Learning Resource

Robin Goch | The first aeroplane built in Wales

ℹ️ About this resource

This resource can be read individually or as a class and is aimed at Progression Step 3 (8-11) pupils. Read the exciting story of the first man to design and build an aeroplane in Wales

In this resource you will...

  • Learn about the history of flight and the people who invented aircraft. 
  • Discover the stories of Welsh inventors. 
  • Explore the Amgueddfa Cymru’s collection of images and objects relating to flight. 
  • Be introduced to the science of flight.

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This resource is available in Welsh.

Curriculum

Language Literacy & Communication

Literature fires imagination and inspires creativity.

Humanities 

Enquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about the world, its past, present and future. 

Science and Technology

Design thinking and engineering offer technical and creative ways to meet society’s needs and wants.

Charles Horace Watkins
Robin Goch
Watkins monoplane Robin Gôch
The inventor Charles Horace Watkins standing in front of his monoplane the Robin Goch