Cobalt recently enjoyed a visit from Dr Nigel Bannister, senior lecturer in astrophysics at Leicester university. This was part of their science topic on space. They had a fabulous day and were particularly excited to hold the core of an asteroid that was 4.6 billion years old, rock samples from the moon and a rock sample from mars. They also looked at a camera that had been to space. Throughout the day they did a combination of watching videos and discussion as well as practical activities exploring the effect of pressure on water and astronauts. The day concluded with a demonstration of how rocket fuel ignites and burns inside the tanks.

For the past year we have been fundraising to buy an outdoor reading chair and stools for our nature area. This has finally arrived, and we are looking forward to the RLT premises team setting it outside once the weather becomes a little drier!

A huge thank you to all those who have contributed towards this, whether through our collections at Carols Around the Tree, through our cake raffles, or through any other fundraising event!