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Our butterflies are released!
This week we got to say a happy 'hello' and a sad 'goodbye' as our amazing painted lady butterflies were released. The children were captivated watching them fly off onto their exciting new adventure. We are hoping to see them around our outdoor area over the next few weeks.
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science outdoor learning Understanding the World
Even and Odd numbers
This week in Maths we have been investigating what makes numbers even or odd. the children have been learning about 'pair wise patterns' and pairing and grouping numbers and amounts to discover if they are odd or even.
Ask your child if they can tell you about what makes a number odd or…
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On the hunt for Minibeasts
This week the children have been searching high and low for minibeasts in our outdoor environment. They have been thinking about classification, comparing and learning about their habitats.
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Healthy Living Week
We have learnt lots this week about how to look after our bodies and minds and how to keep healthy - healthy eating, exercising, keeping clean, staying safe in the home, sun safety and dental hygiene.
The children have loved preparing and creating their own fresh fruit kebabs for snack time.…
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Physical development Healthy eating
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
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We have celebrated the Platinum Jubilee in lots of different ways this week. We have been making bunting, chalking and painting flags, making crowns to wear, role playing afternoon tea parties in the home corner, finding out facts about Queen Elizabeth, sharing family memories about past jubilee…
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Understanding the World Jubilee Celebrations
The Butterfly Life Cycle
The children have been using different types of pasta to represent each stage of the butterfly life cycle and then labelling the different stages.
They are excited each day, to observe the caterpillars and see how they have changed! They had all turned into cocoons just before we broke up for…
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Life cycles Understanding the World
We're going on a Bug Hunt
It has been so wonderful to see how engrossed the children have been searching for mini beasts outdoors... catching live bugs, observing their movement and features and making comparisons. Bugtastic!
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Seeing Double!
In Maths this week we have been learning about the concept of doubling. The children have been immersed in tasks and activities both indoors and outdoors to develop and promote their understanding.
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Making fruit kebabs
As part of our Healthy Living Week the children have been making and eating mixed fruit kebabs. Can you tell what fruits they used? Yum, yum!
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Physical development Healthy eating
Learning about our Queen
The children were amazing to learn that our very own Miss Wilson's mummy has met Queen Elizabeth after receiving an MBE! We got to see her medals and photographs and Miss Wilson told us all about her experience at the Palace.
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Butterfly life cycle
We are loving having our own caterpillars in the class to watch grow and change. We have been learning the life cycle of how a butterfly grows and changes. Ask them to tell you the big, long, new word beginning with 'm' that describes growing through big changes.
They have been ordering and…
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Life cycles Understanding the World
Our Bean Investigation
A few weeks ago we planted some beans and have been growing them under different conditions to find out what plants need to help them grow the best. We gave all of the beans soil. We gave no water but light to one bean. We gave water and soil, but no light to another and then one of the beans…
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