ELECTRONICS SUPPLEMENT
ELECTRON ELECTRONICS
SPECIALIST COLLEGE BECOMES
CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
ONE OF HUBS FOR ‘ELECTRONICS
IN SCHOOL STRATEGY’
SUPPLYING EDUCATION
LAST YEAR Finham Park
The result of the students’ efforts
WITH ELECTRONICS
School, Coventry, hosted a
were shown to senior managers of
Training and Development
schools, school governors,
COMPONENTS
Agency-funded project to
members of industry, teachers and
explore a new continuing
representatives from engineering
professional model of delivery.
ELECTRONICS is a very
owner Noel Humphrey, “that
organisations, at a celebration
Two teachers and one
important part of the D&T
regardless of the quantity you
event.
technician from each of four
curriculum and this year
get the very best price on every
Finham Park School
schools met to develop a KS3
Electron Electronics are single product.”
project that integrated CAD/CAM
Mathematics and Computing
celebrating 25 years of Electron Electronics was one
and electronics under the
College is a high-perfoming
supplying schools and colleges of the first distributors to stock
guidance of electronics and
specialist school and a training
with electronic components. rosin-free solder and is a communications technology
school. It has been one of the
From a small eight-page distributor of Antex soldering (ECT) trainers and CAD/CAM
support hubs for the Electronics in
catalogue in 1984 to the 2009 irons and Mega PCB equipment. specialists. They were then joined
Schools Strategy since its
catalogue which extends to 130 Electron’s range of project kits by six pupils from each of the
inception in 2004.
pages detailing over 3,000 has helped many schools over participating schools who tried
Circle No.E12
products, its website provides the last ten years to make out the Be Safe, Be Seen project.
stock availability on every product electronics happen in the
listed with online ordering and classroom. Designed by an
an audio amplifier/tone control “So whether you need
manufacturers’ data sheets. experienced teacher of and an aroma fan project.
components, tools, equipment,
Carriage is free on all orders over electronics, it includes New for 2009 is a range of
projects or just inspiration,” says
£30 to Uk mainland. Electron Monostable and Astable timers, projects designed at the West
Noel, “then Electron Electronics
claims to be the only distributor night-light and a PIC Christmas Midlands Digital D&T support
is your first stop.”
offering all schools a single tree. The range of kits has been centre based at Finham Park
pricing policy. “This means,” says extended for 2009 and includes School, Coventry.
Circle No.E13
Circle No.A22
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