posted by Margaret Thompson, Library Assistant, Arbroath High School 

Pupils from Arbroath High School enjoyed some time out of everyday lessons to attend the visiting mobile planetarium from St. Andrews University. The planetarium is entirely run by Astronomy PhD students and is part of an outreach programme which can be used by schools to enhance pupils’ learning and give them an opportunity to learn more about space. Pupils were given a 30 minute show about the night sky and where they should look to see various planets and stars at this time of year. They were then able to question two astrophysicists from the University. Every pupil studying Physics from S3 – S6 attended the event and found the experience enjoyable and informative. S3 pupil Milly Cresswell said “The planetarium gave me such a good insight into how our universe works. It was really interesting hearing about the stars, planets and constellations.” Another S3 pupil – Rebecca Hay said, “I loved the planetarium, it was an amazing experience.”

Pictured outside the planetarium are some of our S6 pupils.