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Grandparents Afternoon 3/10/22
We were very lucky to have our Grandparents join us in school this afternoon. It was lovely to share our learning with them, as a big thank you for all that they do for us. We enjoyed taking the opportunity to find out about what life was like when they started school. The children thought of some…
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Understanding the World Grandparents' Afternoon
Comparing length, weight and capacity
In Maths this week we are making comparisons with weight, length and capacity, both indoors and outdoors. The children will be using vocabulary such as biggest, smallest, longest, shortest, heaviest and lightest.
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Grandparents' Day
We had such a wonderful afternoon celebrating our lovely Grandparents. The children loved sharing their learning and showing Grandparents around the setting.
We also got to learn all about what it was like when our Grandparents were at school and how things were different at school in the…
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History Grandparents' Afternoon
Taste Testing
We have been having fun tasting different foods this week, to help us decide whether they taste sweet, salty, sour or bitter! I think the faces say it all!!!
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taste test senses Understanding the World
Our sense of smell
The Ducklings have been using their noses to try and guess the different smells in the 'Mystery Smelling Pots.' They guessed that they could smell coffee, curry, perfume or flowers, orange and flowers.
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senses Understanding the World
More, fewer or the same
In maths this week, we have been comparing amounts or groups and seeing which group has more or fewer. We have also been counting to check our ideas and to see if any are the same.
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P.E 30/9/22
In P.E this week, the Ducklings have been introduced to different 'stations' at which to work at, exploring the focus activity of the lesson. This week we have been exploring how to 'jump for distance.' the children listened really carefully to instructions and recalled what they needed to do at…
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Sorting letters and sounds
Just look at these two happy friends, working together to find the letters that we have been learning about in phonics this week - s,a and t.
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Musical Statues in Phonics
We apply what we know in Phonics in many different ways and this week we have loved playing musical statues. When the music stops, the teacher calls out a phoneme for the children to find. Why don't you have a try at home?
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Our sense of taste
This week we have been exploring our sense of taste through trying different foods. We have explored salty, sweet, spicy, bitter and sour foods and discussed our preferences. Some foods made our taste buds 'calm' and some made them 'tingly'!
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science Speaking and Listening
Mindfulness Stories
What could be better than, at the end of a busy week, lying back and listening to a relaxing story? We love mindfulness in the Ducklings. It is so important for our children to know it is healthy to relax, feel calm and breath.
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Musical Statues in Phonics
Today we played Musical Statues as part of our Phonics. To practise our new sounds 's' and 'a' we had to move around to the music and find a sound when the music stopped. The children couldn't resist having a little boogie, too!
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