Kennet Valley Church of England Primary School set off on a space adventure by visiting a science dome set up at Kennet Valley Hall.
On Friday (October 1) the science lead, Mrs McQue, set up a science dome for pupils which was designed to link in with National Space Week (October 4 to 10).
“It was so exciting to see the wonder of the children’s faces when they were crawling through the dark tunnel, waiting to see what they would discover inside,” Mrs McQue said.
“The children went up in their class groups which, as all our classes are smaller than usual in Primary schools, allowed them to have more time to explore space with the three scientists, who arrived with the dome.”
Pupils started their adventure crawling through a dark tunnel which led to the dome where they could watch beautiful images of the sun, stars, nebulae and constellations, while finding out about the universe that they are surrounded by.
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They even heard ‘the Big Bang’ when talking about the start of the universe.
The children were very impressed by the activity with the younger children saying, “I liked seeing all the stars because they were so shiny”.
Mrs Byford, a Year 6 teacher said: “It was truly amazing to find out so many facts from such knowledgeable people – my class loved it!”
The school have used this important enrichment activity to build on current work that pupils are doing in their history and science topic blocks.
The children have been looking at, researching and puzzling the answers to questions linked to space, as well as finding out about Tim Peake, Chris Hadfield and Katherine Johnson, who was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics were critical to the success of the first US crewed spaceflights.
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Much of the work that the classes completed was also linked to the school value of courage, while Year 6 also linked their work to Black History Month.
A spokesman for the school said: “The school would like to extend a big thank you to Explorer Dome for coming to visit the school and providing such a wonderful experience for all of the Kennet Valley children.”
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