Science Week lessons will be out of this world

Publication date: Wednesday 17 March 2010

Children at a Haringey school will be learning all about space this week – even in their PE and art lessons.

Alexandra Park School in Bidwell Gardens is one of 30 space specialist schools in the country and is also a specialist science school, so it has a whole host of activities planned for National Science and Engineering Week.

Children will be making paper aeroplanes and learning the science behind a good flight, listening to talks from the National School Astronomer, Dr Paul Roche, and learning about the stars in Europe’s largest inflatable planetarium.

Alexandra Park headteacher Michael McKenzie said:

“Science is such an exciting subject, but it doesn’t have to be restricted to the science lab.

“During National Science and Engineering Week, we will be giving our students an opportunity to learn more about space and flight in a range of interesting and unusual ways. Hopefully we’ll be inspiring our young people to be the scientists of the future.”

Students from Alexandra Park will be joined by Rhodes Avenue Primary School pupils for some activities.

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