ASTRONAUTS and aliens rocketed to Elm Academy in Bournemouth to celebrate World Space Week.
Pupils swapped their school uniforms for spacesuits, alien scales and even a rocket ship as they dressed up as fictional and non-fictional characters and immersed themselves in a week dedicated to the universe and a host of space age activities.
Rockets were launched, the planets were learned and pupils gained valuable insight into the job of an astronaut and created their own stories.
Elm Academy vice principal Gemma Sutter said World Space Week fostered greater insight into science.
“We now have some budding astronauts in the school.
“The children enjoy the practical element of the activities which also supports remembering the key facts.”
World Space Week is a UN declared celebration of space held, which is held between October 4 and 10 every year.
In 2019 more than 8,000 events were reported to have taken place in 96 countries celebrating The Moon: Gateway to the Stars, with thousands of space related events taking place.
World Space Week provides the perfect opportunity to ignite young imaginations and foster a greater understanding of our place in the solar system.
And since its cosmic beginnings in 1999, World Space Week has encouraged people and pupils around the world to join together every October in celebration of space science and technology.
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