Following from one of the children’s news about Pink Moon a few weekends ago, the boys and girls have been very excited to explore planets and Space! We have been looking at books to find out interesting facts about our Sun, the Moon and different planets in the Solar System. The boys and girls have enjoyed making their own planets and moons using our arts and crafts resources too! As the extenstion of the Solar System topic, we decided to look into our local community and visit the Coats Observatory – what a fantastic idea! We got ready remembering the yellow high vis vests for safety and off we went! In the Observatory we met Matthew, who gave us a superb tour of the building and explained the Solar System and planets. At the end of the tour, we had a chance to see a huge Telescope, which has been there since the Observatory opened in 1883 – that’s a very long time! Unfortunately, we couldn’t see anything through the telescope as it was daytime, but we all had a chance to climb on the stairs and pretend to look through it.
E: “Earth is our planet.”
A: “Saturn has got rings around it.”
A: “You can see the stars through a telescope.”
L: “Sun is a big ball of fire, it’s very hot.”
C: “I had so much fun, it was a fantastic day!”
We would like to thank the Coats Observatory and Matthew for such a welcoming and informative tour!
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