Class Plan for Space Week: Senior Infants
English:
Story: Aliens love Underpants by Claire Freedman
How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers
Procedural Writing:
1. How to build a rocket.
2. Making “Moon Rocks” using rice krispies & marshmallows.
Art:
Building Solar System using clay and painting the planets.
Creating constellation pictures using glow in the dark star stickers on black card.
Junk Art: Design and Build rockets using recycling materials.
PE: Space Missions – Create an obstacle course using hoops, beams etc., pretend to be astronauts navigating unknown planet in space.
Music: ‘Blast off’ song by Ready Set Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAGgXTZT7TM
Twinkle Twinkle song.
Geography: Planet Earth in Space: explore night/ day lesson.
Science: Light: Explore how shadows are formed