Year 6 enjoyed a fascinating talk from BBC weather forecaster, Sarah Keith-Lucas. She clearly demonstrated the many reasons for Britain’s changing weather, a common topic of conversation and frustration for us all!
The children saw what goes into weather forecasting and the powerful computer that makes 16,000 trillion calculations every second, in order to tell us the weather over the coming days. She also offered a brief history of weather forecasting at the BBC including that infamous moment when the 1987 storms in Kent and Sussex weren’t forecast!
As a weather presenter, Sarah has long days and very unsociable hours that can include getting up at 3am for a 6am broadcast or getting into bed at 2am. She is a talented lady, presenting the weather in front of a green screen and without an autocue, alongside a producer speaking into her ear as she talks. She also spoke about how climate change is affecting our weather, in the UK and across the world, and the important measures that we can all take to minimise our impact. Having been inspired at school by her Geography teacher, we hope that her talk may inspire the MHS students to go on and seek careers such as hers. Our huge thanks to Sarah Keith-Lucas for giving up her valuable day off to come and inspire Year 6.
Mr Kimber, Head of Geography