On Thursday 28th January 21 year 6 pupils had the chance to visit Armagh Planetarium. We got to go as a treat because this trip was a prize; Aodhan O’Connor from our class won the Christmas Card competition. He had drawn a picture of a space Santa and won the top prize. He got some space food, rubbers, pencils and other treats, plus, to our delight, a class trip.
We travelled by coach and went straight into the Observatory where we watched a presentation on the Planets and Stars, How to be an Astronaut and at the end we had the chance to travel on Armaghgeddon: the virtual space roller coaster. It was all fantastic.
Then we handled a real meteorite and saw a rocket replica. We then enjoyed a rocket workshop where we made rockets and fired them outside –using water and air pressure as rocket fuel. Team TT, Thomas and Tiernan, managed to go the furthest.
After a short stroll round the rest of the planetarium, we returned to school in time for lunch. The children thoroughly enjoyed it and their behaviour was exemplary.
LM
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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