Metlink International 2000

Casterton Community College, Stamford, Lincs, UK

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A single Year 9 class - 31A - is directly involved in the project.
 
The names of the students are:
 
James Abrahams        Hamza Abykhres    Esther Barrett
Rebecca Barton        Sarah Bavister    Hayley Bell
Sam Bent              James Betts       Elaine Birch
Rebecca Bloomfield    Natasha Bray      Richard Brooksby
Peter Bulbick         Michelle Bush     Zoe Bush
Ashlee Cantwell       Darryl Challis    Adam Chapman
Katie Chuter          Alex Collyer      Nicola Combes
Oliver Cox            Jo Cramp          Harry Mackrill
Vicky Brand
 
They will be organised by a classroom assistant, Mrs S. Dwyer and two
Initial Teacher Training students from Leicester University: Zoe Morrow and
James Buis.
 
Casterton Community College is in Rutland, U.K.
Latitude: 52 deg 44 minutes North
Longitude: 0 deg 31 minutes West
Height above sea level: 53 metres
 
The College is on the edge of the village of Great Casterton. The site faces
south east, being on the valley side of the River Gwash. The market town of
Stamford, Lincolnshire is about 2- 3 kms to the south east. Rutland Water, a
very large reservoir, is 7 kms to the west. The nearest sea is approximately
60 kms to the east. The College is practically surrounded by arable land. At
this time of year much is ploughed for spring cereals but there is some
winter barley and wheat. Other crops grown locally are oil seed rape and
flax. There is some sugar beet. Other root crops and rotational grass are
grown as fodder for sheep.
 
We take weather readings between 1245 and 1315 hours GMT.
 
Our readings are split between an automatic weather station on the roof and
a Stevenson Screen at the edge of the playing fields (by a tall hedge).
Temperatures, humidity and rainfall readings are taken from the Stevenson
Screen, while pressures and winds recordings come from the automatic weather
station.
 
At the time of the project we would expect temperatures between -1 and +6
degrees C. Rainfall in January would normally be a total of about 50mm.
Winds would be between the west and north. We could get a period of frontal
rainfall, wet and windy weather or a settled period under an anticyclone,
when the winds would be gentle, no rain but overnight frosts. It is now very
rare to have snow.