Beegu in Year R!

It all started when Mrs Donnachie came into Year R Monday morning and said, “There’s some sort of spacecraft that has crashed in the front playground. Mr Taylor is busy in the big field because it’s Sports Day. Can you go and check it out?” We said, “YES!” We crept outside to the front field and spotted something odd in the bushes. Miss Shore checked it out first, to make sure it was safe. When she was sure it was safe, two children went for a closer look and found… a ‘top secret’ box inside the crashed rocket ship! We looked in the box and discovered some sort of memory chip inside. Luckily, our computer could read the message and….there was a message from a lovely little alien named ‘Beegu’! She wants to visit earth but her mummy and daddy said she only has time to visit one school. She doesn't know which school to choose!!

We’ve decided to help convince her to visit us by writing letters! We each wrote a letter to Beegu to tell her why Oakwood is the best! We then chose the correct size envelope, wrote her space address on the front and went to the office to ask for it to please be posted. We estimated that, because it was going so far, it would need 20 stamps!

We designed our own rocket ships using a plan and then used the plan to construct it using any kind of construction we liked.

We explored ‘moon dust’ and used it to help us learn about capacity and weight. We practised filling-up different sized containers and predicted which would hold the most and which would be the heaviest.

We used ‘splotches’ of paint and straws to make funny aliens pictures which then we hung in the role-play.

We did funny alien dances to the song, ‘Men in Black’. We recorded them and watched them back in class!

What a fun week!

We hope to see Beegu very soon at Oakwood!