Space is not on the KS1 science curriculum in England, but young children love it. These are pitched at ages 5 to 7 and work well for early observation and talk.
Curriculum links last reviewed November 2026.
Short video lessons for young children with Orby, our Earth mascot.
name some of the lights they can see in the night sky, and say which ones are made by people.
Watch one Lights in the Sky lesson together, then pupils draw what they might see from their bedroom window tonight.
Free printable colouring pages starring Orby, in A4 and US Letter, each tied to a short video lesson.
talk about what they have drawn: a rocket, the Moon, a satellite or the ISS.
Print one page per pupil. While they colour, ask each table one question about their picture.
Your class's art and postcards flown to space and back with Club for the Future. Free to take part.
design a postcard about why space matters to them, and see it go to space.
Each pupil designs one postcard. Follow the steps on the page to send the class set together.
How to tell a plane, a planet, a satellite and a star apart.
sort lights in the sky into natural ones and ones made by people.
Show four mystery lights on the board. The class votes on each one, then checks the answer with the guide.
These are our suggestions for where each tool fits. Always preview a page before using it with a class: some tools show ads, these school pages do not.
Orby's Space Academy uses US spelling.
Know a better fit for your year group, or a topic we have missed? Tell us and we will add it.
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