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Making (and eating!) Fruit Salad
As part of our 'Healthy Living Week' the Ducklings have been learning about healthy foods, what makes a balanced diet and food groups. We chose the food group of fruit and decided to make a delicious fruit salad. The children peeled, chopped and segmented the fruits and added juices. Most…
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A visit from The Bird Man
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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Connecting with the Outdoor environment
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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Making Connections
Our topic during Science week this week is exploring the concept of 'Making Connections'. The children have loved going outside and exploring and connecting with our immediate environment. We have been discussing the animals and insects that we might see in our surroundings.
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Nature Detectives
The Ducklings have loved talking about the different habitats we might find around our school and what we might find living there. They looked under logs and rocks, in our pond, on the field and in the flower beds to see what living things they could find. They found worms, earwigs, spiders, ants,…
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Bird Man Visit
The Ducklings and Little Chicks loved our visitor Alan Ames (AKA The Birdman) today. He brought with him a hawk, a barn owl and the most spectacular bald eagle. They listened well and learnt lots of amazing facts. Ask them to tell you what they have learnt.
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Our New Arrivals
Today, the Ducklings got to meet three of our newly hatched Ducklings called Honey, Rupert and Margot. They are teaching us lots about life cycles, as well as just simply being gorgeous! They are now out of the incubator and are currently living in their animal…
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A visit from spring lambs
Today we had a visit from two adorable, four week old lambs. Luckily for us, our very our Mrs Richardson is married to a farmer and is so knowledgeable about how to rear and care for the lambs. The children got the opportunity to stroke and handle the lambs if they wished to. They observed their…
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Our Eggcellent Experiment!
This week we have been asking the question, 'Which is the best material to stop a hard boiled egg from smashing when dropped?'
The children selected materials...poms poms, play dough and cotton wool. We talked about how to make it a fair test and Bodhi suggested that we drop the eggs from the…
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Our EGGsperiment!
We wanted to investigate the best material to protect an egg when dropped. The children decided that it needed to be something soft. They chose play dough, pom-poms and cotton wool to test out. They suggested ways to keep the test fair, such as dropping the eggs from the same height and onto the…
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Observing Spring Flowers
The Ducklings have been learning about the changing seasons and the signs that spring has arrived. They have been using their scientific skills of careful observation to find out more about the changing and growing spring plants.
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Making pancakes
Making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday was fun and we got to learn about the changes that happen when you mix different ingredients together and cook them.
The best bit was definitely eating them though!
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