On Wednesday 12th November, year 5 set off to Leicester to visit the National Space Centre! As soon as we arrived, we hit the gift shop. The children bought a whole array of different space themed items and it definitely tested some mathematical ability too! We then had time to explore the different areas in the centre including walking up 144 stairs to see three different rockets, learning all about Earth and space and seeing different space suits astronauts have worn throughout the years. We then had the planetarium show where we learnt amazing facts all about the different planets in our solar system and our knowledge was put to the test with interactive questions that we got to answer. We learnt about the temperatures of the planets, how old they are, whether we think life could exist on them, how they orbit and storms or weather they have too. It was a fantastic day!

Pupil Voice: 

‘It helped me understand how far away the planets are and I learnt things like how cold they are. It helped me learn that we might be able to go to other planets in the future but some planets we’ll never go to. I learnt about how they live in the space station too. The shower was so small and I don’t think I could use it.’ 

‘I think year 5 next year will really like it. We can tell them about it too.’ 

‘It could help you if you want to be a scientist as a job and I think you learn about space at secondary school so that will help you.’