Apollo 11

Yesterday afternoon, Year 5 learnt all about the first moon landing. We read some memories from people all over the world who remembered watching this event on the television. We then created a mind map of facts all about the Apollo 11 mission.

We found out that the moon landing took place on July 20 1969. We know that the crew of Apollo 11 were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon and his first words were 'This is one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.' Buzz Aldrin described the moon as 'magnificent desolation.'

The astronauts displayed the American flag and then carried out different experiments. They collected 22kg of moon rock samples to bring home. They spent 21 hours on the surface of the moon and over half a billion people watched them on televisions across the world. They left behind a plaque which read:

Here Men From The Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon, July 1969 A.D. We Came in Peace For All Mankind.

The astronauts returned home on July 24th 1969, landing in the Pacific Ocean.

Once we had found out our information, we completed some independent writing. We imagined that we were Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin and we recounted the events of the lunar landing. We even tried some space food so that we could get a better understanding of what life is like for an astronaut. We liked the ice cream but we didn't like the strawberries.

Here are some photos of our work: