Year 10 pupils recently had an ‘out of this world’ experience when they travelled to the National Space Centre in Leicester!

In this immersive visit they wandered through galleries and exhibitions, seeing real life rockets and an actual piece of the Moon!

Whilst there, our students took part in an interactive workshop using maths, computing and problem solving skills to program the LEGO NXT rovers to complete challenges on Martian terrain mats.

They also attended a very impressive presenter-led show in the full dome, 360 degree St. Patrick Moore Planetarium, based on space and how astronauts are adapted to completing missions in such extreme conditions.