ISS-Tim_contact Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Here is what I heard from my home in Staines Middlesex UK (IO91SK)

M0JFP recording-ISS-Tim-8-1-16

Here is the AMSAT echolink recording of the contact 

AMSAT-echolink-iss-tim-8-1-16

On the AMSAT echolink they played this recording as part of the warm up:

recorded message-happy-new-year

7 Minutes before AOS, warm up message for the school

7 Mins to go warm up

This is the end of the speeches and thank yous!

End of speech and Thanks

Found this video of the ISS pass from YouTube

• A direct contact with students at Sandringham School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK is scheduled for Fri 2016-01-08 08:47:47 UTC 83 deg. This will be the first ARISS contact associated with astronaut Tim Peake and the Principia Mission.  An audience of 1300+ is expected. During the morning, the BBC will be devoting their live national BBC Breakfast news program to the pre-contact activities and the contact itself at the school.

• The BBC covered the event and posted these reports: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35261160 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35261190.
•  A video of the interview is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-XF1GCz87g  The video begins with the students of Sandringham School introducing their school and the activities that they have been involved with as part of their study into space.
• Another video includes an interview with one of the Sandringham students whose first contact as a radio amateur was with astronaut Tim Peake:  http://news.sky.com/video/1619375/ringing-the-iss-from-school. 
• An ARRL news story tells more about the preparations for the event http://www.arrl.org/news/uk-students-enjoy-first-ariss-contact-with-astronaut-tim-peake-kg5bvi
• Find more information about the Peake's Principia Mission at https://principia.org.uk/.

Sandringham School is a high performing coeducational non-selective and non-denominational secondary school, consistently graded Outstanding by Ofsted and being in the top 100 highest performing non-selective schools in England for the past 3 years.
 
The school is a specialist science college, arts college and leading edge provider. It is also designated as one of the first ‘World Class Schools’ in the country. The school operates a significant amount of community and outreach activities, is an Initial Teacher Training provider and runs a Teaching School Alliance for Hertfordshire.  Sandringham is also a “Gifted and Talented” lead school and International School, with significant international activities taking place throughout the year. The school also coordinates National Initiatives with the Education Endowment Foundation and has a significant reputation in the country for delivering outstanding comprehensive education.
 
The total number of students on roll is 1300 and expanding, with children from age 11 – 19, including a very large and academic sixth form. The catchment area is local, serving the needs of St. Albans and Wheathampstead although sixth form students join the school from further away if they meet the entrance criteria.
 
We have over 100 teachers in the school including specialist teachers of computing science and three female physics teachers all of whom have a specialist interest in space and astronomy. In addition, the headeacher is a very active radio amateur who is extremely supportive of this contact.