Remembering which order the planets come in can be difficult, so why not teach your class the following tricks? You could also ask the children to try to make up their own!

(all lists should be read downwards)

The International Astronomical Union have voted to change the status of Pluto. The lists at the bottom of this page are therefore no longer correct. However, they are still valuable ways of remembering the order of the planets... just remember that Pluto is now classed as a "dwarf planet".

Denise Dickens also gave the following useful advice:

If you get confused as to which M comes first remember, never put a Mars bar near the sun.
(It will melt!)