Home Learning- Planets in our Solar System

For "home learning" this week we have set the children the challenge of learning the names of the nine planets in our Solar System.
A helpful sentence to remind the children of the names of the planets , as well as their order from the Sun, is as follows:
"My very east method just speeds up naming planets!"
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

We have also suggested that the children "track the moon":
Early in the evening, sit by the window and look out at the Moon. Put a piece of Bluetack (or something sticky) on the window in line with the Moon.
Go back to the same place in front of the window later in the night and see how much the position of the Moon has changed.

Have a good weekend,
Duncan MacBean