Early Years girls at Maltman's Green go Interstellar

In their first WOW! morning of the academic year, the Early Years girls at Maltman's Green School took a rocket ship into space!

WOW! mornings at Maltman's Green are a wonderful way to bring all the Early Years girls together, from their Little Malties day-care to girls in reception, to learn through a topic-based approach. As it was a special WOW! day, the girls came to school dressed for their space adventure. There were astronauts, stars, rockets and planets. When everyone had assembled, they pressed the launch button and set the sat nav for outer space!

The morning progressed with a series of space-themed activities that got the girls’ creative juices flowing, helped teach them about planets and the solar system, and improved their dexterity, motor skills and team-work skills.

‘Star’ bracelet making proved to be an extremely popular activity and the threading certainly developed the girls’ fine motor skills. A creative collage to make four different planets allowed the girls to use their collaborative skills, whilst also learning about sorting colours. Junk modelling was the next activity and the girls were keen to make choices about which box, bottle or piece of paper they wanted to use for their models. There were also some sheets where the girls could design their own alien or rocket ship using their wonderful imaginations.

Sadly, the morning had to come to a close, and it did so with a reading of the popular story ‘Whatever Next’ where the main character wants to go to the moon.

It was certainly a WOW! morning for all who were involved. They had a blast!