On Friday 3rd May Year 5 pupils had the opportunity to enter a StarLab: a portable, inflatable planetarium. A Senior Mechanical Engineer from Durham University’s Department of Physics volunteered to bring the StarLab into Newminster and set it up in the gym for form classes to crawl inside and be transported into space!

Pupils shared their thoughts after the visit;

“I enjoyed the planetarium as I learned about space today. While I was in it I felt excited and amazed about how much I did not know about space for example how pressure and gravity act upon stars and how stars can live and die. The visit has made me more interested in space and I would like to find out more.”

“My experience at the planetarium was incredible. We are so lucky that Marc gave up his time just to help us learn more about the Solar System.”