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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI know that\u2019s Mercury because it\u2019s the grey one!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201dMars is the big red dot!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
The children decided Mars looked like the most exciting planet and got busy making a spaceship that would take them there!<\/p>\n
\u201dWe can all sit in this big box!\u201d<\/p>\n
The children used their cutting, gluing and sticking skills to prepare parts of their spaceship! They had great conversations with each other about what they needed to make a super fast spaceship.<\/p>\n \u201dI’m cutting the buttons for the front!\u201d<\/p>\n We decided to decorate the ship with bright colours so that it would be seen in the sky! The children choose to use pom poms, sparkles and coloured paper.<\/p>\n \u201cThe spaceship needs fire to make it fly!\u201d<\/p>\n The children added red coloured paper cut like flames to the back so that the spaceship would blast off!<\/p>\n \u201dIt needs to fly super fast, wooooooooooosh!\u201d<\/p>\n We added some finishing touches and then jumped in to set off on our journey! \u00a03,2,1 blast off!!!!<\/p>\n \u201dI can go from side to side!\u201d<\/p>\n Some of the children decided they wanted to cut holes in the bottom of the spaceship so that they could actually move it around!<\/p>\n \u201dWeeeeeeeeee look we can fly to Space! Let\u2019s go to Mars!\u201d<\/p>\n What a fantastic idea that was, how inventive and imaginative! What \u00a0great fun everyone had taking turns to steer the spaceship around Cartmill!<\/p>\n Article 28 – You have the right to Education<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The children are still really focused on learning about space in the Discovery Room. This morning we revisited the solar system. The children counted confidently that there are eight planets. Looking at pictures we tried to remember the names of all these planets. \u201cI know that\u2019s Mercury because it\u2019s the grey one!\u201d \u201dMars is the … Continue reading Blasting off to Planet Mars!<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n