Sept. 23, 2022
World Space Week is a United Nations declared celebration of space held annually from 4th to 10th October. It is the largest space event on Earth, with thousands of events held in 96 countries. These events are organized by thousands of organisations, including space agencies, aerospace companies, astronomy clubs and museums.
Every year, World Space Week Association selects a theme and in 2022 World Space Week (WSW) celebrates “Space and Sustainability”, looking at both sustainability in space and sustainability from space.
There are lots of Space resources within Purple mash and Serial mash that you can use during World Space week, to infinity and beyond!
The Dark side of Elpmis is a 2 part multi-tool interactive game that transports children right to the heart of the action. They are trainee astronauts on a routine training mission exploring the planet Elpmis, but when things don’t go to plan how will they react? This activity uses a mix of Purple Mash tools from 2Create a Story to 2Email and the new version of 2Publish.
Other resources within Purple Mash that focus on space include a solar system scene that students can create and write about, perhaps with information about each planet or a hand mnemonic to remember the names, or they could create a guide to the planets in the Solar System. Students can make use of our Planets Database in 2Investigate to find out the answers to a range of questions in our Planet Quiz. They can also practice their coding skills by sending a rocket to space using 2Code and creating a countdown to launch. We also have a range of printable resources for Space that are perfect if you do not have access to devices.
You could also fuel children’s imagination with the Aliens folder. Deep inside here there are all kinds of extra-terrestrial-themed creative writing projects, paint projects and even some database enquiries using 2Investigate. Following on from that, you can also find some more advanced space-themed database enquiry exercises in our new game Data Detectives.
There is also a tab of resources within EYFS area Mini Mash, including Pictures and labels for the classroom. Alongside this are a range of paint projects and writing projects all themed around Space, and of course there's our popular Mashcams. There is so much to use during World Space Week that you can take your class' imaginations to infinity, and beyond!
Serpents of the Nebula within recently updated online library Serial Mash would be perfect to read during World Space Week. It tells the story of when the spaceship HMS Horizon is attached by mighty space serpents, Tazz and Julam find they are the only ones who can help save the ship. There are 5 chapters perfect for guided reading or whole class reading, each accompanied by a range of grammar, comprehension and writing activities.
The White Star Chronicles is a series of 4 Serial Mash books from the Fire Bolts library, designed to motivate and promote eager reading. The books follow space pirate Sam and his family who seem to have the whole galaxy after them as they travel through the universe. How will they fare against the Overlords?
Serial Mash is an ever-growing online library of guided reading books and comprehension activities aimed at children aged 5-11. A new chapter, writing activities and guided reading resources is released each week and any Serial Mash books that children read are automatically recorded in their online reading journal.
