Rocket Day

Date: 26th Nov 2019 @ 9:29pm

It has been a truly amazing day . We started with an assembly where Steve from Starchaser told us about his company, how he bacame interested in rockets, his career and the Nova 2 rocket. 

We also went outside to look at the rocket . It had been made smaller so it can be moved around the roads. When it blasts off in May it will be 12 meters long, the longest rocket to be launched in the UK.

Next we had fun looking in the special space box learning about the materials used to build rockets, rubberised rocket fuel, astronaut food and lots more. 

As a treat the Elephants got to taste some astronaut freeze dried ice cream . They learnt how it was made and thought about its taste and texture. 

Writing was next. We looked at videos of the command capsule of Apollo 11 , we found out that the astronauts were lying down when they blasted off. As we watched the rocket lift off we used our senses to imagine what it would have been like to have been on the mission to the moon. The children were using very impressive vocabulary. 

The day finished outside where parents and grandparents joined us to watch 2 rockets be launched. Our very own Poppy was selected to launch one of the rockets.

A wonderful day of learning and life long memories .

 

Contact the School

Longton Primary School

School Ln
Longton
Lancashire
PR4 5YA

Main Contact: Linda Masterson

Tel: 01772 612 495
Bursar@longton.lancs.sch.uk

SEN Contact: Rebecca Catterall and Di Regan

SEN Email: Senco@longton.lancs.sch.uk