{"id":7067,"date":"2018-10-11T20:56:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T19:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsphysics.co.uk\/surprisephysics\/?p=781"},"modified":"2025-11-25T07:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:37:55","slug":"its-the-final-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/10\/11\/its-the-final-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the Final Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget to pack a jumper. In America they turn the air conditioning units onto &#8220;fridge&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i6eek0w1\/n90\/cf12\/cm0\/cu3\/ct0\/cs0\/cac000\/co1\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pc66c\/tcf00\/fs200\/tatD%26G%20Space%20School%202018\/tacf90\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/iso2018-10-14T00:50:00\/bas6\/bacf90\/pd2\" width=\"332\" height=\"98\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: left;\">Tomorrow is our last bake sale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: left;\">The passports are all in and labelled, student help cards are ready and laminated , our travel lists are organized and all paperwork is up to date phew! It&#8217;s just a pity the staff are now so exhausted that they can&#8217;t begin to think of the midnight start.<\/p>\n<p>One of the parents sent me this gif file and I think it fits perfectly! It&#8217;s just how I feel.<\/p>\n<p>Only AH and H tests to complete and mark and the October break is upon us.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-782\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsphysics.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/c4a6b4c313e958b7b9332dae9f67d8b2.0.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">I will post on here giving you an daily update where possible. Find instant messages on Lockerbie Academy&#8217;s FB page.<\/p>\n<p>As on our previous trip, I will note everything in one long post so that it reads in chronological order.\u00a0 I&#8217;m afraid, for avid readers, you will need to scroll through to the bottom on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be late between Saturday night and Sunday morning: kick off 00:50 that&#8217;s ten to one in our time. (For the older ones that is in our non-inertial frame of reference).<\/p>\n<p>Hope you parents have planned an exciting break and Higher students, don&#8217;t forget your revision!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget to pack a jumper. In America they turn the air conditioning units onto &#8220;fridge&#8221; \ufeff\ufeff Tomorrow is our last bake sale. The passports are all in and labelled, student help cards are ready and laminated , our travel lists are organized and all paperwork is up to date phew! 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