At the start of our space day, we went into the hall and prepared it for Space Ambassador Mr Grocott’s lecture on Space – the future of space travel and the growing UK space industry.  During the lecture we learnt loads of facts and heard how in our lifetime, people will go to Mars and we got thinking about our aspirations for the future. After the space lecture, each class in Year 5 & 6 took it in turns to make rockets and also learn about them.  We made 3 different types of rockets, the first one being a pop rocket.  These are small rockets made out of an air tight container, a vitamin C tablet and water.  The second rocket couldn’t be made by the children as it involved rocket fuel and matches, so the class teacher dropped the match into the bottle to make the gas react.  Finally the last rocket we made was made out of card.  Once we made the rockets, Mr Grocott launched them to see whose would go the furthest. We were privileged and thankful to have Mr Grocott in Year 5 & 6 and we really had a great day! Written by Eva from Year 6.