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MP Irons is ‘inspired’ by visit to girls’ school’s space project

Labour MP Natasha Irons paid a visit to Croydon’s biggest girls’ fee-paying school this week, to find out first-hand about Mission Pegasus – Croydon High’s attempt to become the first all-girls school in the world to design, build and launch a … Continue reading

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Girls school’s space satellite project finally takes flight

Pupils from Croydon High have taken a major step towards achieving their ambitious dream to become the first all-girls school in the world to design, build and launch a satellite into space. The latest stage of the school’s Mission Pegasus … Continue reading

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Physics award-winner to give Astronomical Society talk

Arabi Karteepan, recently named as the winner of the Royal Astronomical Society’s prestigious education award, is to give a talk tomorrow night in Croydon: “A journey to reach the Stratosphere”. Croydon High School’s head of physics will explain how the … Continue reading

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Croydon High to go even higher with space satellite project

Croydon High is about to go even higher! The girls’ independent school in Selsdon who last year ran a special astronomy club project that sent a pair of weather balloons into space has confirmed that it is now working to … Continue reading

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Podcast: Listen to Croydon teacher planning a satellite launch

Star gazing has been taken to a different dimension for pupils at Croydon High School lately, where one physics teacher has used her interest in astronomy to inspire her classes and run projects that have taken them to the edge … Continue reading

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Award-winner Karteepan reaches for the stars at Croydon High

After touching the edge of space with weather balloons, teacher’s astronomy club is now planning to launch a satellite – earning the plaudit: ‘her impact resonates far beyond the confines of her classroom’ A Croydon secondary school teacher has been … Continue reading

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