I would begin by discussing how many stars they think are in the sky using pom poms and children themselves to represent stars we would look at 5, 10, 30. We would look at a picture of a starry night and discuss whether there are more than the pom poms we have in containers. We would then paint a starry sky using splatter paint.
I would read Laura’s Star by Klaus Baumgart and talk about what a star is, what they are made of and how far away they are.
I would show them pictures of different constellations and then focus on the plough. Discuss what they see and show them pictures of ploughs and discuss how together that’s what people long ago saw.
In pairs using straws and plasticine they would make the plough constellation/using black card, tin foil and wool
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I would finish by reading The Lost Stars by Hannah Cumming and discuss what it would be like if there were no stars.