NASA trip pupils visit County Hall
Youngsters who have visited NASA were among pupils from Tregib Comprehensive, Llandeilo, to visit County Hall as guests of Carmarthenshire County Council Chairman Cllr Ivor Jackson.
A party of pupils was entertained in the Chairman’s Room by Cllr Jackson and Chairman’s Consort Mrs Mary Jackson.
The visit involved three groups of pupils, those who spent time at NASA and others who spent time in New York.
The pupils who went to the United Space School Programme in Houston, Texas, were Christopher Grylls and Sam Adam-Day, both from Llandybie.
Christopher was one of four pupils out of 37 on the NASA scheme to win an award for hard work and leadership and was presented with the American flag that flew from the Capitol Building on July 21, 2011, to mark the 42nd anniversary of the first man on the Moon and the flight of the USS Atlantis, the final launch of the US Shuttle Programme.
Christopher said: “We stayed with host families while we were out there so we were thrown in at the deep end with American culture!
“The Space School itself involved working on a theoretical mission to Mars. Sam and I worked on various aspects of the mission.
“We went to see Apollo Mission Control and were shown around the Space Station training facilities.”
Sam said: “It was one of the best experiences of my life. We learned so much not only about space and American culture but about working as a team.
“It was so stimulating. We had talks from people from throughout the space industry including some astronauts.”
Sion Williams was there representing the team that beat more than 1,000 schools in the United Kingdom to win the Music Entertainment Award at the Sony Radio Awards Competition for producing a sequence of information and music.
The third group consisted of Bea Adam-Day, Kieran Richards, Ceri Williams and Chris Grylls representing the team of pupils who travelled to New York in October to take part in the Empire Mock Trial Competition and were placed 2nd out of the International Teams competing.
Cllr Ivor Jackson said: “I’m delighted to have had the opportunity to host the pupils from Tregib and to hear about the fascinating time they have had at the United Space School, Sony and New York."
A party of pupils was entertained in the Chairman’s Room by Cllr Jackson and Chairman’s Consort Mrs Mary Jackson.
The visit involved three groups of pupils, those who spent time at NASA and others who spent time in New York.
The pupils who went to the United Space School Programme in Houston, Texas, were Christopher Grylls and Sam Adam-Day, both from Llandybie.
Christopher was one of four pupils out of 37 on the NASA scheme to win an award for hard work and leadership and was presented with the American flag that flew from the Capitol Building on July 21, 2011, to mark the 42nd anniversary of the first man on the Moon and the flight of the USS Atlantis, the final launch of the US Shuttle Programme.
Christopher said: “We stayed with host families while we were out there so we were thrown in at the deep end with American culture!
“The Space School itself involved working on a theoretical mission to Mars. Sam and I worked on various aspects of the mission.
“We went to see Apollo Mission Control and were shown around the Space Station training facilities.”
Sam said: “It was one of the best experiences of my life. We learned so much not only about space and American culture but about working as a team.
“It was so stimulating. We had talks from people from throughout the space industry including some astronauts.”
Sion Williams was there representing the team that beat more than 1,000 schools in the United Kingdom to win the Music Entertainment Award at the Sony Radio Awards Competition for producing a sequence of information and music.
The third group consisted of Bea Adam-Day, Kieran Richards, Ceri Williams and Chris Grylls representing the team of pupils who travelled to New York in October to take part in the Empire Mock Trial Competition and were placed 2nd out of the International Teams competing.
Cllr Ivor Jackson said: “I’m delighted to have had the opportunity to host the pupils from Tregib and to hear about the fascinating time they have had at the United Space School, Sony and New York."
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