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The Little Red Hen
The Ducklings have loved reading the traditional tale of The Little Red Hen and now know it so well that they love acting it out and retelling it using the repetitive story language.
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reading traditional tales Speaking and ListeningTaller and shorter
Our maths challenge was to make a tower and compare it with our talking partner to see who had the tallest and who had the shortest.
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measure mathsHeight Order
As part of our maths challenge, we had to sort ourselves into height order. We then used comparative vocabulary such as tallest, shortest, taller, shorter.
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measure activemathsHot Seating
Some of the Ducklings sat in the 'hot seat' and pretended to be the Little Red Hen. The rest of the class asked them some interesting questions!
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traditional tales Speaking and ListeningGuided Reading
In guided reading we have enjoyed reading and retelling the story of the Little Red Hen.
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reading traditional tales Speaking and ListeningSharing stories
The Ducklings throughly enjoyed reading The Little Red Hen story. They also brought in their own versions from home and enjoyed telling each other the different stories as well as talking about the similarities and differences between them.
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reading traditional tales Speaking and ListeningBalancing
Outside the Ducklings practise their balancing skills in different ways.
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outdoor learning Physical developmentPhoneme Hopscotch
We have been assessing which sounds that we have learnt that the children can recall. We made it into a fun outdoor game so they could practise their hopping and jumping skills at the same time too!
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outdoor learning phonicsPrickly Leaf Hedgehog
The Ducklings and Little chicks found a very good use for all of the fallen autumn leaves. Do you like our giant prickly leaf hedgehog?
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outdoor learning Autumn Creative learningDucklings PE
Last week we warmed up by playing scarecrow tig before practising our under arm throwing at a targets.
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eyfs pe ThrowingAutumn Welly Walks
The children enjoyed going on walks around the school grounds to look for signs of Autumn. We found acorns, berries, fir cones, beautiful coloured leaves and even three squirrels collecting acorns.
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outdoor learning AutumnCommunication in Maths
In our practical, whole class Maths sessions this week we have been working in teams to place ourselves in height order. Activities such as these are an excellent way to promote communication and language skills, team building and nurture leadership roles.
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