module 5
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.