Time: 5 mins Group size: Whole Class Tag words: instruments, artefacts, alien, planet, goodnight, sleep, questions, timbre It is now time for the artefacts/instruments to go to sleep. Ask the pupils to say “goodnight” to the artefacts/instruments and one at a time, carefully bring them to the front of the class to put them away. […]
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KS1 Lesson 4 Starter: Arrival on an Alien planet
Time: 5 mins each Group size: Whole Class/Group Focus Track: Play “Neptune” from The Planets by Holst : https://bit.ly/2FzjPHo Tag words: arriving, landing, spaceship, descending, looking, seeing, hear, smell, feel, music, orchestra, planet, Holst Ask the children to stand and then tell them they are landing on an alien planet! Lead them through the spaceship […]
KS1 Lesson 5 Main 1: Walk like an Alien!
Time: 15 mins Group size: Whole Class Tag words: conducting, sound and movement, actions, walking, step, instruments, percussion, walk, planet, slow, quick Put on the alien hat and tell the pupils that you are going to walk around the room and show you what the alien planet sounds like. Tell them that on every step, […]
KS1 Lesson 1 Main 1: Letter from the European Space Agency
Time: 10 mins Group size: whole class Tag words: reading strategies, phonics, geography, science, alien, planet, letter Arrange for someone from the office to deliver a “Letter from the ESA” letter to the classroom (see associated resources for this printout). It will be most effective and funny/memorable if it is so large that everyone can […]