CHILDREN at Mangotsfield Primary School have been learning more about some of Bristol’s most important contributions to the history of transport.
Year 1 pupils have been learning about local transport past and present, from the Matthew’s voyage to Newfoundland to Brunel’s pioneering Bristol-built iron propeller-driven steamship the SS Great Britain and the building of the Great Western Railway line to the city.
A school spokesperson said: “We identified that Bristol had an impact on the development on transport over time.
“When learning about the Concorde, we were lucky to have families share their experiences and memories.
“We even saw a real ticket to travel on Concorde.”
The school’s Year 3 pupils went one better by getting on board the supersonic airliner at the Aerospace Bristol museum in Filton.
Concorde is the centrepiece of the museum but it also contains other historic aircraft, artefacts and educational activities.
The spokesperson added:”We really enjoyed seeing Concorde in the flesh after learning about it in history.
“The children absolutely loved seeing the vast range of planes they had in the hangars.
“They had an excellent workshop, too, where they ordered a set of pictures of planes from oldest to newest, and even made their own plane and thought about how aerodynamic it would be.”
For more details on Aerospace Bristol, visit aerospacebristol.org.