I am definitely going to do some of the class activities around the theme of stars, constellations, and aliens. I am a total visual learner and I love teaching art so these activities are right up my street!
I would begin the art lesson by looking at drawings of constellations on the Interactive Whiteboard and having a whole class discussion around these. Asking the children what they see, what they recognise.
Then we will make the Star Lantern. I would model how to do it, talking them through the steps and showing them through what they need: a needle, some coloured paper, a brush, glue, a stick, a flashlight, crepe paper, luminous card, string, A4 white paper and a stapler.
The children would display their lanterns in the school lobby before bringing them home.
We would integrate this work with English First Steps Writing when doing procedures and write the process we followed.