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Please note: After carrying out an extensive risk assessment, it has been decided not to open to the wider school on 1st June 2020. This situation will be reviewed again in two weeks time. Please continue to take care and stay safe.......If any already contacted parent needs childcare please email schooloffice@blessedjohnduckett.net. We will do our best to accommodate your needs. For information about coronavirus please go to Useful Information for Parents - Coronavirus......... For Fr Nick's Sunday sermon please visit Community - Our Church, Our Diocese

Earth, Sun and Moon

I know that the Earth, Sun and Moon are spherical. [ball-shaped]

I know and can explain that different parts of the Earth face the Sun during the course of the day and where it is day and night

I can explain that the apparent movement of the Sun is a result of the Earth rotating or spinning

I know that the Earth spins on its own axis

I know that the Earth takes one year to make one complete orbit of the Sun

I know and can explain the different phases of the Moon

I know that the Moon orbits the Earth once every 28 days

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