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Latest news 1st September 2010
Salters’ National Awards for Science Technicians 2011
In 2011 The Salters’ Institute is entering the eighth year of the Salters’ National Awards for Science Technicians which are now presented annually. The Awards are open to Science Technicians in schools and colleges catering for students to age 18, and who have a total of 5 or more years experience (either full-time or part-time).
The aim of the Awards is to acknowledge publicly the immense contribution that Science Technicians make to the well-being and success of schools and colleges and, in particular, to Science Departments. We hope very much that the Awards will heighten the awareness of the importance of Science Technicians to education in this country. The closing date for nominations is 1st March 2011. If you know a technician who fits our criteria then please nominate them for an Award. Further information and a nomination form can be obtained by visiting our website www.saltersinstitute.co.uk or by contacting the Publicity Co-ordinator on Tel: 020 7628 5962 ext. 260 or Email: publicity@salters.co.uk.
New and revised Publications
CLEAPSS Bulletin 138 Summer Term 2010
Copies of the new Bulletin have been dispatched.
Copies are sent to local authorities for them to forward via the internal mail to their own schools, but if your school has not received the Bulletin within a month of despatch, we suggest you contact your local authority to find out why you have not had it. If you are unsure who to contact in the local authority, contact us and we will tell you to whom we send the bulk mailings.
Associate members are sent copies directly by post.
Please click here to download Bulletin from the 'What's new?' section of the 'Secondary Resource'.
Publications for science
CLEAPSS Science Publications On-line resource
All the files on the Science Publications CD-ROM are also now available online from this web site under the title 'Secondary Resource' - Please click here or click the 'Secondary Resource' button on the left. The required password is given on the back page of the spring term Bulletin and is also given on the CD-ROM - scroll down to the 'Password' button toward the bottom left of the CD search page. We will update the online version throughout the year as and when new publications are produced or older publications are revised. Please click here for FAQs about our CD-ROM. You can also post any comments or questions from this page.
G30 Successful Science Practicals. This is a completely new short guide aimed at new science teachers. It brings together in one document a host of practical advice and tips which experienced teachers will know but which new teachers have to learn. We think this will be invaluable for a new science teacher during their first term of work and for student teachers on teaching practice.
G238 Health and safety induction and training of science teachers has been updated. It provides everything a head of science might need to identify for the successful induction of new teachers.
Guidance leaflet PS 15 Ventilation and levels of carbon dioxide and other gases in the laboratory and prep room.
Supplementary Risk Assessment SRA 16 The Alcohol 'Gun' has been produced to cover this exciting demonstration. An alcohol and air mixture in a plastic pop bottle is ignited and then explodes which fires the cork across the room.
Please click here to download these leaflets from the 'What's new?' section of the 'Secondary Resource'.
G14 Designing and planning laboratories
Updated advice and help for those planning and designing school laboratories whether it’s a completely new science suite or a refurbishment of an individual lab or prep room. The guide includes the common pitfalls and good design principles to follow for a successful layout and build. Please click here to download G14.
Publications for design and technology
Model Risk Assessments for Technology (MRATs). These have been completely updated and expanded. The latest version is available for download from the D&T Resources section of the web site. You will need a username and password which is available on the 2009 science publications CD or contact us on science@cleapss.org.uk. Click here to find the new edition.
Auditing Health and Safety in a Secondary School Design and Technology Department is a completely new document which provide advice and checklists covering every aspect of health and safety in D&T including food. Essential reading for a head of department. Available in the D&T resources section of the CLEAPSS web site. You will need a username and password to access this (see above). Click here to find this document.
These other recent publications for design and technology: L235 Managing Risk Assessment for D&T, L254 Health and Safety Maintenance of D&T Workshop Equipment and PS68 D&T Class Sizes, Room sizes and Possible Effects on Safety are also available on the D&T Resource part of this web site.
Please click here: phone or e-mail us if you are unsure of the password to the D&T part of the members’ web site.
PS65 Immediate Remedial Measures for D&T. This gives guidance for D&T departments about what they should do after an accident whilst waiting for a qualified first aider to arrive. The intention is that part of the leaflet can be copied and perhaps given to all D&T staff or posted on the walls of workrooms. There is of course equivalent guidance for science staff in section 5 of the CLEAPSS Laboratory Handbook but there are some differences between the science and D&T advice because the nature of likely accidents is different and facilities are different.
It can be downloaded from the D&T Resource part of this web site (please click here).
G225 Local Exhaust Ventilation in Design and Technology. This has been thoroughly revised and updated and can be downloaded from the D&T Resource part of this web site (please click here).
CLEAPSS Guidance for publishers and authors
Jointly with the ASE and SSERC, we have revised the document giving guidance for publishers, authors and readers on writing and checking the content of science text books so that important health and safety issues are addressed. To download a copy of Health and Safety Checks on Science Texts (227 kb), click here.
CLEAPSS Guidance freely available
As a result of joint initiatives with the DCSF and the ASE, three of our publications are available to non-members of CLEAPSS these are:
The DCSF has also commissioned CLEAPSS to produce guide L256 Design and Specification of Radioactive Sources for School Use. This guide has been written for employers, manufacturers and suppliers and is not intended for use by schools. Please click here to download L256. Those in school that are interested should look at guidance leaflet PS 78 Radioactive sources for school use. Please click here for PS 78.
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