{"id":2665,"date":"2026-04-22T17:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:04:13","slug":"blast-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/2026\/04\/22\/blast-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>P2\/1 have started the new term with a new topic of learning that they are very excited about &#8211; Space! Children have been very enthusiastic about building rockets and learning about real life astronaut Chris Hadfield. They were most amazed to learn that when he was a little boy in 1969 most families didn&#8217;t have their own TV to watch the moon landing on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While learning to write tally marks children went on a &#8216;space adventure&#8217; to count the aliens, in art they worked together to design and paint their rocket, and during free play they showed great creativity and communication to build role-play rockets from everything including blocks, classroom furniture, garden equipment and always a large amount of imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The children already have big plans for next week, when they want to fly their spacecraft to Mars to see what they find there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"189\" data-id=\"2675\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165840\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2675\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"139\" data-id=\"2666\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165439\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2666\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" data-id=\"2674\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165814\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2674\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"186\" data-id=\"2673\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165758\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2673\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"183\" data-id=\"2672\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165727\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2672\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"149\" data-id=\"2671\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165644\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2671\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"179\" data-id=\"2670\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165633\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2670\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"195\" data-id=\"2669\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165602\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2669\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"199\" data-id=\"2668\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22165534\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2668\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"121\" data-id=\"2677\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/04\/22170357\/image-11-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2677\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P2\/1 have started the new term with a new topic of learning that they are very excited about &#8211; Space! Children have been very enthusiastic about building rockets and learning about real life astronaut Chris Hadfield. 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