I would love to do the activity on ‘Special Life’ with my class. We would first read a book maybe ‘Adams Amazing Space Adventure’ and discuss space and earth. We would talk about why we like living on planet earth. We would make a mind map of some of the ideas why we think earth is special. Then the children would be split into groups and they would make roleplays of the different ideas they have come up with. Each group could make some drawings to help them visualize their ideas. We would discuss each roleplay and talk about what was tricky, and share ideas of what we liked about each groups drama activity.
Then , all children would have the opportunity to design their own alien! We would talk about what they might look like, what features would they have and what name we would each give our alien. They will discuss what they have drawn and show all their lovely drawings to the class.