This week has been very exciting for all the children in Key Stage One as we had our school trip to the Winchester Science Centre.
On Wednesday 4th March all the children in Year 1 and 2 travelled to Winchester to visit the Science Centre and Planetarium. We left school very early but all the children arrived at school on time with huge excitement!
We made good time and arrived at the centre just as it opened where we were welcomed by the education staff. First we saw a fabulous show in the planetarium which included seeing the earth, moon, sun and stars in the night sky above us; the children learned about the various constellations in the sky and picked out their personal favourites. Mrs Baker was invited up to the front to play the part of the sun (using a torch) orbiting the earth which demonstrated night and day.
Throughout the whole day the children were impeccably behaved and were excellent role models for Beechwood.
After the planetarium show the children were split into two groups and took it in turns to look around the centre and take part in a workshop. The workshop, although educational, was a lot of fun with the children in teams building the best rocket they could. The children came up with names for their teams and then predicted how long their rocket could stay up in the air.
Once the rockets were built the children went outside to see their rockets launched which was the best bit! The teams pumped air into their rockets that contained water until the compressed air forced the rockets into the air. The best rockets remained in the air for almost 3 seconds. Evidently the longest time a rocket can remain in the sky is 3 ½ seconds so Beechwood did very well!
The centre is full of hands on Science activities and the children had plenty of time to explore, learn and ask questions about what they experienced. Then after a trip to the shop the buses returned back to school.
The whole day was a huge success and hopefully the children came home having learned something new about Science. Well done Key Stage One you were an asset to the school – what a fabulous day!
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