SPACE TOPIC HOMEWORK TASK

Above is the link to our space topic homework task.

We had to design a space ship and label all the different parts. If we wanted to, we could make a model of our space ship. We presented our short talks to the whole class and showed them our designs and models.

Mr Rose has been coming into our class this term to share all his knowledge and expertise about space. We’ve been very lucky to have him and on the last day of his visit, he took us into the planetarium which he’d set up in the Sound Hall. It was an inflatable dome which we sat inside of and when he turned off the lights, we could see the night sky and all the stars and constellations. He told us all about them including some of the Greek Mythological stories which are connected to the stars.

Our writing this term has been based on our space topic. We have written poems about the moon using metaphors and we’ve created simile poems about The Iron Man (a space themed short novel by Ted Hughes).

We’ve also created our own alien character and written a descriptive letter from them to planet Earth. That inspired us to find out all about our own planet and make notes to enable us to make an Earth information leaflet. Our aliens thought that our leaflets were so good that they decided to come and visit us and our final imaginative piece of writing this term was the story of their trip to Earth.

Our space wall is full of facts.

We ordered all the planets and wrote nmemonics to help us remember them. Here’s one…

My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas!

In art with Mrs Sinclair, we created brilliant pictures of a NASA space shuttle in outer space.

This term we have been talking about how important growth mindset is. The Star Wars character ‘Yoda’ demonstrates an excellent growth mindset and tries to teach his young Jedi Luke Skywalker all about it so that he can be successful.

Wise his words are!

At the start of the term we thought about our hopes and aspirations for this year. We made ourselves into astronauts and wrote our thoughts on space rockets.