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A note for parents...This PDF has all resources needed for the week’s history learning.

The days are clearly marked.

The Learning Objectives (LO) tell you the historical skill that the children should be practising.

Each day ends with a “Your Turn” slide which outlines the children’s activity for the day.

Your child will need • Home learning book• Writing pencil and colouring pencils• Access to the internet – copy and paste the links into your web browser. If

for some reason they do not work, we have also written the name of the video along with a screenshot from it to help you find it

• They may also need some help with reading

HISTORY OF SPACE

There is lots to learn about

space! In Year 1 we will be

learning about the history of

space and, in particular, we will

be learning about astronauts

What is it like to be an astronaut?

MONDAYLO: I can use historical sources to learn

I can order events in chronological order

I know when important events happened

What is it like to be an astronaut?

What is HISTORY

• In History we learn about the past

• It is interesting to learn about important people

and events that came before us

• We can learn about history using different

sources

• What do you use to learn about things?

Write a list of sources in your

Home Learning book

SourcesDid you think of these sources?

Books

Television

Photographs

People who have

done something

amazing

People we knowDiaries

Tim Peake!

Museums

This is a fact file

• He died in 1968 in a fighter jet crash

Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in 108 minutes.

He is a space hero!

Quick Quiz!Can you find out these facts from the fact file?

1. Why is Yuri Gagarin famous?

2. Where was Yuri Gagarin from?

3. When did he enter space?

4. How long did it take him to orbit the Earth?

What do you think “orbit” means?

Timeline

• The next page shows a timeline

• It shows a list of important events

• The events are in chronological order

• This means they go from oldest to newest

• Timelines help us to understand when things

happen

Can you see the oldest event?

Which is the most recent?

Timeline of Astronauts

1960

Yuri

Gagarin

First man

in space

1963

Valentina

Tereshkova

First

woman in

space

1969

Neil

Armstrong

First man

on the

moon

1991

Helen

Sharman

First British

astronaut

2001

Dennis Tito

First space

tourist

2004

Ticket to

space

available for

the public to

buy

2015

Tim Peake

Launched to

International

Space

Station

Where would your birth be on this timeline?

1947

Fruit flies

First

animals

sent to

space

1959

Able and

Baker

First animals

to survive a

space mission

Your turn!

• Create a timeline

• Draw your timeline in your Home Learning book

• You could...– Create a space timeline– Create a timeline of your life– Create a timeline of something else that interests you

• Timelines MUST be in chronological order – the oldest goes first, the newest goes last

• Try to include about 6 events on your timeline

• Try to include your birth

TUESDAYLO: I can name some space animals

I can discuss why animals were sent to space

I can share my thoughts about historical events

What is it like to be an astronaut?

The Space Race• USSR (Russia) and USA (America) were both very excited to learn about space

• Both countries helped us learn more about how to get to space

• Space travel was very dangerous

• They decided to send animals before humans to make sure it was safe

• Read the article on this webpage –

you don‟t need to watch the video:

“BBC NewsRound: Why are animals sent into

space?”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/21248238

Timeline of Animal Astronauts

1957

Laika

First dog in space

USSR

1960

Belka and Strelka

went with a rabbit, 42

mice, 2 rats and flies.

All survived!

USSR

1961

Ham the

Chimp

USA

Where would your birth be on this timeline?

1959

Able and Baker

First animals to

survive a space

mission

USA

1947

Fruit flies

First

animal in

space

USA

1949

Albert II

First monkey

in space

USSR

You could use the Kiddle search engine for this!

Your Turn!

Why animals should be sent to space

Why animals should not be sent to space

Copy this table into your Home Learning book and fill it in with your thoughts on the issue of animals in space.

WEDNESDAYLO: I know about female astronauts

I can answer questions about historical events

What is it like to be an astronaut?

Did you know that a lot of women have gone to space?

The first female astronaut was called ValentinaTereshkova. She was from Russia. She went to space in 1963.

The first British astronaut was a woman. Her name was Helen Sharman. She went to space in 1991.

Now watch this...NewsRound: Meet the first women in Space

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44493391

Your turn

On the St Mary’s website’s Home Learning page

there are two reading challenges.

“Apples – Women in Space reading”

has some information on Valentina Tereshkova – try this if you read pink, red, yellow or blue books

“Bananas – Women in Space reading”

has some extra tricky information – try this if you read green, orange, turquoise or purple books (or if you fancy a challenge!)

Read the one you choose and answer the questions

THURSDAYLO: I know about the first moon landing

I know who Neil Armstrong is

What is it like to be an astronaut?

The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Where did it start?• July 16th 1969

• USA

• The Saturn V rocket was launched

• It was the biggest rocket ever built

• 111 metres high – taller than the Statue of Liberty

• Weight – 2.9 MILLION kilograms

Who?Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin

Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong

The Saturn V rocket blastsinto space.

The moment when Saturn V’s F1 engines fired, launching it from its tower.

The Apollo 11 crew took 4 days to reach the Moon.

Armstrong and Aldrin climbed into the Eagle Lunar Module

They landed on the Moon.

Collins stayed in the Columbia Command Module.

The Columbia Command Module at the National Air and Space Museum in the USA.

The Eagle Lunar Module which carried Armstrong and Aldrin

down to the land on the Moon.

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on

the moon. He and Aldrin walked around for three hours. They did

experiments. They picked up bits of moon dirt and rocks. They put a

U.S. flag on the moon. They also left a sign on the moon.

Neil Armstrong said:“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”

Now watch this...“Apollo 11 Moon Landing”

https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/vid

eos/space/moonlanding.html

Your TurnUse what you have learnt to create your own poster about the moon

landing.

You must include these words:

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

• Moon

• Apollo 11

• Eagle

• Neil Armstrong’s famous quote

You must include pictures of:

• The moon

• Saturn V Rocket

You could even add labels to your drawings, subheadings and fun facts!

FRIDAYLO: I know who Tim Peake is

I know about recent important events

I know what it was like to be an astronaut

What is it like to be an astronaut?

This is Tim Peake

He went to space on 15th December 2015.

When were you born?

Were you born before or after Tim went to space?

What about your parents and siblings?

Major Tim Peake became the first British astronaut inspace for over 20 years.

He was in the army and he was a helicopter pilot.

He blasted off to the International Space Station on15th December 2015.

He went in a Russian Soyuz rocket launched fromKazakhstan.

As part of his training he has learnt Russian, spent 12 days under the sea and completed a winter survival mission.

Photo courtesy of Defence Images and bisgovuk (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence –

attribution

He used the gym on-board to ensure his muscles stayed strong.

Major Peake lived aboard

the International Space

Station for 6 months

conducting experiments.

He spoke to many school

children on Earth.

The International Space Station (ISS) is the size of a football field.

It travels at a speed of 17 500 mph at a height of 240 miles above

Earth and completes an orbit every 90 mins!

Photo courtesy of NASA Goddard Photo and Video, UC Davis College of Engineering, ikewinski, international space station – theglobalpanorama (@flickr.com) and NASA (@flickr.com) - granted under

creative commons licence – attribution

Major Peake returned to Earth on the 18th June 2016 via a Soyuz capsule which reached speeds of up to 28000 kilometres per hour!

Major Peake‟s first impression of

Earth was that the smells were

really strong.

Astronauts feel strange when they

return from space because of the

change in gravity.

Major Peake said he felt „terrible‟

shortly after his landing but quickly

began to feel better.

186 – Days in Space.

10 – The ISS moves 10 times faster than the speed of a bullet.

2800 – Approximate number of orbits of the Earth made.

114,240,000 – Approximate number of kilometres travelled by Tim Peake

during his time aboard the International Space Station.

5 cm – Temporarily, Major Peake could be up to 5cm taller than he was

when he left Earth!

1 – Number of times Tim Peake dialled the wrong number from space

and asked “Is that Planet Earth?”

Tim Peake’s Mission in Numbers

Now watch this...

#CosmicClassroom - the full lesson from astronaut Tim Peake aboard the International Space Station

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRuBvf-Qrno&t=459s

Your Turn!

Now YOU must become Tim Peake.

Imagine you are him, living on a

Space Station.

Write a letter to a friend at home

telling them what its like to live in

space!

Here is one by Miss Capel...

Dear Mrs Hallen,

I am up here at the Space Station! The ride here was rather bumpy but we made it here safe and sound. There are lots of cool things you can do here. First of all, there is no gravity which makes simple tasks very tricky.

I am enjoying doing summersaults and back flips. However, when I sleep I have to strapped in which can be a little uncomfortable. Eating can also be a challenge and I have to eat out of special packets which I heat up. I have been doing my exercises on a treadmill which again I have to be strapped to

My most favourite thing to do is to look down at planet earth and see how beautiful it is.

Is everyone on Earth okay?

From

Tim

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