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Learning about the Inuit people
This week we are learning about the Inuit people who inhabit the Arctic. Here, the girls made a hood to carry their baby, just as the Inuit do.
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Help to melt!
This week the Ducklings were called upon to help some polar animals that were trapped in ice.
They had to investigate how they could melt the ice the quickest by adding water, salt, sugar or flour to the ice.
The Ducklings made their predictions first and then observed the changes to the…
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Bird Spotting
After making our bird feeders, the children have now been patiently waiting to see which birds they can spot and identify them.
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big bird watch Understanding the World
Reading digraphs
In phonics we are learning to read and write words with digraphs in. A digraph is when two letters make one sound, such as 'th' and 'ng.' The digraphs could be at the start, in the middle or at the end of a word.
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Weight wonder
The Ducklings have been comparing the weight of different objects this week. They have felt the weight of the objects in their hands first to help them predict the heaviest and lightest. They then used the balance scales to see if they were correct. They also explored how to make the scales…
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Making snowflakes
The children have been exercising their funky fingers and using their fine motor skills to create snowflakes. They constructed them using cocktail sticks and mini marshmallows.
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Weighing
This week we are exploring and learning all about weight. The children are doing this through a range of open ended and teacher led challenges and will be using language such as heavy, heavier, light, lighter, balance, measure and compare.
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Learning about the Arctic with Mr Redman
Today the children got to experience what it is truly like to live in the Arctic through friend of the school and ex-parent, Mr Redman. As he lived in the Arctic for 15 years, he brought along an amazing collection of photos, food and drink, artefacts such as animals skins, clothes and a wealth of…
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geography Speaking and Listening visitor
Crazy about Capacity
This week we are focusing on two mathematical concepts, capacity and weight. The children are weighing, ordering, comparing, balancing, filling and learning a range of new vocabulary to apply in their learning.
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Our Favourite Books
The Ducklings have loved bringing in and sharing their favourite books with each other. They have re-told their stories or described their book to Mrs Catterall in guided reading, enjoyed reading them for fun and writing a book review. We shall leave them in school for a few more weeks as the…
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Super Scientists
The Ducklings have been investigating and trying to find out which is the best material to wrap Jack Frost's hands in to stop them melting. They wrapped ice up in paper, bubble wrap, plastic and foil. They observed the changes over time, talking about what they could see and came to the…
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science Understanding the World
Composing 4 and 5
In mathematics the children have been exploring the different ways to make 4 and 5 using counters, numicon, unifix blocks and even themselves, by getting into different groups.
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