High school hosts international project on alternative energy

TENBURY High School is hosting an international project on alternative energy. Schools from Austria, Belgium and Italy flew in yesterday (Wednesday, October 13) to join the study.

The visit, which will last until Sunday (October 17), is part of a joint project on the generation of electrical power using alternative sources, especially renewable energy, in the participating countries and later throughout the world.

Visiting staff and pupils were collected from Birmingham Airport in the school minibus last night. Pupils met their host families at the school, and then went to their homes. The visiting staff are staying in bed-and-breakfast accommodation in Leominster.

After a welcome in the school library this morning (Thursday) and a tour of the school, the visitors are joining a lesson with their hosts. Then all pupils and staff will attend a session in which each group of pupils will give a presentation about their own countries, and on sources of renewable/alternative energy of particular interest to them.

After lunch, and discussion of another get-together in Austria, there will be a tour of Tenbury town. In the evening there will be free time, followed by a reception at the school for everyone, including parents and governors.

Tomorrow (Friday) there will be a trip to the Centre for Alternative Technology near Machynlleth, in Mid-Wales, with a presentation by the centre's staff.

On Saturday there will be a trip to an environmental centre near Stourport.

The visitors are from schools in Bari, in Italy, Lokeren, in Belgium, and Waizenkirchen, in Austria.

A small party from Tenbury, of about four pupils and three staff, will be going to Austria in January. Parties from Tenbury will visit Belgium in May next year, and Italy next October.