Year One have been using the book Here We Are, written by Oliver Jeffers, as their focus for the current mini topic.
We have looked closely at our planet and the children thought of questions they would like to ask about life on earth.
How many humans live on Earth?
Which is the biggest animal?
Is everybody different?
Why is there so much water?
Using Google Earth, we looked down on our planet from space. Then we zoomed in gradually and found our school. The children were fascinated by the colours of our planet from far away.
Using some water colour paints, we created our very own versions of Earth. The children mixed their own paints and then used a syringe to drop the colours onto some filter paper.
It’s magic! The paint is spreading out!
The colours are joining.
It is light and dark.
The finished planets looked very realistic indeed.
