Centre: Sun craft Explicit / Intentional Teaching: Centre: Foil printed moon craft

1. squirt red, yellow and orange paint on a Teacher reads what are stars by Katie Daynes. 1. provide children with paper cut into a circle,
piece of paper cut into a circle Teacher asks students questions about space and silver paint and scrunched up tin foil
2. Place cling film over the stars. 2. Allow children to dip the foil into the silver
the paint - Do you like looking up at the stars paint and transfer the paint onto the paper.
3. Children move the paint - When do you lie to look at the stars? Creating a crater effect with the paint
around until they have - Can you see the stars now ?
mixed the colours Explain to the children we will be making
around telescopes. Telescopes are special tools that help
4. Once the “suns” have people see the stars better
dried glue them to card
and allow children to paint on the sun’s rays
using their fingers

Centre: Asteroid Toss Conclusion Centre: Make a telescope

1. children toss “asteroids”(scrunched up tin
foil) into a cut-out hole in a spaceship.
Review some of the activities and vocabulary the
children have been learning about.
- Did you enjoy making your telescopes
today?
- When can we see the stars ?
children decorate a toilet roll with paint, glitter and
stars to view the stars
Ask the children when they think they can use their
telescopes. Ask the children to
go outside and look for some
stars.

Centre: Space sensory galaxy bag Objective/s: Centre: Planet spiral

1. place glitter, stars , cotton balls, blue paint, 1. Children cut out and
purple paint into a Ziplock bag Children are able to observe the differences colour in the planets. The
2. Children play and explore with the sensory between daytime and night-time teacher assists children
galaxy Children are able to use scissors to cut paper while they use the hole
bag punch and assist in tying
them onto the spiral.
2. While helping the children
the teacher explains the
different names of the
planets
Assessment & Recording: (What are we assessing? How are we assessing? How are we recording?)
- Children’s ability to identify one difference between daytime and nigh time
- Observations
- Anecdotal notes
- Checklist

Children have a strong sense of identity
1.1 children feel safe, secure and supported
1.2 Children develop their emerging
autonomy, inter- dependence, resilience
and sense of agency
1.3 Children develop knowledgeable and
confident self-identities
1.4 Children learn to interact in relation to
others with care empathy and respect
Children are connected with and contribute to
their world
2.1 Children develop a sense of belonging to
groups and communities and an understanding of
the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary
for active civil participation
2.2 Children respond to diversity with respect
2.3 Children become aware of fairness
2.4 Children become socially responsible and
show respect for their
Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
3.1 Children become strong in their social,
emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
3.2 Children take increasing responsibility for
their own health and physical wellbeing.
Children are confident and involved learners
4.1 Children develop dispositions for learning
such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence,
creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence,
imagination and reflexivity
4.2 Children develop a range of skills and
processes such as problem solving, inquiry,
experimentation, hypothesising, researching and
investigation
4.3 Children transfer and adapt what they have
learnt from one context to another
4.4 Children resource their own learning through
connecting with people, place, technologies and
natural and processed materials
Children are effective communicators
5.1 Children interact verbally and non-
verbally with others for a range of purposes
5.2 Children engage with a range of texts and
get meaning from these texts
5.3 Children express ideas and make meaning
using a range of media
5.4 Children begin to understand how
symbols and patter systems work
5.5 Children use information and
communication technologies to access
information, investigate ideas and represent
thinking