Class plan for Space Week:
Art: Guided drawing of an alien in a space ship. I have tried and tested this and mounted them all onto black backing paper/noticeboard paper decorated with stars and planets in glitter and mixed media to create one huge class piece.
Play: Role play station – space ship. Stellarium used for art station where childre can recreate what they saw stargazing. Construction- building spacecrafts for aliens or alien homes.
Literacy: Create comic strips for a new story based on the characters Marvin and Milo. Read Man on the Moon and engage with the Power of Reading lessons on this book.
STEM: Build and make spacecrafts/launch rockets.
Maths: Sequencing – Day and night
Geography: Our place in Space: Talk about where we live then county, country, where we are on the planet, where we are in the solar system. Create a display to create a visual for the children.