The School of Play Curriculum
Kindergarten
Week Twenty is a joyful homecoming, inviting students to land back on Earth and celebrate the incredible journey they’ve taken as Playful Astronauts. After travelling through nine planets and exploring nine powerful life skills, this final week gives students time to remember their favourite moments, recognise their personal growth, and honour the friendships and fun that made the mission so special. Through dancing, storytelling, art, movement, and gratitude, students pause to look back on everything they’ve learnt, from kindness and conflict resolution to empathy, resilience, and adaptability, realising just how far they’ve come. Space Station Celebration sets the tone with shared memories and joyful reflection, while My Astronaut Journey Poster invites students to turn their learning into a beautiful visual story they can cherish.
The celebrations continue through movement and appreciation as students proudly “suit up” one last time in the Suit Up Workout, linking each life skill to a meaningful movement that honours their progress and confidence. The week closes with Mission Complete Medals, a heartwarming moment where children create and exchange medals of gratitude, celebrating the classmates who supported, inspired, and laughed alongside them throughout the mission. Week Twenty reminds students that their astronaut journey may be ending, but the life skills they’ve gathered, kindness, resilience, playfulness, empathy, and more, are theirs to carry into the world. With full hearts and bright futures, your Playful Astronauts complete their mission with pride, sparkle, and a sense of wonder. Mission complete.
Weekly Lessons
Space Station Celebration
Space Station Celebration is a joyful final activity that brings the whole class together to reflect on their nine-week Playful Astronauts journey. Students revisit each planet and the life skill learned, from kindness to adaptability, while celebrating how much they’ve grown. Decorating the room as a space station or rocket adds excitement and wonder, helping students feel proud of their achievements as they step back into the story one last time. This shared reflection reinforces confidence, connection, and a sense of accomplishment among the entire crew.
The celebration continues with movement, music, imaginative play, and a circle-sharing reflection where students talk about their favourite planets, life skills, and moments from their adventure. Whether they dance, pilot the pretend rocket, or show a movement that represents their favourite skill, every student gets to shine. The activity concludes with an optional Astronaut Graduation, recognising each child’s learning and growth. This uplifting finale strengthens classroom community and sends students forward feeling joyful, confident, and ready for their next mission.
My Astronaut Journey Poster
My Astronaut Journey Poster is a creative reflection activity where students visually retell their nine-week adventure through the planets and life skills of The Playful Astronauts. By drawing each planet and adding symbols that represent the skills they learned, like kindness, vulnerability, confidence, or resilience, students build a meaningful timeline of their own growth. This art-based task invites them to remember, celebrate, and make sense of everything they explored, helping deepen their understanding while strengthening memory and emotional reflection.
The poster becomes a personal map of their space journey, decorated with planets, stars, and scenes unique to each learner. As students share their posters with the class, they practise communication and take pride in the progress they’ve made across all nine planets. Just like astronauts returning from a mission, students look back on where they’ve been and recognise the skills they now carry with them into new adventures, kindness, courage, playfulness, empathy, adaptability, and more.
Suit Up Workout
Suit Up Workout is a playful, energising movement circuit that helps students celebrate and embody all nine life skills from The Playful Astronauts journey. As they move through each planet-themed action, like gentle hugs for kindness on Earth, bouncy resilience on Uranus, or a confident power pose on Jupiter, students strengthen their memory of the skills while engaging their whole body. The activity reinforces emotional awareness, physical coordination, and the joyful connection between movement and well-being.
By guiding students through each planet one by one, the Suit Up Workout becomes a physical retelling of their space adventure, allowing them to reflect on what they’ve learned in a dynamic, memorable way. The session ends with deep breaths and a celebratory group moment, helping students recognise how far they’ve come and how these skills prepare them to “launch” into everyday life with confidence, kindness, and adaptability. This whole-body celebration fosters teamwork, pride, and a positive sense of identity as Playful Astronauts.
Mission Complete Medals
Mission Complete Medals is a joyful end-of-journey celebration where students create their own paper medals and give them to classmates as a way of sharing kindness, gratitude, and recognition. Each medal includes a drawing or message that highlights something positive about the recipient, such as their bravery, helpfulness, or friendship, allowing students to reflect on the connections and support they’ve experienced throughout their Playful Astronauts adventure. This creative act not only reinforces the life skills learned but also deepens students’ appreciation for one another.
The heart of the activity lies in the exchange moment, where students proudly present their medals and explain why they chose that person. This builds confidence, empathy, and emotional expression as students speak kindly and receive kind words in return. The classroom becomes a space filled with celebration and encouragement, strengthening unity and reminding every young astronaut that their efforts, kindness, and presence have made the journey meaningful for everyone.
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