Making 'lemon and limeade!'

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The Ducklings were enjoying some messy play fun in the sun, squeezing lemons and limes to make some potions.

    

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fine motor Creative learning Messy play

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Capacity

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This week and next we are learning about capacity. The children are pouring a given amount of liquid into the cups to create a full, nearly full, half full, nearly empty and empty cup.

     

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maths capacity

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Symmetrical patterns

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In maths this week we have been looking at making more complex patterns and some of us have made symmetrical patterns using natural objects that we found in the garden.

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maths patterns

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Little Chicks Inspirational Sport Star

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Our Inspirational Sport Star is Kieran from Fleetwood Town. Little Chicks enjoy all the football skills, games and exercises he teaches us.

Today we had Jayden for our PE lesson as Kieran was away, we will present Kieran with his certificate on his return.

Jayden introduced the Pirate game…

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Physical development Healthy living week

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Road safety Part 1

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Today, the Ducklings started the first part of their road safety training to help them to be a safer pedestrian. We have talked about how to always hold an adult's hand when out and about near a road ot to hold onto a pram or shopping bag, if the adult's hands are not free. We have learnt about…

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Road safety

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A Science Visitor

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On Friday we were lucky to be able to end our fantastic science week with a visit from Mrs Haigh. She works for the Environment Agency and was able to tell us about the different jobs that her and her colleagues do and how we can help to look after the environments around us. Thank you very much,…

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environment Science week 2023

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A message by boat

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As part of science week the whole school are doing investigations to pass on a message. The Ducklings explored sending their message across water. They had to create a boat and think about the materials they would need for this and how to get their boat to move. Once across the water a friend…

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investigation Understanding the World Science week 2023

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From field to fork

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Today, in science, we have been talking about where our food comes from and how it is grown and gets to our plate. 

We watched a video about broccoli and how it is grown and what happens to it before it gets to our supermarkets.

We went to our school garden and looked at all of the plants…

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Growing plants and seeds Science week 2023

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Jelly

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Little Chicks made strawberry and raspberry jelly. They engaged in the process of solid to liquid, liquid to solid.

Solid cubes of jelly.                Hot water added by the adult.           Cold water added and the cubes dissolved.

Placed in ice bags.                   Put in the…

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Singing Science week 2023

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Letter of the week W

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Little Chicks are learning the letter of the week W they found objects beginning with W they wrote the letter W in the air, they learnt the W jolly song and wrote W on their white boards following Captain Seasalt on treasure island.

They used the smart board to choose which picture began with…

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writing Singing Letter of the week

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A visit from The Bird Man

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What a wonderful treat we had this week when we had a visit from Alan, also know as 'The Bird Man'. We got to meet a hawk, an eagle and a barn owl, learning all about their habitats, what food they eat and how they are adapted to hunt and survive. The even got to show off their amazing wings when…

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science Speaking and Listening Understanding the World Science week 2023

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Connecting with the Outdoor environment

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As part of Science week we have been connecting with our outdoor spaces to explore which creatures share these spaces with us. We found so many minibeasts, some in unexpected places, and loved finding out about their habitat. 

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science Understanding the World Science week 2023

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