Nibby visits our class

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We were very lucky to have a visit from Nibby (Arthur's daddy,) a children's book illustrator today. The children listened really well while he talked to them about his job and then they all loved describing their ideas for a dragon to him and he drew them each a dragon!

Thank you very much…

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Snow Much Fun!

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We just had to go out and explore the snowy weather today! We had so much fun! We compared the field to how it was a week ago during the very frosty weather. We practised our under arm throwing with snowballs and our rolling skills to make snow balls. We made a snowman and chose suitable materials…

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Bird Watching

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The Ducklings have enjoyed bird watching today. They have used the shed as a hide!

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Testing magnetic materials

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This week we are thinking about materials and whether they are magnetic or not. The children have even testing their ideas independently as part of our 'Rainbow Challenge'. 

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Testing magnetic materials

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This week we are thinking about materials and whether they are magnetic or not. The children have even testing their ideas independently as part of our 'Rainbow Challenge'. 

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Number writing everywhere

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We are always encouraging the children to practice their letters, sounds and numbers wherever they are and no matter the weather. Opportunities like this are perfect for moving on next steps learning. 

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Junk Model Castles

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Some of the Ducklings have been very creative and have used the junk materials to make their own castles.

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Creative learning

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Fill my purse game!

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We have been learning to recognise the different coins and making amounts of money with various combinations of coins!

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Money maths

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Writing sentences

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The Ducklings have been trying to write sentences, completely independently, with some of the tricky words they have been learning. It's quite tricky to make sure that you start with a capital letter, remember your finger spaces and end with a full stop too! Lots to remember!

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Making bird feeders

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We are helping to feed the birds during the cold winter months by making bird feeders for them. We also hope that it will bring more birds to our garden for us to spot!

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Funky Finger Castles

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We have been using our fine motor skills to carefully place matchsticks and make a castle.

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Magnetic Materials

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We have learnt that a knight's armour would have been made from metal. We have been exploring different objects and their materials to see if they are magnetic or not. We found out that not all metals are magnetic!

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