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When a spaceship crash landed in a day nursery’s grounds, the children were inspired to go on an out-of-this-world mission to investigate the site, rescue an alien and send him back to space.
Staff at Treetops Nursery Alton Manor in Belper, Derbyshire – part of the Busy Bees group – were challenged by their regional manager to plan a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) focus. Children had been showing an interest in aliens and space-related activities after sharing The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers and Beegu by Alexis Deacon, so staff felt developing this area would be ideal.
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