The Planets on the Bus!

29/2/2020

After a little break at half term we have resumed for the next instalment! And that part has been to develop our little song for the planets.

It is one of those joyful experiences when learning takes on a life of its own – when knowledge is learned, and then developed and applied.

The children had really enjoyed singing ‘Uranus on the bus spins on its side, on its side, on its side. Uranus on the bus spins on its side all day long!’

It naturally followed then that it was only fair to the other planets to include them in the song too.
So this week’s blog post is our very own song – ‘The planets on the bus’! (not surprisingly sung to the same tune as the ‘Wheels on the Bus’).

I will say now that contextual knowledge from the children has been applied. We also add in actions which is great fun – I like pretending to duck from the meteorites.

The sun on the bus shines like a star, like a star, like a star. The sun on the bus shines like a star all day long.

Mercury on the bus you have to duck, have to duck, have to duck. Mercury on the bus you have to duck all day long.

Venus on the bus is very hot, very hot, very hot. Venus on the bus is very hot all day long.

Earth on the bus we drink and breathe, drink and breathe, drink and breathe. Earth on the bus we drink and breathe all day long.

Jupiter on the bus has lightning storms, lightning storm, lightning storm. Jupiter on the bus has lightning storms all day long.

Saturn on the bus has rings of ice, rings of ice, rings of ice. Saturn on the bus has rings of ice all day long.

Uranus on the bus spins on its side, on its side, on its side. Uranus on the bus spins on its side all day long.

Neptune on the bus is very cold, very cold very cold. Neptune on the bus is very cold all day long.

And that’s all folks! For the planets that is. Although we will be singing that with wonderful abandon at our end of term Singing Circle! Hooray hooray!

In other news this week we eagerly and happily celebrated Shrove Tuesday by emptying our larders and making pancakes. Yum yum and yum. Even better when we ate the pancakes for our snack. Demolished!

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