Wow!
What a week we've had! It has been an absolute privilege to be with the children this week, there's been so many #inspiredtolearn experiences!
It is safe to say Space and Moon week has been tremendous, so much so we are going to continue our super space learning into next week!
We have loved playing in the new gravel pit, they children have worked together wonderfully and have a done a fantastic job at keeping the gravel in the pit so we can all enjoy it.
Clever Mr Bascombe made us a pallet car which we've used as a Moon Buggy just like Neil Armstrong! Thank you for the Gravel Pit and the Moon Buggy Mr Bascombe we've loved it!
Now, on Tuesday I decided it was time we went to space, but I needed help, I wasn't sure how to get there.... But never fear the fantastic children in Reception told me I needed a rocket and they helped me build one, we had to make a computer to help us fly the ship, our space chefs made sure we had lots of yummy food to eat whilst we were away. But before we took off we had a disaster, we didn't have any fuel! So we all made a 'button' (mark making or drawing) and we pushed our buttons to refuel the ship, we had to press our buttons 5, 8, 9 even 15 times to make sure we had enough fuel and the children (aka astronauts) were amazing at counting! Once we'd got fuel and blasted off we visited the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter, where we stopped off and sang some space themed songs!! We did all this and managed to make it back in time for lunch!! Phew!!
On Wednesday we noticed that the moon had forgotten to go to bed and was still out in the morning, we decided that we needed to send the moon a message, again the superduper Reception astronauts saved that day, and made a sign telling the moon to go to sleep!
I'm sure the moon had a good sleep!
On Tuesday we watched a video of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon! We were very interested in the way you walk on the moon! We have spoken about the super secret force called gravity, it's just like the wind you can't see it! But in space there isn't any gravity and on the moon there's less so you bounce, or as Neil Armstrong said you 'hippity hoppity' Well, we just had to learn how to walk on the moon.... Safe to say Reception will all be ready for their first moon walk!
This afternoon we made our own planets, it was fantastic to see the children so deeply engaged in their learning experiences!
Our Space station has been extremely popular this week too!
Now, space potatoes!
Space Potatoes have been a child led activity, in a nutshell paint space on a potato... A beautiful concept that only the mind of a child could invent... Everyone's loved the space potatoes, we've painted and painted and painted them! It's been so lovely to see the children discussing their ideas and enjoy mixing and creating new colours! I am pleased to have found another use for the mighty potato!
Building towers with 3D shapes in maths.
Enjoying the Bucket and Pulley, 'Jurassic park' in dinoland, sharing sharing stories, drawing spaceships and general merriment in the mud kitchen!
The joy, happiness, play and deep learning experiences have been truly amazing this week, I even had a que for Drawing Club this morning!
Ms Evans and the brilliant Reception Team
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