A definate yes from me too! I have been talking to younger members
of several astronomy forums and the feeling is that there is nowhere
near enough GCSE Astronomy courses being available.

John Cave.
--- In astronomy-education@..., "drhj" <drhj@...>
wrote:
>
> A definite Yes from Me!
>
>
>
> I teach at an independent school and we have elected to move to Ed
Excel
> IGCSEs in Science. One problem with that is that there is NO Earth
and
> Space section in the syllabus. Astronomy GCSE thus feels a real
gap for
> us. Otherwise our pupils can hit Cosmology at A2 without ever
thinking
> about what Stars and Galaxies are!
>
>
>
> Dean
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: astronomy-education@...
> [mailto:astronomy-education@...] On Behalf Of Robert
> Massey
> Sent: 10 November 2006 11:31
> To: astronomy-education@...
> Subject: [astronomy-education] FW: GCSE Astronomy [Scanned]
>
>
>
> Dear All
>
>
>
> EdExcel are consulting on the future of the GCSE Astronomy course.
I
> assume that we'd want to put in a strong 'yes' to its
continuation? I'm
> happy to put something together if you wish.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Harrison, Sarah [mailto:Sarah.Harrison@...]
> Sent: 10 November 2006 10:17
> To: Robert Massey
> Subject: RE: GCSE Astronomy
>
> Dear Robert,
>
>
>
> That would be fantastic! Thanks very much.
>
>
>
> When we start to properly redevelop the specification we will be
> consulting with many interested parties.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Sarah Harrison
> __________________________________________________
>
> Qualifications Leader Science and Health & Social Care
> Edexcel
> www.edexcel.org.uk
>
> One90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7BH
> T: +44 (0)20 7190 4332
> E: sarah.harrison@...
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>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Massey [mailto:RMassey@...]
> Sent: 10 November 2006 10:13
> To: Harrison, Sarah
> Cc: Roy Clare; Elizabeth J. Smith; Robert Edwards
> Subject: RE: GCSE Astronomy
>
> Dear Sarah
>
>
>
> Happy to help - I remember organising the campaign to
persuade
> EdExcel to continue the course a few years ago. I'm about to move
on
> from the ROG to take up a new post at the Royal Astronomical
Society, so
> will try to get them to write in support too. I've copied this to
our
> director and senior staff in the Learning team who may wish to
comment
> before anything formal is sent out.
>
>
>
> I guess that as the ROG is the largest provider of this
course
> in the UK, we should take a view, if only from the perspective of
being
> a large provider. In the last few years we've increased the
provision
> from one class to five, a level of expansion I didn't anticipate.
I'd
> also hope that with the numbers entered nationally crossing 1000
for the
> first time, that the case for continuing is even stronger than it
was at
> the start of the decade.
>
>
>
> Would it be helpful if I wrote something as President of the
> Association for Astronomy Education too?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> From: Harrison, Sarah
> [mailto:Sarah.Harrison@...]
> Sent: 10 November 2006 09:54
> To: Robert Massey
> Subject: GCSE Astronomy
>
> Dear Robert
>
> We are starting to think about the redevelopment of
the
> GCSE Astronomy, at Edexcel, and we need to present a business case
for
> this to our senior managers. Could I ask you for a letter or email
of
> support to continue with the GCSE Astronomy. This will be very
helpful
> and should convince our managers that it is vital to continue with
GCSE
> Astronomy.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Sarah Harrison
> __________________________________________________
>
> Qualifications Leader Science and Health & Social
Care
> Edexcel
> www.edexcel.org.uk
>
> One90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7BH
> T: +44 (0)20 7190 4332
> E: sarah.harrison@...
> __________________________________________________
>
> Edexcel is a Pearson company
>
>
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