Last half term, Year 4 were incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to meet Professor Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland. This amazing opportunity came about after William B asked an amazing question during one of her lectures. Professor Heymans then offered to do a Q&A session for his class.

The children were incredibly excited about this and asked amazingly insightful questions. They showed a great level of interest in the topic and were fascinated by the answers. After the event, William wrote an article for the Letchworth District Astronomical Society. Here is an excerpt from that article:

Questions included:

• What does the Astronomer Royal do?

• Has she met the King?

• What is a black hole?

• How big is a black hole?

• What is a Gravastar and how are they made?

The Astronomer Royal was on the big screen at the front on the classroom. My class sat on the class room chairs and the other year 4 class sat on the carpet. My friends loved every bit of it and they told their parents all about it. I really enjoyed the session and it inspired me a lot to become an astronomer, scientist or engineer when I grow up.