The children’s learning at the moment knows no bounds. We are all amazed at how much we have found out about space travel and the moon!
Did you know?
There is nothing but stars and darkness all around in space.
It takes four whole days to reach the moon.
When the astronauts get there they have to climb into a little spaceship.
To go outside the astronauts have to put on a special suit.
The spacesuits carry are so they can breathe.
The Moon is silent and dusty.
There are huge mountains and big holes.
There are no trees, water, animals or people on the moon
On the moon, you feel very light and floaty, when you walk around you take big bouncy strides!
Astronauts sometimes go exploring in Moon buggies. They collect moon rocks to bring back home.
You can see our world from the Moon.
Our Wow space words include:
Gravity
Asteroids
Craters
Oxygen
Shooting star
We have also found out about the new James Webb telescope sent into space in December. It’s looking for the oldest star.
Click here to see a rocket launch!
Key Person’s blog
This has proved to be another amazing week here at Nursery. There have been lots of discussions about space and the children have asked many questions asked including.... what do Astronauts eat? How many astronauts can fit into the space shuttle? How wide is the capsule? We discovered that it is 2.7 meters wide and we measured it out on the floor using masking tape. It was a squash and a squeeze for three people!!! How do the astronauts manage????
We have created rockets using a variety of materials and many space puzzles have been completed including pictures of planets, space shuttles, moon buggies and the moon. The children have all decorated and cut out their own rocket for our super display. Using their existing rocket knowledge some children accepted the challenge to create a replica rocket using only certain materials. This included the three primary colours....can your child name them? Click here to watch the video we liked!
The children created their own obstacle course in the garden, and we have also been practicing our throwing skills using ‘Moon Rocks’ instead of balls! There has also been some hopping, jumping and Alien splatting! What a busy week!
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
Michelle, Frances, Colette, Hannah, and Justine.
Here is a small collection of this weeks learning at nursery!
