Physics Clubs
[ Physics Astronomy Society | Rocket Club ]
Physics Astronomy Society
This activity is run as an extra curricular activity during the evenings fo rthose students who are interested in Astronomy. Local observing sessions are made using our 10" reflecting telescope in the school grounds, see the photograph below. In addition, the Physics dept has a smaller more portable telescope for pupils to use.
The school telescope. It has an 8" primary mirror and
uses Newtonian optics, on an equatorial mount.
Students and staff are welcomed at meetings of the Tiverton and Mid Devon Astronomy Society who hold their monthly meetings at Blundell's Prep School.
Model Rockets Club
The Physics Department holds a Rocket Club for those budding rocketeers at the school. We design, build and launch model rockets in an afternoon activity session. Students begin with a cup cone model rocket and progress to simple models and then more advanced model rockets of thier own design.
Another successful rocket launch