Describing space (KS2)

Teacher notes

Students will explore the Lucy space mission storyworld, where they’ll meet astronomer Cathy. Having explored the storyworld and the documentary film, students will be asked to write a description of the view into space, taken from the Lucy space craft. You may want to allow more than one lesson to complete this task, depending on how quickly students complete their planning and writing. This setting description could also be used as part of a longer piece of narrative writing. **Lyfta core themes:** Learning & Growth, Professions & entrepreneurship, Technology & engineering. **Lyfta core skills and values:** Adaptability & flexibility, Coaching & mentoring, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Critical thinking, Decision making, Leadership, Lifelong learning, Professionalism, Self-motivation, Work Ethic. **SDGs:** 9. **English KS2 National Curriculum skills** **Year 3/4 writing composition:** - Plan their writing by discussing ideas - Building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures - Organise paragraphs around a theme - In narratives, creating settings - Evaluate and edit writing by assessing the effectiveness of their own writing and suggesting improvements. **Year 5/6 writing composition:** - Plan their writing by noting and developing initial ideas - Selecting appropriate vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning - Structure their writing by using a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs - Evaluate and edit writing by assessing the effectiveness of their own writing - Evaluate and edit writing by proposing changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning.