29 June 2016

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Town Mayor Cllr Bob Mainstone attended Sackville School on 27th June to present the year 7 achievement awards. The number of awards was so large, for the first time year 7s had their own ceremony, formerly they have been joined with year 8 who had theirs earlier in the day.

Additionally 8 young directors were appointed to assist with the day to day responsibility of running the on-site observatory (which was installed in 2012).

And two students won awards as Young Engineer of the year, two students who show much promise for a career in engineering. Year 7 students are the first year of the Sackville High School and Julian Grant Head Teacher said how impressive as a year this year 7 have been. He looks forward to seeing what greater achievements they will make as they continue through the school.

Mr Bush and Mr Treen (Head of Science and Technology respectively) were delighted with the number of achievers and the high quality of work demonstrated.

Additionally Nick Barham (year 10) was awarded the Sir Patrick Moore award for outstanding achievement in Astronomy. The award which was introduced following the death of Sir Patrick Moore is sponsored by East Grinstead Town Council. Town Clerk Julie Holden was also in attendance for the presentation. Nick and his family will be guests of the Town Mayor at the Council meeting on Monday 4th July when he will speak about his project which won accolades at the NEC Big Bang Fair in March.

Town Mayor Cllr Mainstone said “This is such a fantastic opportunity to be able to see the enthusiasm and talent that the students bring to their studies. Sackville has a wonderful legacy of excellence in science and technology which is encouraging for the future of our Country’s engineers and scientists. I was very proud to be able to present these awards today”.