Space week class plan for Junior infants:
English:
Read Katie and the starry night.
Eye spy space themed oral language activity.
Space themed pencil control activities.
irish: learn 3/4 space themed words using memory games.
Maths: counting up to 10 worksheets e.g count how many astronauts there are.
Music: twinkle twinkle little star
Art: starry starry night painting activity based on Van Gogh’s art.
Aistear: play dough mats based on space, cut out your own rocket, role place astronauts and aliens, build a rocket using construction connecting blocks.
Drama: role play- teacher acts as an astronaut and the children can ask questions about what it is like in space.
PE: playground game aliens and astronauts (similar to horses and Jockeys) 4 children are astronauts in each corner of the hall and the rest of the children are aliens. The astronauts have to try and catch as many aliens and bring them back to their rocket.
