My topic would be Stars.
Firstly, I would begin with reading the story How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers. We would discuss what stars are and using the ESERO activity sheet Lots and lots of stars, I would question the children to elicit prior knowledge. This could be recorded on a KWL. What is a star? How many stars are there in the universe, is the sun a star?
The children would use black card to complete the starry night art activity using paint and a toothbrush and comb. Next we would discuss star constellations. I would explain that a star constellation is group of stars together and these constellations are sometimes named after animals and mythological creatures. Constellations are seen after sunset and before sunrise.
I would give the children simple star constellation template sheets and using stick on stars the children recreate some simple star constellations. These would be displayed in the classroom with the starry night artwork. We would revise all new words and facts that we have learned and create a class display.
Other activities would include constructing stars using shapes, counting stars, sorting stars by colour/size. Using play dough the children cut out stars using cutters. We would listen to and sing TwinkleTwinkle.