A class plan to engage with Space Week.
Monday
Introduction- Song ‘Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, we’re going to the moon. Gather what information the children have about space, what do they know and what would they like to learn. We would then make telescopes using cardboard kitchen rolls and different materials to decorate. We would go outside and see what they can see.
Tuesday-
Story- Aliens love Underpants. Class discussion on the planets the aliens may have come from, what their homes are like, pastimes, food they eat etc. The children design postcards from a trip they take to visit the aliens.
Wednesday-
Watch videos online of rockets blasting off into space. Learn how astronauts live while they are on board. In groups build rockets using a variety of materials e.g. polygons, cubes, cardboard boxes etc…Share and describe your rocket with the class.
Teacher in role as an Astronaut and the children ask a variety of questions.
Thursday –
Story – ‘How to Catch a Star’ by Oliver Jeffers. Discuss what do we see in the sky at night – the moon, the stars and develop appropriate descriptive vocabulary.
Looking at the Stellarium website we will look at the sky at night in our area. We will the look at various star constellations. Using picture display the children in pairs will marshmallow star constellations using marshmallows and mini sticks.
Friday
Children make rocket mice using paper cones and plastic bottles. We see what rocket mouse travels the furthest and why.
Art- Using wax crayons the children color a piece of white card using colors they would associate with the sky e.g. blue, purple, yellow etc. they then paint over it with black paint. Once the paint has dried they can scrape off some off the paint in different space designs, stars, planets, sun etc.