Swansea Primary School eNewsletter

Grade One and Two Class

Grade 1/2 students were so amazed when they witnessed the recent aurora in our Skys that we decided to get curious and are inquiring into the big question...

What's above us?

Here is some of our first thinking.

We Wonder

How did the Aurora happen?- Lincoln

Is it an alien invasion?- Abbey

How did the aurora start?- Molly

What else is up there?- Lucas

Is there aliens up there?- Carlix

Is there another one coming?- Max

How does the aurora work?- Bella

I wonder how the aurora works. – Noah

I wonder about space tunnels.- Eli

We Know

Planets and stars.- Molly

Milky Way and satellites are up in the sky- Abbey

The world is spinning, the aurora stays in one place and it goes up and down so everyone in the whole entire world , in different countries gets to see it.- Matilda

There is a giant whale that vomits the aurora.- Adele

Lights are above us and clouds.- Piper

The sun is up there and there is a whole universe. – Lincoln

The aliens use the space junk to make something that makes yucky chemical colours and that is how the aurora works. - Rydae

We were so inspired by the colours of the aurora that we have created some art using the 'wet on wet' watercolour technique. Some students even decided to add silhouettes.

We wrote about what we saw using our senses...

I saw it in the water.

I hear the waves crashing.

I smell the water.

I taste the salty water.

I feel the sand on my feet.

Adele

I see the aurora move in the air in rainbow colours.

I hear the wind in the air.

I smell my dogs and tea.

I feel the wind.

Piper

I see blue and green and pink

I hear smooth wind.

I feel the wind in the car window.

Noah

I see rainbow colours moving in the air.

I hear crickets chirping.

I taste dinner.

I feel tired and hungry.

Lincoln

I see lots of glowing lights drifting around the sky.

I hear crickets chirping loudly in my ear.

I smell minty breath floating in my nose trying to get out.

I taste the windy air float through the gaps of my cold teeth.

I feel happy and calm and nice and warm.

Abbey

I see rainbows

I hear the wind blowing in the trees.

I feel Dad’s crayfish prickling my hand.

Max