Welcome to NAGC Herts Explorers
Supporting all our brightest children and their families
|
|
|
Welcome to NAGC Herts ExplorersSupporting all our brightest children and their families |
|
|
|||
|
Herts Explorers Working under the umbrella of the NAGC, Herts Explorers is a local group giving gifted children an opportunity to meet together with like-minded young people, to explore issues and subjects of interest to them and to develop important life skills. Learn more.
Herts Explorers Activities: Probable activities in 2010: Latin for Fun, Puzzle workshop, All About Animals and Rocket making/launching! See the latest Programme bookings.
Next meeting will be Sunday 4th July 2010 - Rocket Making! A very special end of term event! Rocket Making and Launching with Pete Barrett of HART Rockets www.hartrockets.co.uk Pete Barrett of HART Rockets will be here to help you make your own rocket. It is the only toy that goes over 150 mph! H.A.R.T. (Hornchurch Airfield Rocket Team) members have built a range of different and exciting rockets over the years. They include flying scale models of the Thunderbirds rockets, various Star Wars and Star Trek space ships and replicas of the N.A.S.A. Apollo rockets and Space Shuttles. They have appeared in Channel 4’s “Scrapheap Challenge”, and they helped with the making and then competed in all 4 series of the BBC2 Television programme “Technogames”, coming away with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the various rocketry events as well as setting the current Rocket Car World Record (35 metres in 1.037 seconds - top speed of 153 M.P.H.) H.A.R.T. has had its rockets filmed for other television programmes, including the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and several science and hobby TV shows, as well as being on a number of radio stations and appearing in various newspapers and magazines. Over the years H.A.R.T. has also managed to do an number of special things, including a rocket launch live on TV for Comic Relief (Red Nose Day), getting a model rocket through the sound barrier (mach 1, 760mph) and launching several staged and clustered engine rocket flights. The club has performed numerous rocket displays and workshops for large model shows in front of crowds of over 10,000 people and was also part of the Thunderbirds movie premiere in London. Pete will also bring along some of his own larger rockets for you to see, together with video footage of their launches. Weather permitting we will then be going outside to launch all the rockets.* You will all get a chance to push the button and launch your own rocket! PLUS you will get to keep your rocket as a souvenir. *Pete has said that in the event of bad weather he will return at a later date to help you launch your rockets. Sunday's event is now FULLY BOOKED. If anyone wants to be put on the waiting list please email. IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE THIS MONTH ONLY, as a one off charge, entry price is PER KIT, per child. The kits are costing us £12.00 each. This is the price Pete charges. At the moment every Explorers meeting runs at a loss and unfortunately we are unable to subsidise the cost of the rocket making kits. In order to help us try to recoup some funds this month we would be grateful if you could add at least £3.00 as a donation. Many thanks. As always, places booked but not taken will need to be paid for. Normal meeting times will apply - arrive at 2.15 for a 2.30 start. As usual, fees can be waived in certain cases. To book, email contact@nagc-herts.org.uk.
Newsletter NEW! See our latest Book List (June 2010)
AGM 2010 AGM Activity Coordinator's Report AGM Membership Secretary's Report
|
Fundraising: . Don't forget, you can raise funds for the club: crafts from www.yellowmoon.org.uk (quote Ref SNA1122) or general on-line shopping using our web shop www.buy.at/HertsExplorers
There is a Poster available for schools and libraries - ask at our meetings.
|
|||