We were lucky to receive a visit from Chris, a physics and space expert, to hear about the origins of our universe. We then spent some time asking questions that provoked a lot of excitement for our upcoming expedition.

We were surprised to find that the formation of life from bacteria to humans are all relatively much more recent events than the big bang and creation of our sun (billions of years, in fact)!

Well done to all children in years 5 and 6 for your attention and curiosity during this visit.

Year 6 had a fabulous time in the Wonder Dome this morning. They were amazed by all of the planets and how much they discovered. Following on from this, we had a go at sewing stars to help immerse our classroom.

This afternoon, we spent time outside with our crew, sharing a book together.

Today, all the children in years 5 and 6 visited my room where we had a discussion about how the Earth’s rotation causes night and day. I demonstrated by using a torch (the sun) and rotating a globe (the Earth), then we held a further discussion about how all our measurements of time are affected by astronomical bodies and their orbits.

We look forward to demonstrating this to you in future!

Years 5 and 6 had a great time today, solving a series of clues to unravel the guiding question for our autumn expedition.

They worked together to solve a series of puzzles and brain-teasers to unscramble the word ‘infinity’ – part of our expedition title and guiding question: ‘To and infinity and beyond: how does movement affect our world?’

Great teamwork, treasure seekers!