PRIMARY school pupils in Keighley learned about the wonders of the night sky and the science behind space travel thanks to a local group.

The Keighley Astronomical Society used grants from the Community Development Foundation and Skipton Building Society's Grassroots Giving Fund to stage visits to local schools.

Members of the society first dropped into Parkwood Primary, where they arranged activities for a group of 30 year five "space cadets".

A spokesman for the society said: "The morning session featured a How Big is Big workshop, and in the afternoon the pupils took part in our ever-popular rocket workshop.

"Earlier this month (February) we also visited a class of year five pupils at Victoria Primary and presented the same two workshops.

"How Big is Big involves demonstrating to pupils the distances between us and the Moon, the planets and the wider universe.

"The rocket workshop is where students learn about the history of human space exploration. Each pupil made their own paper rocket, which they decorated.

"We then had a competition in the playground to see which rocket design travelled the furthest. The rockets were launched using a compressed air foot pump."