Class Plan to engage with Space Week (Rang a 2)
The activities below would be be tailored to the class level.
English
• Postcard from space
• Acrostic poems related to space
• Diary entry while in space
• ‘If I could invent a planet’ creative writing activity
Irish/Science
• Table quiz on facts they have learned during the week.
• PowerPoints on different aspects we have studied; planets, rockets etc.
Maths
• Spaced themed maths games; subtraction, addition, telling the time.
Geography
• Study about Dr Norah Patten.
History
• Space travel through history; famous astronauts.
PE
• Astronauts and aliens in space; children create a game and teach it to the aliens.
• Meteor Ball
https://www.thepeshed.com/_files/ugd/ff464b_807905806d444fc983b9d2cf9af99035.pdf
• Meteor Battle
https://www.thepeshed.com/_files/ugd/ff464b_7d29cc54ba334b6bb1e5c169c92be089.pdf
Music
• Songs based on the planets, space and rockets in Irish and English.
Art
• Tonal aliens.
• Mindfulness collaborative work
• Space sun catchers
• 3D rockets
Drama
• Space themed stick puppets; groups create mini-stories including some of the facts they have learned.
• Hot seat as Dr Norah Patten.
SPHE
• Discussion on how they would feel about going into space and what they would be looking forward to/worried about etc.