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Celebrating Holi
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We had a lovely morning celebrating the Hindu festival Holi. It is when Hindus say goodbye to winter and welcome spring. We listened to stories of how families celebrate by throwing coloured powder over each other!! We were very lucky to have a visitor who showed us how to make rangoli patterns…
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Ordering the length of objects
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Some children were able to order planks from the builders' shed according to their length. They could say which was the shortest and longest.
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Comparing length
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We have been finding different objects to put in order of their length outside.
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Making pet homes
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The children have been making homes for pets at the workshop table. The children have worked together as a group talking about their ideas and listening to the ideas of others. Some have made a kennel, a hamster cage and an aquarium! Am sure there will be more to come!
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Celebrating Chinese New Year
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The children have loved pretending in our Chinese restaurant role play area, eating noodles at the snack table, making Chinese lanterns, dragon dancing, painting Chinese symbols and using chopsticks! It was a lovely end to the half term. Thank you to all of the parents and carers who were able to…
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Paying for our bus tickets
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The Ducklings were able to put their mathematics skills to good use when paying for their bus tickets on our trip out.
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Our Naughty Bus Trip
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The Ducklings have loved reading the Naughty Bus story and ended the topic with a lovely trip out on a real double decker!
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Fine Motor Skills
We have had great fun at the snack table using tools carefully to practise our cutting, chopping, slicing, folding and spreading skills! We made delicious healthy sandwiches! They were yummy!
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Maths Problem Solving
We have been problem solving at the snack table! The children have been able to come and pay the correct price for their snacks using 1p and 2p coins!
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Sorting Toys
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The children have been busy sorting the toys according to the different materials they are made of.
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Old Toys
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As part of our topic all about toys we have been looking at some very old toys. We have compared them with the toys that we have today. This doll which we were able to hold and look at was at least 100 years old!
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Exploring the icy weather!
This week the very cold conditions have left some fantastic ice in our playground for us to explore! We learnt some new words like transparent, jagged and solid.
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