 My name is Britti Pettel and I'm a part-time science teacher at the Cooper School in Byser. Initially it was quite daunting partly because I hadn't studied physics since O level. It was trying to familiarise yourself with a lot of bits of equipment and also being able to explain it and have the confidence to explain it to students and keep their interest at the same time. I went on this summer course run by the Institute of Physics summer 2007. It was over four days and there was various activities and workshops that were actually available to us to participating. The groups were fairly small in these workshops. You were encouraged to participate I think because it was so relaxed and you knew that there were quite a lot of people in the same boat as yourself. Who weren't physics specialists that you were actually quite confident to sort of say what you thought and then there was somebody on hand to sort of put you in the right direction. The other good thing about it was they showed you lots of activities that could be done in school. Having been on the course during the summer I do feel that my lessons are better conveyed to the students and I definitely feel more confident. I think you know that you can work through it and it can be worked out and it's logical and you're not so daunted by it. You feel so you can cope.