN) when Lady Catherine
Ogden and Tim Simmons came to help us celebrate our Oldham & Rochdale Physicists of the Future: 17 Year 10
students and two teachers were given awards and certificates in appreciation of their efforts in physics at school.
This was also an opportunity for local NW Fellows and Consultants to get together and discuss the work we
have been doing.
Oxford Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University links:
St Edward's School
Katherine Richard
[email protected]
Departments of Physics and Education, University of Oxford
Bradfield College; Cheney School; Cherwell School; Didcot Girls' School;
Faringdon Community College; Fitzharrys School; Gosford Hill School;
Oxford Spires Academy; St Birinus School
This has been the busiest year yet for the Oxford Partnership! We have welcomed teachers from across the
partnership schools to our termly Supporting Teaching Workshops. These have aimed at supporting teaching
across a range of topics and for teachers at varying stages in their careers. This year, the twilight workshops have
included: Data logging for beginners, running enrichment activities (Isaac Physics and BPhO), and getting handson with the new A-level physics practical experiments.
In January, we hosted out annual KS3 Physics Challenge Day, where students spent over six hours engaging with
electrostatics-themed experiments: Van De Graafs were used to deflect bubbles, foil cups and light neon lamps,
shuttlings balls were made to move at blurringly high speeds, flames were sliced up, and salad bowls were
turned into mini-accelerators! We continue to support events at the Oxford University Physics Department and
this year we hope to run a new KS3 event...just for the girls!
Peterborough Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Other links:
Hampton College
Ian Ervin
[email protected]
European Torus
Arthur Mellows Village College; Ken Stimpson Community School;
King’s (The Cathedral) School
Now in its second year, the Peterborough Partnership consists of four schools. This second year saw Hampton
College's first GCSE astronomy students finish their GCSE with results above the national average pass rate for
this subject. The King’s School embarked on a sixth-form trip to the Joint European Torus in Oxfordshire whilst
Arthur Mellows Village College took sixth-form students to the Physics Outreach Department at Cambridge
University. Hampton College ran an enrichment week activity called Space School during which The National
Space Centre brought an inflatable planetarium to the school showing four shows to KS3 students. These
activities will be repeated, and hopefully more schools will join the partnership in the forthcoming year and run
similar activities themselves.
Pontefract – Five Towns Partnership
Hub:
NEW College, Pontefract
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Ned Prideaux
[email protected]
University link:
Education Outreach, University of Leeds
Carleton Community High School; Castleford Academy; De Lacy
Academy; Freeston Academy; King’s School
The new Five Towns (Pontefract) Partnership has already held a Women into STEM speed dating event and a staff
development session on the new GCSE content. We have a range of further activities planned, including
competitions on medical imaging and Egg Races, taster days and development sessions for GCSE, A-level and
university-level physics, STEM club sessions run by Physics Ambassadors and Stardome planetarium school visits.
We are also planning further staff development sessions looking at the practicals and published resources for the
new GCSEs.
Pontefract & Wakefield Partnership
Year of Formation: 2005–2015
Hub:
Carleton Community High School; King’s School; QEGS Wakefield;
Wakefield Girls’ High School; Wakefield Girls' High School (Juniors)
The Pontefract & Wakefield Partnership is the descendant of the first Ogden partnership and has been evaluated
by Leeds University. In 2014–2015, we continued to focus on enrichment activities to increase the appeal of
physics to students from Year 5 to Year 13. Highlights from last year included mass viewings of the solar eclipse
(the clouds parted in West Yorkshire!) and our early attempts to move into providing staff development with a
very successful session on teaching momentum.
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Preston Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Other links:
Ashton Community Science College
Sarah Connon
[email protected]
School of Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences, UCLan
Cardinal Newman College; Fulwood Academy; Kirkham Grammar
School; Longridge High School; Lostock Hall Academy; Moor Park High
School & Sixth Form College; Our Lady’s Catholic High School; Preston
College; St Aidan’s CofE Technology College
The Preston Partnership has had a very successful year, expanding in size to welcome three more secondary
schools and a sixth form college. As a partnership we have focused this year on ensuring that all partners have
the opportunity to plan and host events so that all institutions benefit from the experience and expertise of
others in the partnership. The aim of this has been to ensure that sustainability is built into the partnership.
We have been able to offer physics activities to all year groups from Year 5 to Year 13 in our provision with many
events such as Night Stargazing at the Alston Observatory, Faraday Challenge Day, Dragons Den, and many
lectures hosted at UCLan which are our staple successful programme. Classroom Medics, our largest event for
primary and secondary schools helped students to relate physics to sport, engineering and medicine in a fun and
interactive way. The most memorable event for many of our students in 2015 will be the eclipse. On the day
before the eclipse, over 80 KS3 students had the opportunity to experience a solar lecture as well as workshops
on the solar cycle and coronal mass ejections. This set the scene for the following day where all partners
celebrated the occasion.
Redditch & Alcester Partnership
Hub:
Alcester Grammar School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Lauren James
[email protected]
University links:
Department of Physics, University of Warwick; Department of Physics,
University of Birmingham
Bromsgrove School; St Augustine’s Catholic High School; Woodrush
Community High School
The Redditch & Alcester Partnership has gone from strength to strength this year! All our schools now offer
sixth-form-led physics clubs with over 120 primary students from a range of feeder schools taking part.
We have enjoyed our very first Stargazing Live evening hosted by Johanna Jarvis who inspired staff, students,
parents and local people to consider taking up amateur astronomy.
Year 12 students have attended careers conferences at the National Space Centre and Warwick University, local
university evening lecture programmes, visits to CERN and Jaguar Landrover, and a particle physics masterclass
which resulted in a number of students finding the Higg’s Boson!
The partial eclipse falling in National Science Week allowed our students to see something they’d never seen
before whilst taking part in the National Weather Experiment and our Year 7 students took part in their first
Physics Factor competition – putting together their own busking act which they then performed to students and
parents from a number of other local schools.
Our primary outreach has grown this year, with Alcester running their three annual Ogden Challenge Days and
we have delivered our first CPD session for local primary teachers, with the aim of developing their confidence
whilst promoting high-quality and engaging physics teaching to inspire the next generation of physicists.
Skipton & Keighley Partnership
Hub:
Ermysted’s Grammar School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Devinder Gill
[email protected]
Universities of Lancaster, Leeds and York (Departments of Physics)
University links:
Carlton Bolling College; Dixons City Academy; Holy Family Catholic
School; Ilkley Grammar School; Oakbank School; Ripon Grammar School;
Rossett School; South Craven School
The Skipton & Keighley Partnership is made up of secondary schools with large sixth forms. We are a wide
variety of schools – inner city comprehensives, rural schools, academies and selective grammar schools. We were
very lucky in March for the clouds to clear just in time to experience the solar eclipse. Buying the viewers in bulk
from the US, proved very economical and we estimate that close to 7,000 students and teachers from across our
partnership were able to safely enjoy the event.
We also organised our first multi-school trip to CERN
which proved very successful. As always, the CERN
tour is superb and I highly recommend a tour of the
UN building if you have time. Most schools within our
partnership have now taken groups to CERN with
Holy Family in Keighley next on the list.
The Ogden Physics Summer School ran for the fourth
time, hosted by Leeds University. Thirty very bright
Year 12 students engaged in practical work, problemsolving sessions, research, lectures and competitions
during the first week of the summer holidays.
South Devon & Torbay Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Kingsbridge Academy
Phil Atherton
[email protected]
Exeter
Brixham College; Ivybridge Community College; St Cuthbert Mayne
School; Torquay Academy
The South Devon & Torbay Partnership consists of five
schools and has been running for a year. Each School
in the partnership has developed its own in-house
project designed to increase engagement in physics
within the school. These projects have ranged from
stimulating offsite visits, to primary liaison, to Girls
into Physics groups. Each school also developed a
collaborative event, which the other schools were
invited to send students to attend. The aim of these
collaborative events was to provide a stimulating
talk/presentation followed by practical hands-on
workshops for the students to take part in. We held
an astronomy evening, a biophotonics workshop, an
extreme physics event and also a physics challenge.
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South Lakes Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University links:
Queen Katherine School
Ian Barnes
[email protected]
Department of Physics, Lancaster University
Dallam School; Kirkbie Kendal School; Kirkby Stephen Grammar School;
Lakes School; Queen Elizabeth School; Settlebeck High School
The South Lakes Partnership tries to provide events for each year group. Highlights this year included a visit by
Polestar Planetarium, which was enthusiastically attended by Year 7 and Year 8 pupils. An evening interactive
talk by Dr Mark Lewney, Rock Guitar in 11 Dimensions was attended by KS4 and KS5 students and their parents
and received very good reviews. A careers speed-meet session with 20+ STEM Ambassadors was arranged for
Year 9 pupils. This was very informative and enjoyed by all. Visits were arranged to Heysham Nuclear Power
Station with time at the new visitor centre for sixth form students. This helped their understanding of the topic
in their A-level course. KS4 pupils attended GCSE Live at Manchester University and teams were entered for
Physics Olympics at Liverpool University and for Extreme Physics hosted by Dallam School. Science lessons were
also delivered again in local primary schools by secondary teachers in the partnership.
Southampton Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
King Edward VI School
Lawrence Herklots
[email protected]
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton
Brookfield Community School; Cantell School; St Anne’s Catholic School;
Upper Shirley High School
In 2014/15 the Southampton Partnership once again worked closely with Southampton University to host a very
popular Christmas lecture for pupils and parents. The physics quiz was another highlight. The workshop on
physics, sports and medicine given by the Classroom Medics gave Year 9 pupils an opportunity to use a variety of
equipment including ultrasound imaging systems and proved a great success.
Stamford Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Stamford School
Chris Brace
[email protected]
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Leicester University
Bourne Academy; Deepings School; Stamford High School; Stamford
Queen Eleanor School; Stamford Welland Academy
The Stamford Partnership arranged two trips and an evening presentation on stars. The first trip was to the
Gravity Fields event which is held every two years and primarily located in Grantham. The students really enjoyed
the hands-on experience and the interesting lectures on a wide variety of topics. The second trip was to the
Science Museum in London. While the trip was a long one, the selected students showed much enthusiasm for
the exhibits especially the rockets and satellites. The students were talking about the trip for days after showing
their great delight for being chosen.
The evening presentation with Professor Bell-Burnell (visiting Professor from Astrophysics at University of Oxford)
was incredibly well attended. Her lecture, We are Made of Star Stuff, offered a fascinating insight into the origins
of the Universe and human life. Guiding the audience from the Big Bang to the present, via the lifecycle of stars,
Supernovas and planets.
The major benefit of the Stamford Partnership has been an opportunity for the teachers and students from the
partner schools to foster a spirit of collaboration. Best practice of physics teaching has been shared throughout
the partner schools, and the students in Stamford from different backgrounds but with a shared passion for
physics have rubbed shoulders.
Stockport Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Stockport Grammar School
Zoe Dawson
[email protected]
School of Physics & Astronomy, Manchester University
Abbey College Manchester; Cheadle Hulme High School; Connell Sixth
Form College; Marple Hall School; Priestnall School; Sir John Deane's
College; St Anne's RC High School; Stockport School; Xaverian College
After taking a break from partnership activities in 2014–15, this year the Stockport Partnership is planning a
lecture series, mobile planetarium visits to partnership schools and physics training sessions for NQTs.
Stockton-on-Tees Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Stockton Sixth Form College
Mark Carey
[email protected]
Bishopsgarth School; Grangefield Academy; Ian Ramsey CofE Academy;
North Shore Academy
As the hub we are developing links with the partner schools. Key events to date have been to hold GCSE revision
sessions over the Easter holiday and to hold a physics careers event where we put on a roadshow for careers
involving physics. We are planning our first visit to CERN in April 2016.
Surrey Partnership
2012–2015
Hub:
Charterhouse
All Hallows Catholic School; Broadwater School; Christ’s College
Guildford; Kings College Guildford; Park Community School; St Peter's
Catholic School
Surrey Partnership has developed INSET for specialist and non specialist teachers of physics. The emphasis is on
helping NQTs without a physics degree to become more confident in explaining physics to their pupils. Using
data logging and iPads in the classroom has been a focus. This work will also help schools make a good job of
teaching the new A-level practical physics requirements. Most importantly new teachers will learn to become
confident using the technology and running investigative work in a physics lab. Student teachers also make good
contacts with whom they can discuss physics issues as they come to teach them for the first time.
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Tamar Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
UTC Plymouth
Leigh Hotchin
[email protected]
Exeter
Davenport High School for Boys; Drake Primary School; saltash.net
community school; Stoke Damerel Community College; Tor Bridge High
This has been an exciting first year as we have ‘found our feet’ as a partnership with a diverse array of activities,
training and enrichment, and the partnership expanding to take in another two secondary schools.
The primary partner schools, Drake Primary and Mayflower Academy, embarked on a visit to @Bristol. Amongst
the enthusiasm and general scientific interest, they attended a workshop on unearthing electricity to support
their curriculum delivery in a practical context. Drake Primary has gone a stage further to visit Langage Energy
Centre to understand how electricity is generated in the first place and the challenges and choices that we will
all face in the future. The electricity theme has continued with KS4/5 students at UTC Plymouth completing an
‘instructables’ project to manufacture a functioning cathode ray tube out of a beer bottle. This has been
integrated into the charge and field aspect of the A-level physics curriculum as well as pushing KS4 students to
consider what matter may be and what properties particles have.
Technological developments continue to abound, both in physics enhancement for students and resourcing for
teaching, with the partnership hosting a guest lecture for KS5 students, by Miranda Addey from Exeter
University, titled Magic Materials and the Science of Invisibility, as well as hosting training for John Nunn’s ‘virtual
physics laboratory’ for physics teachers from schools and colleges in the local area.
We greatly look forward to our second year as a partnership with plans afoot to develop collaborative projects
under an ‘exploring space’ theme, to include: developing a robotic Mars rover, DIY telescopes, rocket science, a
guest lecture and visit to the Norman Lockyer observatory to do some stargazing. This kicks off with a primary
project on designing and building a Mars Lander using Strawbees kits, and which we hope to culminate in a
rocket competition and intra-partnership science fair.
Tameside Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Other links:
Alder Community High School
Wayne Tabernor
[email protected]
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester; MOSI
Ashton Sixth Form College; All Saints Catholic College; Astley Sports
College; Copley Academy; Denton Community College; Droylsden
Academy; Fairfield High School for Girls; Hyde Community College;
Longdendale High School; New Charter Academy; West Hill School
The Tameside Partnership has had another very successful year. We now have 12 partnership schools, and the
profile of physics in the community of Tameside is growing every month.
Our most ambitious event was the inaugural partnership trip to CERN. We took 43 Year 11, AS and A2 students
from four local schools and Ashton Sixth Form College to see the home of particle physics and learn more about
the discovery of the Higgs Boson. It was fun! Thanks so much to the Ogden Trust for awarding us a grant
towards this trip.
We continued to try and offer an event for each year group. This year we organised Polestar Planetarium (Year
7), Science Made Simple lecture Ready, Steady, Go! (Year 8), a trip to the National Space Centre (Year 9) and the
ever popular Rocket Factory Workshop (Year 10 girls).
Watford Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Other links:
Watford Grammar School for Boys
Tanya Boorman
[email protected]
Exscitec
Merchant Taylors' School; Parmiter's School; Reach Free School;
Rickmansworth School; Royal Masonic School for Girls; St Albans High
School for Girls; St Clement Danes School; St Joan of Arc Catholic School;
Watford Grammar School for Girls; Westfield Academy
This year has been a busy first full-year as part of the Ogden Trust partnership programme. We have held many
events throughout the year and welcomed a new school into the partnership.
Our first event was a lecture by Dr Melanie Windridge on nuclear fusion. We followed this up with a talk from
UCL lecturer Dr Francisco Diego on the history of the Universe as part of a public evening on astronomy
including three workshops and a demonstration in a planetarium.
As part of our drive to encourage more students to study physics at university we ran a partnership afternoon
where students from different schools presented an area of interest that they had researched to each other in
small groups. Across the partnership we have also supported students with mock university interviews.
We try to offer something for all year groups in school and have run workshops for Years 7, 8 & 10 on topics
such as comets, renewable energy and rocket building.
This summer we are running an afternoon CPD session to assist primary school teachers teach and interest pupils
in astronomy.
Wellingborough Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
Sir Christopher Hatton Academy
Abigail Bell
[email protected]
Physical Sciences, Open University
Wellingborough School; Wollaston School; Wrenn School
The Wellingborough Partnership has gone from strength to strength this year. In November, students from the
partnership schools went on a successful trip to CERN. Physics training for non-specialists was organised on a
training day with a variety of staff leading different activities for both teachers and technicians. With the support
of the Open University, we ran a Medical Physics Day when 150 Year 9 students spent an hour learning about
different areas of science in medicine. Year 7 students had a Forces Competition involving bridge building, CD
hovercraft, rockets, static electricity and a trebuchet. The day finished with a short 'What happens next' style
talk. The final event of the year highlighted the work of
scientists at the Open University on Philae, the lander on
comet 67P, with two talks and an IT-based workshop.
John Gilyead has been co-ordinating the partnership for
the past two years and the number and success of the
events has grown under his watch. John has worked
tirelessly as a physics teacher in Wellingborough over the
past 25 years and we wish him the best of luck as he
moves to his new school outside of the partnership.
Abigail Bell has taken over the co-ordination of the
partnership and she hopes to continue John’s work.
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Wirral & Chester Partnership
Hub:
West Kirby Grammar School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Karen Hill
[email protected]
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University
University links:
Hilbre High School; Neston High School; Queen’s School; Upton-byChester High School; Weatherhead High School; Woodchurch High
School
The Wirral & Chester Partnership has had a busy and successful year. Our focus has been to encourage more
students (particularly girls) to be inspired by physics by providing a rich variety of events for each year group.
These have included masterclasses at the National Space Centre and lectures by Melanie Windridge on Fusion
and the Northern Lights as well as by Heather Williams on medical physics. We had our first joint trip to CERN,
enabling 20 sixth-form students to visit for only £50 per student.
This year we have been working more closely with primary schools, involving sixth-form students as
Ambassadors running science clubs; Neston High School ran a workshop for ten local primary schools.
We have benefitted from having a Teach Physics intern at two schools. Year 8 physics challenges were run at
each school and the winners went to Alton Towers for the Physics of Roller Coasters. We had a Year 9 Rocket
Workshop run by our own team, building on the experience of bought-in workshops in previous years. The
enthusiastic physics teachers in our partnership are enjoying the benefit of working closely and sharing our
passion for physics in our schools.
Wyre Forest & Hagley Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
University link:
King Charles I School
Mark Field
[email protected]
Baxter College; Bewdley School & Sixth Form Centre; ContinU Plus
Academy; Hagley Catholic High School; Haybridge High School;
Stourport High School & Sixth Form Centre; Wolverley CofE Secondary
School
The Wyre Forest & Hagley Partnership seeks to use its track record of school collaboration to best effect for its
aspiring young scientists. We aim to sustain a broad and appropriate palette of stimulating and relevant
enrichment activities, locally, regionally and beyond. We have developed a vision for this spectrum, in simple
terms, which runs from primary and pyramid outreach at the one end to Years 12 and 13 visits to universities
and CERN at the other.
In 2015–16, the partnership is aiming to develop its primary scientists, continue to enhance IAG and careers, and
develop relationships with professionals and companies that can bring to life the wide and expanding scope of
future study and employment around physics and medicine. We will be engaging in light-touch surveys of our
physics teaching staff and our pupils regarding the kind of enrichment activities in which they would like to
engage and any challenges the staff face in that engagement. We believe this will help us optimise our offer.
York Partnership
Hub:
St Peter’s School, York
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: David Morris
[email protected]
Department of Physics, University of York
University link:
Archbishop Holgate’s School; Canon Lee School; Fulford School; Joseph
Rowntree School; Lady Lumley’s School; Manor CofE Academy; Selby
High School
One of the central events of the York Partnership programme is the Physics Olympics for Year 8 students, which
is held annually at St Peter’s School, York and now attracts teams from 35 schools across the region. The event,
which started in 2007, combines physics and mathematical knowledge with teamwork and communication skills
as students work together to complete a task against the clock.
Since 2010, St Peter’s has also hosted an annual
Science Technicians’ Conference and a public
lecture series, which in the past year has covered
topics including the Universe, religion and
astronomy and included a visit from Astronaut
Mike Foale. The lectures attract audiences of up
500 from the surrounding area.
In 2014, we held the inaugural York Schools
Science Quiz, which attracted 24 teams of four
(two Year 12s and two Year 11s per team) from
11 schools in York and which is now shared with
all of the other Ogden partnership schools.
In January every year we hold a Stargazing Live
Party which includes a science exhibition, a
lecture and some stargazing courtesy of York
Astronomical Society.
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Primary Schools Partnerships
4
7
5
15
13
16
2
8
12
11
14
17
3
10
9
1
6
In the directory listing the partnership formation year is listed with each entry; where two years are included the
partnership has been significantly restructured and effectively reformed – (year) is the time of the original formation.
1 Bidford Primary Partnership 10 Market Harborough Primary
Partnership
2
Birmingham East Primary
Partnership
11 North East Worcestershire
3
Birmingham Five Ways
Primary Partnership
12 North Worcestershire Primary
4 Bury Primary Partnership
5
Central Bolton Primary
Partnership
6
Chipping Campden
Primary Partnership
7 Chorley Primary Partnership
8
Coventry Primary
Partnership
Primary Partnership
Partnership
13 Nottingham Primary
Partnership
14 Solihull Primary Partnership
South Liverpool Primary
15 Partnership
16 Sutton Coldfield Primary
Partnership
17 Syston Primary Partnership
Leamington Spa Primary
9
Partnership
In addition to these Ogden primary partnerships, there are six
SHINELabs in London (based on the Phiz Lab model), supported
by The Ogden Trust, SHINE (Support and Help in Education) and
the PSTT (Primary Science Teaching Trust).
n
Pakeman Primary
Daubeney Primary
n Kingswood Primary
n Wellington Primary
n Hillmead Primary
n Stebon Primary
n
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Directory of Primary Schools Partnerships
Bidford Primary Partnership
Hub:
Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: James Thompson
[email protected]
University link:
Alcester St Nicholas’ CofE Primary School; Ridgeway Academy (Phiz Lab);
St Bede’s Catholic Middle School; Webheath First School Academy;
Astwood Bank First School; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First
School; Tamworth-In-Arden Church of England Primary School
This has been a year of growth for the Bidford Partnership, developing resources to promote high-quality
teaching and learning of physics in more and more Warwickshire and Worcestershire schools. A number of the
schools will hold the PSQM by the end of the year.
Family Learning Nights have again been a resounding success, based on a simple model which has been easy to
replicate across the partnership. University of Birmingham lecturers, Dr Jenny Watson and Lynne Long, and Dr
Johanna Jarvis have all participated in our lecture programme. We have been able to supplement these events
with other lectures, visits and workshops on a larger scale than previously.
Outreach provision for pupils has continued to be a focus throughout the year. Year 1 pupils took part in a
Sphere Science Forces Circus Workshop at Webheath First School Academy in the Autumn term with Laurel
Armstrong. Year 6 pupils have been engaged in a year-long project at Alcester Grammar School, combining
science and technology. Pupils have also taken part in trips to Birmingham Airport Flight School.
The Phizzi Forces CPD days have been well attended and had an immediate impact on the skills and resourcing
of teachers in the region: “Amazing day! Cannot wait to show the staff back at school all the different activities,
it will generate a real buzz about physics.” Early Years teacher.
Birmingham East Primary Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
The Oval Primary School
Louise Edwards
[email protected]
Brownmead Academy; Colebourne Primary; Gossey Lane Primary;
HIllstone School; Heathlands Primary Academy; Our Lady’s RC Primary
School; Shirestone Academy; Timberley Academy (Phiz Lab)
The Birmingham East Primary Partnership (Pilot Partnership Science Development Group) is now a year old and
has transformed science in our primary schools. There has been a marked transformation in science learning for
both staff and pupils and the partnership has
provided real impetus and leverage for science
leaders to raise the profile of the subject in their
schools.
Our provision delivered in the past 12 months
has included: the development of Primary
Science Clubs; CPD for teachers – ‘Earth, Sun
and Moon’ which also had free resource boxes;
the exciting development of a new Phiz Lab at
Timberley Academy; a fantastic event on the
solar eclipse with thousands of children and
parents watching the eclipse and an art
competition to explain the eclipse; twilight CPD
in building rocket launchers; a rocket
competition; a Science Fayre with the final at King Edward’s Five Ways; membership to ASE; Family Learning
workshops which were a huge success; a visit to a local school’s 3D cinema to experience their planetarium
facility; and pupil trips to Flight School.
The culmination of this work has been that over half of our group of schools have achieved their Silver PSQM
within the past year.
Thousands of children continue to benefit and we have another packed year-ahead planned. Including visiting
Shrubland Street School as a School of Science Excellence to learn how they use their Phiz Lab, the development
of more Science in KS1 with roadshows from Dr Mark Biddis, another Science Fayre and rocket competition, and
the development of science in Early Years.
Birmingham Five Ways Primary Partnership
Hub:
King Edward VI Five Ways School (Phiz Lab)
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Jenny Watson
[email protected]
Forestdale Primary; Jervoise School; Kings Norton Primary; Northfield
Manor Primary; Our Lady and St Kenelm RC Primary (Phiz Lab); Paganel
Primary; St Michael’s CofE Primary; Tenterfields Primary; Woodcock Hill
Primary
The Birmingham Five Ways Primary Partnership has had a very productive first year. This included having Jenny
Watson deliver workshops to many of our children, a Phizzi Forces and an Earth & Space CPD to teachers and
several family learning events for children and parents.
One of the highlights of the year was Potions Day at King Edward VI Five Ways School in which children used
bunsen burners, watched liquid nitrogen demos, played with amazing plastics, made test-tube rainbows, used
fruit tea indicators and went home with the excellent ‘ASAP science periodic table song’ (see
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVQKCcfwnU) as an earworm!
Also King Edward’s Five Ways School hosted our partnership children for a Rockets and Dragsters Day, a
Surprising Science Talk, and, for the relaunch of the King Edwards Physics Factory as an Ogden Trust Phiz lab, an
amazing talk by Anu Ojha from the National Space Academy.
Some of our schools took part in an inter-school Science Fair at Birmingham University, with one Year 5 child
commenting that ‘It was great to go round the university I want to go to’! Also at the university, some of our
children received Year 6 School’s Scientist Of The Year awards in an evening celebration for them and their very
proud parents.
In November, we held an Astronaut Training Day at the inspiring Phiz lab at Our Lady and St Kenelm RC school.
Thirty-six Year 5/6 children from six of our partnership schools spent a day learning about Tim Peake’s mission
and trying various astronaut skills including using a robot arm, doing fiddly tasks in gloves, keeping fit and
measuring their pulses, identifying foods whilst blindfolded and with pinched noses, and using teamwork to
complete a Lego construction. They also enjoyed learning about the search for extra-terrestrial life in Keele
University’s Star Dome.
Next year we look forward to the creation of a satellite primary partnership for Halesowen and Dudley schools,
spending a day at Birmingham University learning about particle physics, the new Ogden Trust Phizzi Light &
Sound CPD, four of our schools having completed their PSQM and more exciting science activities.
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Bury Primary Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
The Derby High School
Paul Kerr
[email protected]
Greenhill Primary School; Springside Primary School; Wesley Methodist
Primary School
The Bury Primary Partnership is newly
established (Nov 2015) and aims to build on the
success and the expertise of the previous Bury
secondary partnership to establish a vibrant
primary group. There is a focus to further
develop and support primary teachers in their
delivery of physics, commencing with the Ogden
Phizzi Forces training and the Ogden Phizzi Light
& Sound INSET later in the year. Schools have
expressed an interest in achieving the PSQM
award and support will be provided for this.
Although it is early days for this partnership,
Paul Kerr has vast experience in working with
primary schools in Bury and he has many ideas
to develop for the future to inspire primary
pupils and their teachers.
Central Bolton Primary Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Gilnow Primary School
Lynne Mullen
[email protected]
Beaumont Primary School; Gilnow Primary School; Lostock Primary
School
The Central Bolton Primary Partnership has just
been established (Jan 2016) and there is much
excitement across the schools. The schools have
already taken part in the Phizzi Forces training
and have received their Phizzi Forces box of
resources to use with their pupils. Links secured
with Bolton School have also provided the
schools with sixth-form Science Ambassadors to
work with and inspire the primary pupils
through their science outreach activities. It is
very early days for this partnership in terms of
events, however, future plans include the
schools undertaking the PSQM award and
undergoing training on the second Ogden Phizzi
Light & Sound box.
Chipping Campden Primary Partnership
Hub:
Chipping Campden School (Phiz Lab)
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Jackie Flaherty
[email protected]
University link:
Blockley CofE Primary School; Dormer House School; Mickleton Primary
School; St Catharine's RC Primary School; St David's CofE Primary; St
James & Ebrington Primary School; St Mary's Catholic Primary School,
Broadway; Welford upon Avon Primary; Willersey CofE Primary School
The cluster is well-established and our activities have grown each year. We are on the fourth year of the CPD
programme and there is a marked difference in the general approach to science now. Schools are working
towards the Space Education Quality Mark and the PSQM. Mickleton achieved the Gold Award this year.
Our enrichment days provide a chance for students from a wide variety of schools to work together with experts
from around the country. Bristol Chemlabs, Go-Karting and the Team Tim Spacefund show really inspired our
young scientists this year. KS1 pupils have had exploration mornings in the Phiz Lab covering The Lighthouse
Keeper’s Lunch and Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear.
Family Learning Nights and science-based competitions have
proved popular with pupils and parents alike. Our most
recent World Space Week competition based on Tim Peake’s
Principia mission received some amazing entries. The Science
Factor science busking event in National Science Week is
always a highlight of the year.
A team of sixth-form STEM Ambassadors are strongly
involved in primary science outreach as they run afterschool
CREST Science Clubs, Royal Institution Maths for Physics
Masterclasses and act as Space Ambassadors for the Bradford
Robotic telescope scheme.
Chorley Primary Partnership
Hub:
Saint Michael’s CE High School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Jonathan Allcock
[email protected]
Adlington Primary School; Brindle Gregson Lane Primary School; Brindle
St James Primary School; Chorley St James Church of England Primary
School; Chorley St Peters Primary School; Christ Church Charnock
Richard; Coppull Parish Church of England Primary School; Coppull St
John’s Primary School; Coupe Green Primary School; Euxton CE Primary
School; Manor Road Primary School; St Laurence's CE Primary School;
Trinity School Buckshaw Village; Whittle le Woods St John's CE Primary
School
The Chorley Primary Partnership incorporates 14 local primary schools and although only recently formed it has
already inspired a large number of primary students and their teachers. Ten of the partnership schools signed up
to participate in ESERO Tim Peake Primary Challenge and eight of them committed to sending a class to attend
one of the three dramatized productions, presented by Space Fund on Tim's mission to ISS. Jonathan Allcock
visited ten primary schools to promote Tim Peake's mission to the ISS during which pupils considered micro
gravity and conditions for keeping the ISS in orbit, and the differences between the planets in our solar system.
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All of the 14 schools have also received the Phizzi Forces boxes and training to use in their schools. There are
already plans to provide further support for the Team Tim Primary Project and to deliver a practical activity that
investigates meteorites for 360 students.
Later in the year, ten of the partnership schools will be attending a secondary school to watch a science magic
show and then to participate in a series of practical experiments in a science laboratory. The schools are also
eagerly awaiting the next Ogden training on Sound & Light and the resources to use with their pupils.
Coventry Primary Partnership
Hub:
Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Primary School (Phiz Lab)
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Emma Muntoni
[email protected]
Eastern Green Junior School; Park Hill Primary School; St Thomas More
Catholic Primary School
The Coventry Primary Partnership has benefitted from
Phizzi Forces CPD, led by Emma Muntoni. They have
held a science fair and attended the grand
celebration at Warwick University. The children have
very important Science Ambassador roles in school,
applying for positions such as Newshounds,
Journalists and Science Technicians. This has helped
to raise the profile of science, with the children
themselves being very involved. The children even
write their own Phizzi Newsletter.
Leamington Spa Primary Partnership
Hub:
Shrubland Street Community Primary School (Phiz Lab)
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Amanda Poole
[email protected]
University link:
Department of Physics, University of Warwick
Briar Hill Infant School; Clapham Terrace Primary School; Cotten End
Primary School; Earlsdon Primary School, Long Itchington Primary
School; Radford Semele Primary School; St Margaret’s CE Junior School,
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, The Ferncumbe CE School, Warwick
Prep School; Whitnash Primary School
The Leamington Spa Partnership is just entering its third year and is made up of 12 primary schools across
Warwickshire and Coventry.
The partnership collaborates for their annual Ogden Science Fair, hosted by Warwick University, where hundreds
of primary children work over a half term to create amazing science projects that they present at their School
Science Fair with winners going on to present at the Ogden Science Fair at the University. Last year the schools
also collaborated on a joint field trip to Alton Towers for a Physics of Roller Coasters Day. Increasingly the
schools are partnering up for enrichment activities based in each other's schools which is really adding depth to
what we do.
CPD is a very important part of the partnership's
work and over the last year seven of the schools have
been working towards their PSQM expecting to
achieve Silver or Gold Standard. Shrubland Street and
Long Itchington schools already hold PSQM Gold and
Silver respectively. Many of the schools have enjoyed
participating in the Phizzi Forces CPD event and are
looking forward to Phizzi Light & Sound in the
summer term.
In addition to PSQM, ten of the schools are involved
in the Tim Peake Primary Project run by ESERO-UK
which also involves a CPD element. Hopefully this will
lead to some of the schools achieving their Space
Education Quality Mark over the coming months.
The schools in this partnership love to innovate and share their ideas. Earlsdon Primary has introduced Phiz Lab
on Wheels; Shrubland Street and Clapham Terrace have both developed Space Camp programmes; and
Whitnash, St Patrick's, Clapham Terrace and Shrubland Street Schools are developing a shared outdoor science
area in a local recreation ground.
As they move into their third year the partnership is trying to develop stronger links with secondary schools
through a programme of sixth-formers running after school science clubs and developing a transition project.
Meetings and CPD events are held at the Phiz Lab at Shrubland Street Primary.
Market Harborough Primary Partnership
Hub:
Robert Smyth Academy, Market Harborough
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Judith Green
[email protected]
Clipston Endowed VC Primary School; Fleckney CofE Primary School;
Great Bowden Primary Academy; Great Creaton Primary School;
Kibworth CofE Primary School; Little Bowden Primary School; Market
Harborough CofE Primary; Meadowdale Primary School; Ridgeway
Primary Academy; St Cuthbert’s CofE Primary School
After our official re-launch in 2014, the
partnership goes from strength to strength and
we are pleased to report a real enthusiasm for
science from both teachers and students within
the partnership. As we go to press we are
preparing for out seventh annual primary science
conference. Held on a Saturday we are expecting
over 300 KS2 children to come and enjoy keynote
talks and a series of hands-on workshops. The
first children to attend these conferences are now
studying for A-levels! The partnership has
organised workshops, quizzes, and science fairs
within each of the partnership schools and the
participation rate is growing.
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North East Worcestershire Primary Partnership
Hub:
Holywell Primary & Nursery School (Phiz Lab)
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Janet Davies
[email protected]
Beaconside Primary School; Lickey Hills Primary School; Waseley Hills
Secondary School
The North East Worcestershire Partnership is now very well established as we are currently in our third year of
formation. We are lucky to have a Phiz Lab in our host school which has successfully run CPD events and hosted
Family Learning Nights. We continue to make use of the Ogden resources boxes to provide practical teaching for
our own children and visiting link schools. We have visits from both Dr Watson and Think Tank Science
Roadshows and are looking forward to this year hosting our first Space Camp. All primary schools are currently
part of the PSQM process and will hopefully gain this award in the summer term. We are successfully running
our second year of sixth-form-led science clubs and Holywell are proud to have their own set of Phiz Lab Science
Assistants.
North Worcestershire Primary Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Woodrush High School (Woodrush Teaching School Alliance)
Andrew Raistrick
[email protected]
Belbroughton Primary School; Coppice Primary School (Phiz Lab);
Peterbrook School; Tidbury Green Primary School; St Andrews Primary
School; Stourport Primary School
The North Worcestershire Primary Partnership was founded in September 2015 with the Woodrush Teaching
School Alliance. Woodrush High is committed to improving science education and experiences of young people
in our community and so jumped at the chance of co-ordinating the partnership between local primary schools.
We are delighted to announce that work is well underway with a Phiz Lab at Coppice Primary School which will
be a fantastic STEM hub for the school and partnership. Ten colleagues attended a day of Phizzi Forces back in
October 2015 and took away their boxes, ready to cascade this CPD to the rest of their colleagues back in school
and have immediate impact with their students. The partnership is planning a trip to Leicester Space Centre later
this year as well as CREST projects across different year groups.
Nottingham Primary Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Trinity School, Nottingham
Pete Dowsett
[email protected]
Brocklewood Primary School; St Mary’s Catholic Primary School; St
Margaret Clitherow Primary Academy; Blue Bell Hill Primary School;
Dovecote Primary School; Our Lady OPS Catholic Primary Academy
The partnership was formed in January 2016 by Pete Dowsett, who contacted a group of keen and enthusiastic
primary teachers, many of whom had attended the Forces CPD and thought that a partnership in the Nottingham
area would bring many benefits to all the schools involved.
Events and activities are already being planned. Students are currently designing and building sound-making
machines for a partnership competition in February. This event will also include a lecture/demonstration by Bryson
Gore who is currently developing a project called OmniScience. OmniScience is designed to promote the use of
scientific demonstrations in a broad range of educational environments. An event on Space exploration is also being
organized – this will focus on the work of Tim Peake and involve a planetarium to increase the students interest in
space science. The event will be spread over two days, and involve four sessions, with two schools attending each
session. Plans are under way for an Olympic-type challenge for all of the primary schools at the end of the year.
Solihull Primary Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
St Alphege CE Junior School (Phiz Lab)
Louise Mututa
[email protected]
Blossomfield Infants: Cheswick Green Primary; Cranmore Infants;
Dickens Heath Primary, Hockley Heath Academy; Monkspath Primary,
Sharmans Cross Junior School; St Alphege Infant School; St Augustine’s
Catholic Primary School; St James’ Tudor Grange Primary Academy;
St Patrick’s Academy; Streetsbrook Infant School; Widney Junior School
The Solihull Primary Partnership has only recently been created, but the schools which form it have been an
established group for three years, meeting twice annually. Since the onset of our Partnership in 2015, our
provision has included two sound workshops, two magnets workshops, forces CPD for science leaders, sound
and Earth & Space CPD for teachers, a ‘Light’ competition, which was held at Wolverhampton University and
Birmingham University, two science partnership meetings, a Family Learning Evening, pupils being involved in
STEM activities and a GTXxtra event (for Infant partners) held at the hub school. Additionally, a take away box of
resources for Forces and Earth & Space has been received, which included teaching ideas.
This year we have also celebrated the partial solar eclipse and Tim
Peake’s live launch.
During the autumn term, the hub school developed a Phiz Lab, which
was officially opened in October 2015 by Tim Simmons, and is aiming
for Silver PSQM.
The next stage of development for the Partnership is for all named
schools to access and use the Phiz Lab and its wonderful resources. A
new science project will be completed by the children in each school and
judged at Wolverhampton University.
South Liverpool Primary Partnership
Hub:
St Julie’s Catholic High School
Co-ordinator/Teacher Fellow: Kate Rooney
[email protected]
Christ the King Catholic Primary School; Holy Family Catholic Primary
School; Much Woolton Catholic Primary School; Our Lady’s Bishop Eton
RC Primary School; St Andrew the Apostle Primary School; St Mark’s
Catholic Primary School
The South Liverpool Primary Partnership is newly established (Nov 2015) and aims to build on the success and
the expertise of the Liverpool – Allerton, West Derby & Woolton secondary cluster to establish a vibrant primary
partnership. There is a focus to further develop and support primary teachers in their delivery of physics,
commencing with the Ogden Phizzi Forces training and the Ogden Phizzi Light & Sound INSET later in the year.
Schools have expressed an interest in achieving the PSQM award and support will be provided for this. Although
it is early days for this partnership, Kate Rooney has vast experience in working with primary schools in the local
area and she has many ideas to develop for the future to inspire primary pupils and their teachers.
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Sutton Coldfield Primary Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
Whitehouse Common Primary School (Phiz Lab)
Sarah Greenwood
[email protected]
Arthur Terry School; Coppice Primary; Four Oaks Primary; Hill West
Primary; Hollyfield Primary; Langley School; Little Sutton Primary;
Mere Green Primary; Moor Hall Primary
It is early days with schools coming together during the last weeks of 2015 to explore the exciting prospect of
forming an Ogden Trust Partnership. The Partnership has a strong foundation as the schools have worked
together in the past to deliver the primary science curriculum and have achieved great success to date. The
schools have also engaged with Birmingham Central Partnership as part of their Primary Schools Outreach
Programme.
All the partnership schools are committed to developing an exciting and engaging science experience for our
pupils. We will work together to plan the teaching of the new curriculum as well as share good practice and
resources. We have spent time considering our priorities for the coming year and will be focusing on forces, light
& sound, and space. We are kick-starting the year with the launch of the Phiz Lab at Whitehouse Common
Primary, followed by a fun Family Science Evening hosted by Jenny Watson.
Partnership staff will attend the highly acclaimed forces CPD and will disseminate their learning throughout the
schools which will culminate in a forces themed Science Fair.
We will be exploring the CPD needs of staff across the schools and delivering training to increase knowledge and
confidence.
We are also fortunate to be located near the fantastic Learning Hub at Birmingham Airport and look forward to
many inspirational workshops at this unique facility. The schools will also investigate completion of the PSQM,
which two schools have achieved at gold level. We are very much looking forward to seeing the partnership
develop and flourish over the coming year with support from The Ogden Trust and partners.
Syston Primary Partnership
Hub:
Co-ordinator:
St Michael & All Angels CE Primary School
Neil Bardsley
[email protected]
Queniborough CE Primary School; Thrussington CE Primary School;
Wreake Valley Academy
The Syston Primary Partnership is now in its third year. For 2015–2016 we are focusing on space and electricity.
We have already had a sleepover at the National Space Centre with approximately 80 Year 3/4 children.
In a time of great change in education we feel that it is important to keep the enthusiasm for science alive. This
not only includes trips and experiences for children but also professional development for staff. This year,
Leicester University will be training our EYFS and KS1 staff in how to deliver outstanding science lessons.
Partnership Support Network
Ogden Schools Science Partnerships exist and thrive on the enthusiasm, dedication and vision of the teachers
involved. They are driven by their passion for physics and a desire to inspire and nurture the physicists of the
future. The Ogden Trust is committed to enabling these teachers to put their ideas into practice and there is a
network of expert support available. Partnerships are supported by Ogden Regional Representatives,
Consultants, Science Officers and Teacher Fellows; and every partnership has access to at least two of these
people.
Ogden Regional Representatives are based around the country (see page 43) with a remit to set up new
partnerships and support a small group of existing ones. Most have a background in teaching, and that,
combined with their close links to The Ogden Trust, wider experience and understanding of the local
circumstances, is beneficial to partnerships that may need assistance with ideas, administration, evaluation and
reporting. In feeding back to the Trust’s office, they act as champions for their partnerships.
Ogden Consultants (see page 44) are not attached to any particular area but have knowledge, skills and
experience in specific topics that partnerships may want to draw upon. They provide advice, as required, not only
to partnerships but also to office staff so as to assist us in developing our programmes in ways which make sense
within the teaching environment.
Ogden Science Officers are
generally found in physics outreach
positions at universities (see page
48), in roles that are part-funded by
The Ogden Trust. Each Ogden
Science Officer gives special
assistance to Ogden schools
partnerships in their area while
fulfilling their individual roles within
the universities. They facilitate access
to academic lectures and other
outreach initiatives, and organise or
deliver tours of physics departments
for school students. They also help
to facilitate or deliver professional
development for partnership
teachers who are not physics
specialists. Finally, the Science
Officers organise annual awards
ceremonies for the Schools
Physicist of the Year – SPotY –
Southampton Christmas Lecture organised by Ogden Science Officer
that acknowledge outstanding
Dr Sadie Jones
pupils from schools inside and
outside partnerships.
Teacher Fellows are part-funded by
The Ogden Trust to help co-ordinate,
run and evaluate science outreach
work at schools (see page 56). Most
partnership co-ordinators will be
offered a teacher fellowship in their
second or third year of leading an
Ogden partnership to recognise their
administration time and to facilitate
projects of particular interest to the
teacher. Their details can be found in
the listings for the partnerships. The
Ogden Trust also supports a group of
dedicated teachers from inside and
outside the partnership programme
to deliver specific projects to a
Forces CPD day run by Ogden Teacher Fellow, Dr Jenny Watson (right)
wider range of schools.
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Partnership Support Network Map
Science Officers
1 Dr Martin Archer
(Queen Mary University of London)
Vinita Hassard
(Imperial College London)
Dr Sarah Hutton
(University College London)
Dr Sheila Kenani
(Royal Astronomical Society)
2 Ally Caldecote
University of Warwick
3
Dr Heather Campbell
University of Surrey
17 Dr Emma Nichols
University of Manchester
18 Francesca Nichols
Engineering Development Trust
19 Dr Maria Pavlidou
20
Dr Joanne Pledger
University of Central Lancashire
21 Cordelia Scott
University of Kent
4 Dr Lorraine Coghill
22 Nerys Shah
5 Dr Tracey Dickens
23 Dr Sian Owen
6 Dr David Farmer
24
Durham University
University of Leicester
Royal Holloway, University of London
7 Phil Furneaux / Mhairi Mitchison
University of Lancaster
8 Dr Mark Gallaway
Bayfordbury Observatory, University of
Hertfordshire
9 Dr Sharon George
University of Keele
10 Dr Jen Gupta
University of Portsmouth
11
Dr Stacey Habergham
Liverpool John Moores University
12
Dr Johanna Jarvis
Open University
13
Dr Sadie Jones
University of Southampton
14
Katherine Leech
University of York
15
Erin McNeill
University of Leeds
16 Dr Alice Mills
University of Exeter
University of Bath
University of Oxford
Matthew Williamson
Centre for Life, Newcastle
Appointments pending
University of Hull
University of Nottingham
University of Sussex
STEM Team East
Regional Representatives and Consultants
1 Elizabeth Crilly / James de Winter / Graham Wigley
2
Pete Dowsett
3
Dr Devinder Gill
4
Barbara Grundy / Dr Heather Williams / Michele Yates
5
June Manson
6
Janet Pickering
7
Helen Pollard
8
Dr Alison Rivett
9
Andy Tate
19 Maria Pavlidou is a Regional Representative for the
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West Midlands and a Science Office at the University
of Birmingham
4
7 20
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17 4
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Regional Representatives and Consultants
Elizabeth Crilly
Consultant in physics education
[email protected]
Elizabeth Crilly is the Director of STEM Team East, an education charity that
promotes and enables success in STEM education with schools in East Anglia,
working with key stakeholders in STEM education and STEM-based industry.
She is a Director for the Cambridge Science Centre and a consultant for The
Ogden Trust. Elizabeth has a BSc in Pure & Applied Physics, an MSc in BioMedical Engineering & Medical Imaging and a PGCE.
She has worked in science research and development in both industry and
academia and held an Ogden Trust Teaching Fellowship. As a past Daphne
Jackson Fellow she takes particular interest in encouraging girls in science and
engineering. Elizabeth set up the first regional Engineering Festival and
manages contracts for national STEM Enrichment schemes which include
STEMNET, STEM Ambassadors, Nuffield Research Placements and The British
Science Association Awards.
James de Winter
Research Consultant in physics teacher training & development
[email protected]
James is the Secondary PGCE Physics tutor at the Faculty of Education,
University of Cambridge, where he also teaches on the primary PGCE. He
also works with and for a number of organisations in science education such
as the Science Learning Network, Institute of Physics and Perimeter Institute
of Theoretical Physics, with a particular focus on supporting in-service
specialist and non-specialist teachers.
James is a consultant for The Ogden Trust overseeing and supporting the
Teacher Fellow network as well as advising the trust on physics teacher
training, primary science and CPD for in-service teachers. James also
represents the Trust on the Advisory Board of the IOP’s Stimulating Physics
programme, and is a member of the Management Committee of the Capital
Physics Project.
Pete Dowsett
Consultant in primary science
[email protected]
Pete has taught physics and technology at all levels in four schools in the
East Midlands, including 20 years as Head of Science at Trinity School,
Nottingham. In 2010, he was awarded the SHAP Teacher Prize for
outstanding contribution to the teaching of The Salters Horners Advanced
Physics Course.
Having retired from the Head of Science position at Trinity, Pete taught halftimetable for three years at Trinity School where he has developed a series of
modules on fundamental physics topics for its five main feeder primary
schools. He also supports the development of activities in the Nottingham
Partnership of which Trinity is the hub school. This year (January 2016), he
has set up the Nottingham Primary Partnership which is a group of seven
primaries with a very full programme for the rest of the academic year.
Dr Devinder Gill
Regional Representative: North Yorkshire & the North East
[email protected]
Devinder studied physics at Imperial College followed by a PhD in laser
physics at Southampton University. He has taught physics in both the
independent and state sector for 17 years and now teaches in a secondary
school in Skipton, North Yorkshire.
Devinder is the Regional Representative for The Ogden Trust, supporting
established partnerships in Yorkshire & the North East. He is also interested in
setting up new partnerships, particularly in areas of low socioeconomic
growth. In the summer, he runs the annual Ogden Physics Summer School at
Leeds University aimed at high achieving Year 12 students. In addition, he is
a Physics Network Co-ordinator for the IOP and runs CPD sessions for
teachers, technicians and student teachers. He has also run both student and
teacher events for the Isaac Physics project, a Cambridge University-led
initiative aimed at developing the problem-solving skills of sixth-formers.
Barbara Grundy
Consultant in university outreach
[email protected]
Starting originally as a primary school teacher, Barbara has worked at every
level of education including 28 years at an FE college in Bolton. Moving on
to become Head of Widening Participation at the Faculty of Engineering &
Physical Sciences at the University of Manchester, Barbara was able to create
a wide network of physics connections in the area.
Barbara first became involved with the Trust in 2004, setting up the
Manchester Ogden PhD Teaching Fellowship. From 2008, she worked on the
development of the partnership programme in the North West. Barbara’s
responsibility now lies with the Ogden Science Officers, supporting them in
their outreach activity on behalf of The Ogden Trust.
June Manson
Regional Representative: Manchester, Cumbria & West Lancashire
[email protected]
June is one of the Trust’s longest-serving Regional Representatives, having
been the co-ordinator of one of the early partnerships in Manchester and
having helped to establish current partnerships in Cumbria and Lancashire,
which she continues to support.
June retired from school teaching in 2012, though continued with some
teaching on the Manchester University Physics Knowledge Enhancement
course for PGCE students. She taught physics, predominantly at A-level, for
43 years, and was Head of Physics, Curriculum Leader for Science and the
Head of Curriculum at Loreto Sixth Form College in Manchester.
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Janet Pickering
Regional Representative: North West / Consultant in evaluation
[email protected]
Janet was a research biochemist and university teaching fellow, and worked
in scientific publishing before entering the world of secondary education in
the 1980s. She retired in 2010 after 13 years of Headship, ten as Head of
Withington Girls’ School, but retains contact with schools as a governor,
heads’ appraiser, and educational consultant and trainer. She is a lay member
of the Assembly of the University of Manchester.
Janet supports eight partnerships across the NW from Oldham to the Wirral and
is also working with Trust staff on the evaluation of the programme as a whole.
Helen Pollard
Consultant in Extreme Physics
[email protected]
Helen’s teaching career spanned 30 years, teaching physics in both state and
independent sectors. Whilst teaching, she has been supporting other
teachers in her role as IOP Physics Network Co-ordinator, a role she
continues to fulfil. She is also an IOP Teaching and Learning Coach (East
Midlands) and a mentor to new physics teachers. Helen has worked for the
Science Enhancement Programme funded by the Gatsby Foundation,
providing CPD for science departments, individual teachers and students.
Helen devised and runs Extreme Physics, a residential course for Year 10
students, which involves sixth-formers and undergraduates in its planning
and organisation, and in which many Ogden schools have participated. In
her role as an Ogden Consultant, Helen also provides school-based CPD to
teachers and technicians.
Dr Alison Rivett
Regional Representative: South West / Consultant in evaluation
[email protected]
Alison is the South West Regional Representative, based in Bristol but
working across the region with schools and universities to support
partnerships and develop enrichment activities. She previously worked for
the IOP and the Stimulating Physics programme and has extensive experience
of delivering science outreach, building networks and co-ordinating support
for teachers in the area.
Alison works with Bristol ChemLabS at the University of Bristol, providing
engaging chemistry experiences for primary schools. She also has an interest
in evaluation, having undertaken research into the impact of outreach and
CPD and is helping develop the Trust’s evaluation processes.
Andrew Tate
Regional Representative: Home Counties & South Coast
[email protected]
Andy has a degree in metallurgy from Manchester University followed by an
industrial career in research and production management, mainly in the
manufacture of components in precious metals. He then completed a PGCE
course in Secondary Science & Physics at Kingston University and worked in
four different secondary schools as a physics teacher and Head of Subject.
After retiring from teaching in 2013 he has been working for the
Engineering Development Trust presenting one-day STEM-based activities to
KS3 and KS4 pupils, and is a part-time lecturer at Brunel University on their
PGCE Science course. He is the Education Representative on the London &
South East organising committee for the IOP and an active member of the
Maidenhead Astronomical Society outreach team.
Graham Wigley
Regional Representative: East of England
[email protected]
Graham is The Odgen Trust’s Regional Representative for the East of
England. A retired head teacher, Graham taught in a number of schools from
Berkshire to West Yorkshire during a 35-year career, during which time he
held a number of senior management positions and served
on the committee of The Society of Heads as well as completing a
Master’s degree in education. Based near Cambridge, his role is to
support schools partnerships, helping them to develop wide-ranging
activities and to identify and establish new partnerships in the region,
building and extending networks and professional links.
Dr Heather Williams
Consultant: CUWiP
[email protected]
Dr Heather Williams is a senior medical physicist for Nuclear Medicine at
Central Manchester University Hospitals and honorary Lecturer at the
University of Manchester, and has a particular interest in positron emission
tomography (PET) and remains active in imaging research. Heather is also a
Director of ScienceGrrl, STEMNET ambassador, chair of the Women in Physics
Group at the Institute of Physics and secretary to the UK PET Physics Group.
Heather also likes standing up and talking about science, and encouraging
others (particularly women) to do so. When she's not busy with all that,
Heather enjoys running, hiking and introducing her sons to the wonders of
the universe, often at the same time.
Heather is working with the Trust as a consultant on the Conference for
Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP). CUWiP UK is aimed at helping
undergraduate women continue in physics by providing them with the
opportunity to participate in a conference focused on their development as
scientists and showcasing options for their educational and professional
futures.
Michele Yates
Regional Representative in primary science (North West)
[email protected]
Michele is an independent science consultant and The Ogden Trust's
Regional Representative in primary science for the North West. Her aim is to
replicate the amazing success of the West Midland’s primary partnerships
created by Wendy Cox. She is passionate about physical sciences and
inspiring future scientists through excellent teaching and quality enrichment
activities/experiences.
Michele has over 30 years of science teaching and leadership experience.
She has been the Head of a large science department, worked in senior
leadership, and worked collaboratively across a cluster of secondary schools;
she has achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship and is
a successful Specialist Leader of Education. She is passionate about
improving outcomes in science for students, building capacity for staff and
science leadership, making science exciting and engaging students/staff in
outreach activities. Michele will be developing Ogden primary partnerships in
the North West, raising the profile of science in schools and setting up Phiz
Labs in the area.
Dr Maria Pavlidou is an Ogden regional consultant for the North Midlands;
she is also a Science Officer based at the University of Birmingham. Further
details on Maria can be found in the science officer listing.
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Science Officers
Dr Martin Archer
Outreach Officer, School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary
University of London
[email protected]
Dr Martin Archer is an award-winning physicist, science writer and one of the
UK’s leading science presenters. Martin is well-known both nationally and
internationally, having presented national radio shows on Kiss FM for six years
and regularly appearing on television (BBC, ITV, Sky) to discuss the latest science
stories. He also writes and consults for the vSauce YouTube channels and has
regularly written and presented for various BBC online videos including James
May’s HeadSqueeze and The Story of Now.
Martin gained his PhD in Space Plasma Physics at Imperial College London
studying the dynamic interaction of the solar wind with Earth’s magnetic field
and, following postdoctoral research, joined Queen Mary University of London.
Passionate about physics and engaging audiences with the subject, Martin’s
unique approach to outreach has included inventing the gestural DJ
performance dubbed “WiiJing”, the “DJ Physics” stage show and a citizen
science project on listening to waves in spaces.
Ally Caldecote
Physics Outreach Officer, Department of Physics, University of Warwick
[email protected]
Ally works extensively with students of all ages to enthuse and raise aspirations.
They are shown the relevance of physics to their everyday lives, and also its
ability to completely blow your mind. Using her experience in schools and sixth
form colleges and working alongside teachers, Ally tries to understand where
her department might be able to enrich the students experience. She promotes
the uptake of physics at A-level and degree, and works with the department to
co-ordinate their outreach and advises both academics and school teachers on
the transition from school to university level physics.
Ally supports academics with the outreach they would like to deliver, and helps
increase the impact of their research. She supports local school teachers in any
way possible. This may be by bringing students into the university, delivering a
session in a school, or offering specific training or knowledge updating sessions
to a department.
Dr Heather Campbell
SEPnet Outreach & Ogden Science Officer, Department of Physics,
University of Surrey
[email protected]
Heather organises a wide range of outreach programmes, aimed at promoting
physics to schools and encouraging the take-up of physics at A-level and
beyond. She works for the Department of Physics at the University of Surrey as
their Outreach Officer supported by the South East Physics Network (SEPnet)
and the Ogden Trust.
Dr Lorraine Coghill
Science Outreach Co-ordinator, Department of Physics,
Durham University
[email protected]
Lorraine co-ordinated the Durham Partnership and still delivers wide-ranging
science outreach activities with schools and communities across the North
East of England. Aiming to enthuse, involve and raise aspirations, the project
includes interactive workshops, teacher CPD opportunities and studentcentred projects.
Dr Tracey Dickens
Outreach Officer, Department of Physics & Astronomy
[email protected]
Tracey co-ordinates the Education & Outreach programme for the
Department of Physics and Astronomy. The programme provides support for
teachers, students and the wider community in an effort to help everyone
engage with these subjects and to encourage more young people to take
science further. She is also Head of Space School UK.
Dr David Farmer
Physics Outreach Officer, Department of Physics,
Royal Holloway, University of London
[email protected]
Dave organises outreach and public engagement activities of the Department
of Physics at Royal Holloway, University of London. This position is supported by
the South East Physics Network (SEPnet). As part of his work, he delivers
workshops and talks to pupils, supports academics in public engagement with
their research and organises public events such as the annual Royal Holloway
Science Festival. In his role as an Ogden Science Officer, Dave will be supporting
local schools and running an annual School Physicist of the Year event for
outstanding Year 9 and Year 12 students.
Phil Furneaux
School Outreach Officer, Department of Physics, University of Lancaster
[email protected]
Phil was an A-level teacher for nearly 30 years. He retired from William Howard
School, Brampton, Cumbria, in 2012. He now works for Lancaster University
Physics Department as their School Outreach Officer sponsored by The Ogden
Trust. Phil organises events for local schools in Lancashire and Cumbria so
school students can experience physics beyond the classroom. Lancaster is one
of the top UK physics departments for research so where better for schools to
come and spend time listening to talks or doing experiments? Phil encourages
postgraduate students to participate in these events so they can improve their
communication skills and gain experience in working with young people. Some
have enjoyed this so much that they have decided to make teaching physics
their career. Phil is also an Institute of Physics, Physics Network Co-ordinator.
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Dr Mark Gallaway
Explore STEM Ambassador, Bayfordbury Observatory,
University of Hertfordshire
[email protected]
Mark is a professional astronomer, author and science educator working at the
University of Hertfordshire’s Bayfordbury Observatory where he teaches
observational astrophysics to undergraduates. He also deals with the day to day
operations of one of the UK’s largest teaching observatories. He is actively
involved in the Observatory’s extensive public engagement programme and
runs a small outreach programme, independent of the Observatory, focusing
on primary education.
As an Ogden Science Officer, Mark will be working with secondary schools and
their primary feeders in Hertfordshire and Essex in order to improve science
literacy within the classroom. In addition, he will be working with teachers and
parents to highlight the importance of physics to the UK economy and the
necessity of a broad understanding of science in an evolving job market.
He occasionally makes television and radio appearances as a pundit and has
been a science consultant for a number of documentaries, television shows
and movies. His current area of research is Star Spots on M-Dwarfs, star
formation and ultra-high precision photometry with small telescopes. He also
has an interest in star formation, Galaxy structure and the application of Graph
and Set theory.
Dr Sharon George
Sustainability Hub Manager, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
University of Keele
[email protected]
Sharon is the Manager of Keele’s Sustainability Hub & Earth Observatory
Outreach Centre and Director of the MSc in Environmental Sustainability &
Green Technology. Sharon, a materials scientist, organises outreach activities
and fun training days at the University for teachers, schools, colleges and the
public, particularly in areas of science and technology. She has developed a
unique portable resource called Physicubes sponsored by The Ogden Trust to
support schools in running their own physics fayres.
Dr Jen Gupta
Outreach Officer, Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation,
University of Portsmouth
[email protected]
Jen organises schools outreach and public engagement for the Institute of
Cosmology & Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth, supported by the
South East Physics Network (SEPnet). Her job includes delivering workshops
and talks to school children, supporting academics in their outreach, organising
public events and evaluating the outreach of the department.
Dr Stacey Habergham
National Schools Observatory Manager & Outreach Officer,
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University
[email protected]
Stacey is the project manager of the National Schools Observatory, an online
resource giving schools across the UK and Ireland free access to the world’s
largest robotic telescope, the Liverpool Telescope on La Palma. She is also an
outreach officer at Liverpool John Moores University’s Astrophysics Research
Institute, and tries to maintain her research profile in the field of supernova
explosions. Having previously completed her masters and doctorate in
astrophysics, and a PGCE in secondary science, she loves the opportunity to
combine both astronomy and outreach within one role. Her schools outreach,
includes organising events for local schools across the North West, supporting
the local Ogden Partnerships, attending various public engagement events
(such as Stargazing Live) and hosting teacher CPD sessions. Her aim is to offer
support to engage students with physics and astronomy far beyond the
curriculum, and to try and address the under-representation of many groups
within the subject.
Vinita Hassard
Outreach Liaison Co-ordinator, Department of Physics,
Imperial College London
[email protected]
Vinita works for the Physics Outreach Department at Imperial College London,
developing and delivering outreach activities for local schools, supporting the
Ogden partnerships in the region and supporting academics in their outreach
efforts. She is also working currently with the Optics Department at Imperial for
a campaign called GoPhoton! She has a focus on encouraging more girls to
study physics and on sharing physics with anybody willing to listen.
She is an artist by training and has found a real passion for sharing and
communicating anything which opens up the minds of young people. Over the
years he has held workshops for the old and the young in which she has used
her passion for the visual arts, poetry and science to inspire and facilitate
learning. Vinita is a fully qualified teacher who has worked extensively in inner
London schools with young people facing learning difficulties.
Dr Sarah Hutton
Outreach Co-ordinator, Physics & Astronomy Department,
University College London
[email protected]
Sarah works for the Physics & Astronomy Department at University College
London, developing and delivering outreach activities for local schools,
supporting the Ogden partnerships in the region and supporting academics in
their outreach efforts. She is also developing new outreach activities based at
the University of London Observatory (ULO), which is situated in Mill Hill in
North London. She has a focus on encouraging more girls to study physics and
on sharing physics with anybody willing to listen.
During her PhD in Astrophysics at Durham University she found a real passion
for sharing and communicating science with local primary and secondary
schools, designing fun and engaging activities as well as offering careers
sessions for interested students.
Sarah is also a fully qualified teacher having completed her PGCE on the
INSPIRE course at Imperial College London and teaching at an all girls school in
St Albans. During this time, she joined her school to the local Ogden Trust
partnership and encouraged many girls who had previously not considered it to
take physics to A-level and beyond.
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Dr Johanna Jarvis
Citizen Science Research Associate & Co-director of the George Abell
Observatory, Department of Physical Sciences, Open University
[email protected]
Johanna works with school students of all ages and the general public to
broaden their understanding of physics and astronomy. This is done through
school visits by Johanna and her team, or schools and other organisations
visiting the Open University campus and observatory at Milton Keynes. She has
worked extensively with schools, colleges and universities for many years
enriching students’ and teachers’ experiences of physics and astronomy
education.
Johanna also supports the academics in her department to deliver effective and
high-impact public engagement activities related to their research. She is
working with existing Ogden partnerships and developing new partnerships for
the benefit of students and teachers. She is also a STEM ambassador, works
with the South East Physics network and receives some of her funding from
the ASTERICS project for whom she works on their 'Dissemination,
Engagement and Citizen Science’ work package.
Dr Sadie Jones
Outreach Leader in Astronomy, University of Southampton
[email protected]
Sadie organises astronomy focused outreach activities for local schools and the
general public. She works with an enthusiastic team of astronomy
postgraduate and undergraduate students who take the 'Soton Astrodome'
mobile planetarium to local schools and colleges. She also organises large
events that engage the general public with world leading physics and
astronomy research, for example, the 'Astronomy at the Airport' event and
annual 'Stargazing Live! Evening' events. The astronomy outreach programme
that Sadie manages reaches over 12,000 people a year, the major aim of this
programme is to inspire children and young adults to study physics and
astronomy.
Dr Sheila Kanani
Education, Outreach and Diversity Officer, Royal Astronomical Society
[email protected]
Planetary physicist, science presenter, space comedienne and former physics
teacher with a background in astrophysics and astronomy research from UK
universities. Her experience includes being an ambassador of science, public
speaking, events organisation, science journalism and school visits. Sheila
provides space science consultancy on various levels, including for television,
print and web media. She has taught physics to wide audiences; from
teenagers who attended Space School UK in Leicester to qualified pharmacists
in Kerala, India.
Sheila spent time as an Ogden Teacher Fellow in a secondary school in Preston,
Lancashire, teaching science and physics to 9–16 year olds and is now an
Ogden Science Officer as part of her role as Education, Outreach and Diversity
Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society.
Katherine Leech
Outreach Officer, Department of Physics, University of York
[email protected]
Katherine works with schools and the general public across North Yorkshire to
inspire and excite children and adults alike about the wonders of physics. She
organises and delivers activities for school groups of all ages, particularly
working with primary schools through her role as a Space Ambassador for the
European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO-UK).
Prior to becoming an Ogden Science Officer, Katherine was a secondary
physics teacher for nine years, both in the UK and abroad. She puts her skills to
good use to support teachers and provide fun-filled activities to both engage
students with the curriculum and challenge them to take their learning further.
Erin McNeill
Ogden Science Officer, Educational Engagement, University of Leeds
[email protected]
Erin is the Ogden Science Officer at the University of Leeds and works with the
STEM team in Educational Engagement to create fun, exciting and engaging
physics workshops. With a degree in materials engineering, Erin loves all things
physics and enjoys engaging with young people to learn that science is not
only interesting, but really fun too!
Dr Alice Mills
Ogden Science Officer, College of Engineering, Mathematics &
Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
[email protected]
Alice works for the University of Exeter, developing and delivering physics
talks, workshops and events for local schools and community groups,
supporting the Ogden partnerships in the region and helping academics in
their outreach. She has a focus on encouraging more girls to study physics
and on sharing physics with a wider audience.
During Alice's PhD in Astrophysics at Durham University she spent a year in
a secondary school in County Durham as an Ogden Scientist in Schools,
which increased her passion for science communication and gave her some
very valuable teaching experience.
Mhairi Mitchison
Outreach Officer, University of Lancaster
[email protected]
Mhairi works at Lancaster University Physics Department as an Outreach
Officer alongside Phil Furneaux. She also works as the Curriculum Leader for
Science & Engineering at Blackpool Sixth Form College and AQA as a senior
examiner.
Mhairi has a passion for outreach and started up the Fylde Coast Partnership
in 2013. She always encourages her students to learn outside the syllabus
and promotes learning outside the classroom. Since starting at Lancaster in
September 2014 she has expanded the already excellent outreach at
Lancaster to include younger students in Years 10 and 11. She encourages
physics undergraduates to inspire these younger students and visits local
high schools.
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Dr Emma Nichols
Outreach Co-ordinator, School of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Manchester
[email protected]
Emma co-ordinates outreach and engagement activities within the School of
Physics & Astronomy at the University of Manchester, linking the department to
local schools and working with staff and students to communicate their research
and enthusiasm for physics to young people from across the region. She’s
particularly interested in promoting physics careers and increasing the number of
girls studying physics at university, and is involved with work experience
placements and undergraduate employability – she sees her role as supporting
the transition from school to university, and from university to employment.
Before deciding to pursue a career in outreach Emma was a post-doctoral
researcher studying UK wildfires, following an MSci in physics with astrophysics
and a PhD about improving the performance of water mist fire suppression
systems.
Francesca Nichols
Headstart University Liaison Officer, Engineering Development Trust
[email protected]
Francesca is the University Liaison Officer for Headstart. Headstart is one of
the Engineering Development Trust’s (EDT’s) national STEM education
programmes. It provides an opportunity for students in Year 12/KS5 to
spend up to a week at a UK university prior to making their Higher
Education decisions. Headstart offers a full range of STEM courses for over
2,000 talented young people each year.
Francesca’s role is to work with universities throughout the UK to ensure that
the Headstart programme continues to develop to offer more students who
are interested in pursuing careers in STEM this opportunity. This includes
making sure that the number of physics Headstart courses continues to
grow to reflect the increasing demand.
Dr Maria Pavlidou
Outreach Officer, School of Physics & Astronomy,
[email protected]
Maria studied musical harmony at Orfeion Conservatory of Athens (1987) and
physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (1988).
She acquired her PhD on the Acoustics of Musical Instruments from Cardiff
University, School of Physics & Astronomy (1996). She has worked as a teacher
of physics and music in many schools in Greece and in England for 25 years.
Maria established the Cleeve Hill Partnership in April 2013 and was involved in
the Ogden Teach Physics Internship Scheme for three years. As an Ogden
Science Officer, Maria organises the Outreach Programme of the School of
Physics & Astronomy at the University of Birmingham. She is involved in the
HiSPARC project, the Year 9 Physics Olympiad Competition, the Particle Physics
Masterclass for high school students and the Particle Physics Workshop for
primary school students. She is also working with the Trust as a Regional
Representative. Maria is currently organising visits of the Antikythera
Mechanism Exhibition to schools in England. She is also involved in lecturing,
tutoring and student support at the EPS Foundation Year.
Nerys Shah has recently been appointed as a Science Officer at the University
of Bath, officially taking up her post at the end of February 2016.
Dr Joanne Pledger
Ogden Science Officer, University of Central Lancashire
[email protected]
Joanne is a lecturer and Science Officer at the University of Central Lancashire’s
Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, where her role includes teaching on the
undergraduate astrophysics degrees, research and outreach. Joanne first became
involved in outreach when she was given the opportunity to teach on a NASAfunded outreach programme during her post-doctoral position at the American
Museum of Natural History in New York. She now continues her outreach role as
a Science Officer for The Ogden Trust, working with the Preston Partnership,
local schools and community groups to offer a unique experience outside of the
classroom. She spends many evenings helping beavers and cubs achieve their
space and astronomy badges at UCLan’s Alston Observatory as well as
organising public stargazing events and masterclasses for her Ogden schools.
Joanne aims to make physics and astronomy fun and accessible to people of all
ages and backgrounds and inspire the next generation of scientists.
Cordelia Scott
Physics Outreach Officer, School of Physical Sciences,
University of Kent
[email protected]
Cordi organises outreach and public engagement activities for the School of
Physical Sciences, University of Kent. This position is supported by the South East
Physics Network (SEPnet) and The Ogden Trust. Cordi has always had an interest
in science communication and while an undergraduate at Kent signed up to be
a student demonstrator. She now runs and develops workshops for the School
of Physical Sciences including Cool Physics and her favourite – the mobile
planetarium. She also manages the annual astronomy residential weekend for
secondary school children – Space School. With a degree in Astronomy, Space
Science & Astrophysics she really enjoys engaging with all audiences to show
them that science is both interesting and fun.
Dr Siân Tedaldi
Physics Access Officer, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
[email protected]
Dr Siân Tedaldi is the Outreach Officer at Oxford Physics. Sian's role is to
promote further study and careers in physics through the development and
delivery of activities, events and resources. Sian also leads the administration
and marketing of the British Physics Olympiad and collaborates with a
number of organisations and networks such as SEPnet and The Ogden Trust.
Sian graduated in physics from the University of Liverpool in 2003, and went
on to complete a PhD in Science Communication.
Matthew Williamson
Public Engagement Officer, Centre for Life, Newcastle
[email protected]
Matt works at the Centre for Life in Newcastle. He has experience of
developing and delivering content aimed at school children and members of
the public of all ages, bringing to them the excitement of the STEM subjects.
At the Centre for Life, the team delivers curriculum-linked workshops on
topics ranging from astronauts to athlete doping, and from comets to
cavemen. The outreach programme is also extensive, with the inflatable
planetarium being very popular.
Matt studied chemistry and physics at Durham University and has a broad
experience of research in the physical sciences, both at Durham and the
University of Edinburgh. This includes solid state synthetic chemistry, density
functional theory, and cryogenic optics.
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12
31
34
13
25
17
19
21
32
30 6
18
27
2
23
1
24
7
14
9
28
35
3
22
29
15
10
20
4
11
16
26
Teacher Fellows
1 Graham Allcock*
20 Victoria Hyman
2 Dr Yasmin Andrew* / Dr Ian Udall
21 Brendan Ickringill (Girls) /
St Michael’s CofE School, Chorley
Loreto College, Manchester
3
Dr Abby Bell*
Sir Christopher Hatton Academy,
Wellingborough
4 Peter Bonsall
Extreme Physics
5
6
Terry Connolly
Simon Langton Grammar School for
Boys, Canterbury
Sarah Connon / Chris Wallis
Ashton Community Science College,
Preston
7 Daniel Cottle* / Dr Jenny Watson
(Phiz Lab)/Tim Wright
King Edward VI Five Ways School,
Birmingham
8
9
33
10
11
12
8
13
14
15
Ally Davies
Isaac Physics, Cambridge
Berkhamsted School
Dr Louise Wheatland (Boys)
Bolton School
22 Lauren James
Alcester Grammar School*
23 Mary Lumley
King Edward VI Grammar School,
Louth
24
25 David Morris*
St Peter’s School, York
26 Dr Justin Palfreyman
(Seven Kings High School, London)
Gareth Sturdy
(East London Science School)
27 Kath Pearce / Ned Prideaux*
Jan Davies
28 Amanda Poole* (primary)
Shrubland Street Community
Holywell Primary School, West Midlands
Primary School, Leamington Spa
Jackie Flaherty*
Chipping Campden School
29 Dr Simon Rhodes
Hereford Cathedral School
Keith Gibbs
Author The New Resourceful Physics
30 Kate Rooney*
St Julie's Catholic High School,
Teacher
Liverpool
Dr Kathy Gibson
Belfast High School
31 Chris Saunders
St Bede’s School, Durham
Dr Devinder Gill*
Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
Ana Soldner-Rembold
32
Oldham Sixth Form College
Judith Green* (primary)
Stephanie Taylor
Robert Smyth Academy,
33
Norwich School
Market Harborough
Kirstin Greygoose* (primary)
Bidford-on-Avon Primary School
34 Alaric Thompson*
Ulverston Victoria High School,
Cumbria
16 Henry Hammond*
Alexandra Park School, London
5
17 Lisa Hays*
St Christopher's CofE High School,
Accrington
18
Laura Marshall (primary)
Our Lady and St Kenelm School,
Dudley
Dr Karen Hill*
West Kirby Grammar School
35
James Thompson (primary)
Ridgeway Middle School
Those marked with * are also
partnership co-ordinators.
19 Robert Hodge
Pudsey Grangefield School, Leeds
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Partnership schools
additional benefits for secondary schools
In addition to the core funding for self-devised partnership activities, a range of other benefits, aimed at both
teachers and pupils, is available for participating schools to take advantage of should they so choose.
Teach Physics
Teach Physics is a flagship programme of The Ogden Trust in which undergraduate students (of second year and
above) are given the opportunity to sample what being a teacher is like for an intensive period of four to five
weeks at the end of the summer term. The programme has been running since 2010 and has enjoyed a
significant success rate in terms of creating physics teachers and trainees.
Interns are placed at secondary partnership schools and, although there is some work required of the school in
terms of supporting the student, most schools find the benefits of having an intern far outweigh the
commitment required, and they are often enduring in nature, such as new written resources or equipment that
has been fixed. More information can be found on the Trust’s website and expressions of interest made to the
programme’s manager, Isla Stanger ([email protected]).
CERN Funding
A limited pot of annual funding is available to secondary partnership schools to assist with the costs of trips to
CERN for their physics students. Priority will be given to multi-school trips within partnerships although individual
partnership schools may also apply. Full details of eligibility criteria, guidelines and the application form are
available on the Trust’s website.
Regional and annual partnership meetings
All partnership co-ordinators (or another teacher nominated by the co-ordinator) are invited to an annual
meeting in Rugby that coincides with the Annual IOP Meeting for Teachers of Physics. As well as the learning
and networking opportunities, delegates will enjoy a formal dinner with colleagues and an overnight stay,
courtesy of the Trust. Travelling expenses will also be met by the Trust.
The Ogden Trust’s Regional Representatives organise
shorter regional meetings which are open to a wider
group of teachers from a small group of partnerships.
These are very valuable occasions at which to meet
teachers from other partnerships, learn about selected
partnership case studies and meet some of the staff from
the Ogden office.
Circulation of ideas, events and
information
We maintain a Resources section on our website with
tried and tested activities that have been run in
partnership schools. Schools provide these resources to
us freely for other teachers to refer to, adapt and use as
appropriate in their school. A search facility allows you to
filter activities per topic, audience or activity. While access
to this website is open to everybody, only partnership
teachers are invited to share their good practice on it.
Preferential invitations and
information
From time-to-time, we circulate offers specific to
partnership schools, such as free or subsidised access to
science exhibitions, invitations to nominate pupils for
special events or university scholarships; we also circulate
generic information of a relevant nature from third
In 2015, the Trust hosted a physics forum for Ogden
parties such as universities and science-related
partnership schools. The event marked the
organisations.
15th Anniversary of the Trust.
Giveaways
The Ogden Trust has a small stock of branded stationery and other products that can be used as awards and
prizes for competitions. These are currently given to partnership schools free-of-charge. Owing to costs and
limited storage space, giveaways are intended principally as reward for achievement or special effort, not simply
to mark participation. We do have stickers that are suitable for recognition of participation, or schools are
welcome to create certificates using the Ogden logo. We can also supply book tokens by negotiation. With the
new rounds of partnership bids coming up we ask partnerships to indicate their requests for giveaways for
2016/17 on the relevant sheet in the bid template.
Undergraduate Science Scholarships
Partnership schools are eligible to nominate individual students for means-tested Ogden Undergraduate
Scholarships currently worth £1,500 per annum for up to four years of undergraduate study. Students should be
of outstanding scientific ability and wishing to read for a physics, or related, degree at a leading British university.
Specific criteria need to be met
which can be found on the Trust’s
website and enquiries addressed to
the Student Registrar, Jane Fidler
([email protected]).
These awards are highly
competitive and there is no
guarantee that candidates will be
successful.
Prize-winners
Schools Physicist of the Year
(SPotY) Year 12
Partnership schools will be invited
to nominate the most promising Alevel physics student in Year 12 to
an annual awards ceremony at the
local university. These are organised
by the Ogden Science Officers and
are usually held in June/July.
Ogden Physics Prize Year 10
Partnership schools can propose
the most promising Year 10 physics
student to receive this prize. We are
seeking the best potential A-level
student who, by receiving this
award, will be encouraged to study
physics at A-level and beyond. The
Proposal Form can be found on the
website in the download section
and should be sent to Jane Fidler
([email protected])
Students and their families gather at the University of Birmingham for their
Young Physicist of the Year celebrations.
Once students are awarded one of
these prizes they will be
automatically eligible to apply for
other benefits including an
Undergraduate Science Scholarship.
The University of Leeds welcomes the local 2015 School Physicists of the
Year.
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Partnership schools
additional benefits for primary schools
Participating in a primary partnership enables teachers to belong to a local, supportive network – sharing ideas
and knowledge of what works. They benefit from collaborative events and visits, with funding available to
support curriculum and enrichment activities.
Regular meetings
Primary partnerships hold termly meetings. In addition to this, a primary steering group meets termly, and an
advisory board meets annually. These meetings ensure that best practice and latest news, knowledge and
curriculum requirements are part of the primary science programme.
Primary Science Quality Mark bursary
Partnership primary schools who wish to be assessed for the Primary Science Quality Mark may
apply for a bursary to cover £500 of the £650 fee. Further details are available from Wendy Cox
([email protected]).
Primary CPD
As part of our primary science
programme the Ogden primary science
team run CPD sessions to upskill primary
teachers. These CPD days are delivered
by trained practitioners and are designed
to give teachers confidence in tackling
practical science work. They are
currently available for Forces and Light &
Sound. These training days not only
deliver newfound skills and confidence,
but also a box of resources for teachers
which include everything needed to
carry out ten complete investigations, a
comprehensive set of lesson plans and
teaching notes.
Phiz Labs
A growing number of primary
partnerships have access to a Phiz Lab –
a dedicated space for science which
encourages practical, student-led
investigations. The profile of the subject
is raised as the children have a specialist
classroom which they are excited to
enter, putting on their lab coats and
being fully immersed in science! These
labs are also a valuable asset in the
delivery of CPD.
Phizzi News
A termly magazine is produced by our
highly experienced team of primary and
secondary experts. This excellent
resource is provided free of charge to all
primary partnership schools and gives a
great insight into physics – it includes
lesson ideas, best practice, case studies
and professional development
opportunities.
Primary students get hands-on with science.
The Ogden Trust
Staff
Isla Stanger
Schools Programme Manager
[email protected]
Isla’s role at the Trust covers a number of things. She works closely with Anke
on the development of the partnerships programme – its aims, evaluation and
administration. In addition, she manages the Teach Physics internship
programme and administers grants for trips to CERN, which she has visited on a
number of occasions with groups of Ogden alumni. She frequently takes a
principal role in organising events; last year she co-organised the Trust’s two-day
fifth Physics Forum, which was held at Churchill College. Before joining the
Trust in 2009, Isla’s previous roles included being a database trainer in the
commercial sector, an IT teacher in an international sixth form college, and the
Administration Director of a farming & conservation charity.
Dr Anke Friedrich
Partnership Co-ordinator
[email protected]
Anke Friedrich has been working for The Ogden Trust as the partnership coordinator since 2012. She supports and guides the Ogden regional
representatives’ work with the partnerships, develops the partnership
programme’s overall strategy and administration, and develops infrastructure
such as the resources website area. Her particular focus is on evaluation of
the overall programme. Anke studied neuroscience in Germany and did her
PhD working on formation of long term memory in honey bees. She spent a
further six years doing research in Texas, USA, and at the University of
Cambridge. Anke has completed a course in Charity & Social Enterprise
Management at Anglia Ruskin University.
Wendy Cox
National Primary Science Consultant
[email protected]
Wendy was previously a teacher at St Augustine’s Catholic High School in
Redditch and Alcester Grammar School in Warwickshire and holds the
National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH). Her teaching
experience covers the whole age range from 3–19 but her passion is
enriching the curriculum and inspiring younger students with science,
particularly the physical processes. Wendy advises partnerships on primary
activities nationally and is the champion of the Ogden Phiz Labs initiative.
She has recently taken on the administration of all primary partnerships.
Tim Simmons
Sharon Gibbons
Chief Executive
[email protected]
PA & Finance Officer
[email protected]
Jane Fidler
Melanie Gardner
Student Registrar
(Freelance) Communications Officer
[email protected]
Josefina White
Alumni Relations Officer
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Financial Highlights from 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2015
£ sterling
2000-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
Total
16,101,829
405,456
344,429
336,880
331,022
17,519,616
Undergraduate scholarships
598,862
247,962
230,799
243,500
291,250
1,612,373
Events/prizes & Travel grants
331,457
104,724
62,355
76,932
83,450
658,918
176,372
182,745
326,888
356,393
363,269
1,405,667
Ogden Science Officers &
Teacher Fellows
361,975
163,662
261,920
395,741
487,686
1,670,984
5,881,545
214,068
300,202
340,665
637,296
7,373,776
Teach Physics & other
internships
46,870
64,177
75,145
93,363
103,940
383,495
School & alumni CERN trips
11,600
10,633
33,925
54,515
59,559
170,232
Physics PGCE & Scientists in
Schools awards
2,745
72,265
20,566
40,805
27,565
163,946
2,965,724
279,823
343,509
418,062
520,797
4,527,915
26,478,979
1,745,515
1,999,735
2,356,856
2,905,834
35,486,922
School scholarships &
Academy awards
One-off grants
Costs (inc Regional
Consultants)
Total
NOTE: These figures are headline extracts from the annual expenditure of the Trust for the years listed. They do not
include the forward commitments incurred in the years in question.
Trustees
Cameron Ogden
Edward Ogden
BEN CARPENTER
Sir Peter Ogden
Lady Catherine Ogden
Tiffany Chawner
The Ogden Trustees pictured with family, staff and alumni at the 15th Anniversary Dinner, July 2015.
Index of Activities
There are numerous activities, workshops, challenge days, lectures and events across our partnerships. We hope
this index will help you navigate the information provided. There is also a resources section on our website giving
materials and more details on some of the events to take and copy.
Ambassadors:
Sixth formers
6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 34, 35, 36
8, 15, 24
STEM, adults
Astronomy Club / GCSE / events
10, 11, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29
Buskers, Physics / Science (Science Factor)
9, 10, 22, 35
Capital Physics Programme (IOP)
17
Careers Events
7, 8, 10, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28
CERN
6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28
CERN@School
12
Challenge Days:
23, 34, 35
Astronaut Training
33
Dragons Den
22
Electrostatic
20
Faraday
22
Forensics
6
Mechanics of Easter
13
Newton
6
Potions
33
Quizzes
24, 29, 37
Rockets & Dragsters Day
33
Roller Coaster
9, 28 36
Santa's Christmas
13
STEM Family
17
Tim Peake Primary Challenge
35, 36, 37, 39
Wind Turbine
19
Christmas Lecture
13, 17, 24
Clubs, Primary Science / Physics / STEM
6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 32, 37
Competitions:
Essay / Film / Poster
10, 12, 13, 18, 20
Physics Factor / PhysicsX / other
7, 11, 13, 17, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27
CPD:
New GCSE / A-level specifications
8, 14, 21
Primary (including Phizzi Forces; Phizzi Light & Sound) 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 22, 27, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
Secondary / other
6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 25, 27
Technicians
8, 10, 14, 17, 27, 29
CREST
11, 19, 35, 38
Extreme Physics
23, 24
Fair, Physics / STEM
6, 11, 26,33, 36, 37
Family / Community Outreach
10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 22, 24, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40
Festival of Physics / STEM
12, 16
Girls into Physics / Careers / GirlsGetSET
7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 21, 23, 28
Isaac Physics
20
Internships, Teach Physics
15, 16, 28
Lectures:
Accelerate
18
All I want for Christmas is a … Robotic Telescope!
9
Bloodhound Project
10
History of the Universe
27
Magic Materials and the Science of Invisibility
26
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Medical Physics
Northern Lights
Nuclear Fusion
Physics of Fireworks
Physics of Rockets
Ready, Steady, Go!
Rock Guitar in 11 Dimensions
The Large Hadron Colliding
We are Made of Star Stuff
Lecturer / trainer:
Addey, Miranda
Bell-Burnell, Professor
Biddis, Dr Mark
Brown, Alan
Diego, Dr Francisco
Foale, Mike
Gore, Bryson
Howse, Dr Michael
Jarvis, Dr Johanna
Lewney, Dr Mark
Long, Lynne
Moussas, Xenophon
Neuberg, Dr Caroline
Noble, Richard
Nunn, John
Ojha, Anu
Singh, Simon
Smith, Rita
Students
Tosh, Matthew
Vukusic, Professor Peter
Watson, Dr Jenny
Williams, Dr Heather
Windridge, Dr Melanie
Masterclasses
Medical Physics / Classroom Medics
Mobile Primary Lab
Mock University Interviews
Olympiad / Olympics, BPhO / Physics / STEM
Phiz Lab
Physics Research Group
Planetarium (inflatable)
Primary Roadshows
Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM)
Regional Meeting
Resources (sharing)
Revision Sessions
School Physicist of the Year (SPotY)
Skype
Space Camp / School
Space Education Quality Mark (SEQM)
Summer School
Summer Science Exhibition (Royal Society)
9, 28
28
8, 9, 27, 28
14
20
26
8, 24
16
25
26
25
33
17
27
29
39
9
11, 22, 32
8, 24
32
10
16
10
26
34
12
14
16, 19, 27
14
13
32, 33, 38, 40
9, 28
8, 9, 19, 27, 28
8, 9, 18, 22, 28
12, 22, 24, 27
7, 37
27
7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 20, 24, 29
6, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39
18
7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 21, 24, 27, 33, 39
8
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
20
8, 12
25
15
8, 9, 11
21, 37
34, 37
14, 23
19
Virtual Physics Laboratory
Visit:
@Bristol – Bristol's Science Centre
Alston Observatory, UCLan (Lancashire)
Big Bang Fair (Birmingham)
Birmingham Airport Learning Hub
Daresbury Laboratory
Diamond Light Source
GCSE LIVE
GE Aviation
Gravity Fields (Lincolnshire)
Heysham Power Station (Lancashire)
Jaguar Landrover
Joint European Torus
Langage Energy Centre (Devon)
National Space Academy / Centre (Leicester)
Norman Lockyer Observatory (Devon)
Royal Greenwich Observatory (London)
Science Museum (London)
Workshops / Shows:
Antikythera Mechanism Exhibition & Workshop
Arduino
Biophotonics
Bradford Robotic Telescope
Can't You Sleep Little Bear
Circus
Comets
Design a Seismometer/ Shake, Rattle and Roll
Electricity / Electronics
Imagination Technologies
Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
Maths & Physics Inspiration
National Space Academy / Centre (Leicester)
OmniScience
Raspberry Pi
Renewable Energy
Reverse Engineering
Rocket
Science Circus
Science Made Simple
Science of Roller Coasters
Science of Strings
Scientific Method
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Solar Cycle and Coronal Mass Ejections
Sphere Science
Starchaser
Stargazing
Sustainable Physics
Think Tank Science
26
8, 10, 26
14, 22
7, 10, 11
6, 32, 33, 40
17
12
10, 24
7, 10
24
7, 15, 24
22
21
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