School Zone stories
School organises STEM conference
The Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys is having a “What is my STEM future” conference on 21 January for Canterbury school pupils aged between 10 and 13. The event aims to give students a sense of what Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is, and to help them plan for their futures. The school […]
School club goes from strength to strength
The Heritage School Electronics and Radio Club, G7HSC, run by myself, Jon Bonsor-Matthews, M0NOJ, and supported by Colin Tuckley, G8TMV, has gone from strength to strength over the autumn term. The club is hugely grateful to the Radio Communications Foundation which awarded a very generous grant enabling us to purchase a Xiegu G90 and XPA-125B […]
Heritage School radio club gets off to a flying start
During the Summer 2025 term, the Electronics Club at Heritage School in Cambridge became the ‘Heritage School Electronics & Radio Club (G7HSC)’ and had a term full of radio-related activity. The club previously looked at making electronic circuits, with a focus on understanding the roles of individual components and how to use them in combination. […]
Student gains Foundation licence
Congratulations to Architaa, M7KKR who recently gained her Foundation licence. Architaa became curious about amateur radio having seen her dad, Krishnan, M0RSK, on the air. The Foundation course has also helped her work towards her Duke of Edinburgh award. Architaa says: “It was great to attend the two-day Foundation course at Cray Valley Radio Society. […]
Two newly licensed STEAMettes
The STEAMettes club at St Peter-in-Thanet CE Junior School in Kent is pleased to report that it has two newly licensed members. Thanks to funding from the Radio Communication Foundation (RCF), Coco, M7QSM (age nine) and Laurence, M7LBP (age 11) now have their Foundation licences. One of Coco’s first QSOs was using the Hilderstone Radio Society‘s […]
Hayle Academy gives pupils opportunity to learn about amateur radio
The Cornish Radio Amateur Club has been working with Hayle Academy on its Broad Horizons project. As part of the project students are able to select an activity that allows them to broaden and enrich their learning through extracurricular provision. The Cornish Radio Amateur Club developed six sessions that showed students the variety and range […]
