Reflective accounts - I had to consider whether the children would enjoy the activity and gain more knowledge and understanding from the activity about the solar system.

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Practice Evidence Record Diary.

Unit 7 -Task 1

P7.1

When organising the activity I had to consider how long the activity would take and if it would be better if all the children participated altogether or in smaller groups. I had to consider whether the children would enjoy the activity and gain more knowledge and understanding from the activity about the solar system.

I linked this to the children's curriculum.

Knowledge, skills and understanding

Light and sound

3. Pupils should be taught:

* Light and dark

* To identify different light sources, including the Sun

* That darkness is the absence of light

P7.2-

Before doing the activity the teacher asked the children to try and remember as many planets as possible they could think of and list them. For example The Sun, mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. To help children memorize the names of the planets and their positions in the solar system i came up with an acrostic poem. For example:

My (Mercury)

Very (Venus)

Excited (Earth)

Mother (Mars)

Just (Jupiter)

Served (Saturn)