Unit Award Scheme

demonstrated the ability to

1. recite the order of the planets in our solar system

2. state that in one year there are 365 days or 52 weeks or 12 months

3. classify the planets, moons and sun as spheres

4. state that the moon is a rock that orbits the Earth in 28 days and describe how its shape changes over a month

5. recognise the sun is a star which is important to life on Earth, providing us with warm and light

6. carry out research on all the planets in the solar system to find out if it is a rock or gas planet and how many moons it has

7. recite the months in order

8. describe the rotation of the Earth on its axis and state this takes one day which is why there is day and night

9. state that the earth orbits the sun and that this takes one year

shown knowledge of

10. the fact that the planets in the solar system orbit the sun.