Belgium Euro Space Tour 2015

21st July 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_0630Between 29 June and 3 July, 33 Year 7 pupils attended the Belgium Euro Space Tour 2015. They visited the Mini-Europe, Atomium and Oceade Wave Complex sites in Brussels, took part in a Eurospace Centre ‘Astronaut for the Day’ activity and visited Blankenberge Sea life Centre and the Coca-Cola Visitors Centre.

Pupils enjoyed experiencing an overseas residential experience and spending time with friends at Newminster and Chantry whilst on the trip. Pupils stayed at a hostel in the centre of Brussels, sharing a room with between 3 and 5 other pupils.

During their visit to the Eurospace Centre, pupils tried out various practical tasks which recreated the experiences of a trainee Astronaut. They also constructed rockets which were launched 100m into the air!

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Trip to the Great North East Space Expo

26th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

image2Thirty Year 7 pupils attended the Great North East Space Expo event at the Discovery Museum.

The pupils enjoyed an extremely interesting and inspiring visit including a presentation by Dr Lewis Dartnell, a UK Space Agency research fellow and Astrobiologist based at the University of Leicester.

Dr Dartnell described his fascinating studies into how life, and signs of its existence, might survive in our solar system. There

There was also a range of trade stands and workshop activities delivered by professionals to help pupils understand what it takes to have a career in the incredibly exciting area of space exploration and discovery.

Year 6 Visit to Windermere

19th June 2015Mrs K Shutler

YCHSbN1wWwAA8L6dear 6 spent a fantastic week in the Lake District, staying at the YHA in Troutbeck.

Everyday we awoke to glorious weather and magnificent scenery.  As we ate our cooked breakfasts each day we wondered what we had done to be so lucky.

Over the week, we took part in kayaking, ghyll scrambling, searching through spooky tunnels, building rafts and seeing which of us had the makings of a new Bear Grylls!!  Turns out all of us did.

We had a fantastic week and would happily go back.

Click below to see more photos from the week.

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