Reception - Space

Blast off into an exciting outdoor space adventure where children explore astronauts, planets, rocket ships, and moon dust through hands-on, active play. This pack brings your space topic to life with five open-ended, engaging activities that encourage movement, creativity, and deeper learning through practical exploration.

Lesson Plans

Space Enhancement Plan

Get your children engaging with your outdoor provision by exploring space stations, moon dust, astronaut training and rocket ships! Your children will have endless fun exploring this theme outdoors with this pack! Each of these space themed play ideas also offer adult-led learning opportunities to deepen children’s learning through hands-on exploration.

Lines of enquiry:

How do you travel around space?
What is it like to fly in a rocket?
What can you see in space?
How are craters on the moon made?

Space Activity Bank

These outdoor activities bring your space topic to life! Inside there’s 5 open-ended, hands-on and fun activities, with key questions and extension opportunities included. Your children will be encouraged to utilise and move around your whole outdoor space while exploring astronauts, planets and rocket travel!

Lines of enquiry:

What are the planets like in our solar system?
What are stars?
How does an astronaut prepare to go to space?
How do scientists find out about space?
How far can a rocket travel?

Reception Topic Planning Guidance

Use this guidance document alongside our planning to ensure you are able to use them in a way that works for your setting and get the most from the plans.

Before you get started

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