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Now and Then. Are we any better now?
The children were captivated when presented with objects from the past. They were given the challenge of guessing what artefacts may have been used for and thought some of the artefacts were hilarious!
Ask your child if they can tell you about them at home.
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Making number patterns
In Maths this week we are thinking about patterns of shapes and numbers and how these can be repeated in a sequence. The children are encouraged to practise skills taught in their independent learning.
Look at these amazing number patterns!
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Repeating Patterns
The Ducklings have applied their knowledge of 2D shapes to continue a preset pattern or to create patterns of colour and shape of their own.
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We love PE!
The Ducklings have enjoyed another great morning of PE with Josh from Fleetwood Town. They have practised their skipping, hopping, running and jumping skills through different individual and team games.
They also have to be ready and changed by 9.15am every Tuesday morning and are getting…
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Repeating patterns
The Ducklings enjoyed making some repeating patterns using colour and shapes outside this morning.
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Secret Agent 2D shape hunt mission
The Ducklings all turned into secret agents and were set the mission of finding as many different 2D shapes as possible. They found circles, squares, ovals, rectangles, triangles,hexagons and octagons.
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Initial Sounds
The Ducklings have been applying the phonics skills by sorting lots of different objects according to their initial sound! Well done! They should be getting better at playing 'I spy' with now!
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Rangoli Patterns
As part of our Diwali celebrations we have made some beautiful Rangoli patterns with Miss Wilson outside. We used the giant glittery shapes and we worked together as a team. In maths we have been learning all about 2D shapes, so we were able to name most of the shapes and describe some of their…
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Finding information
The Ducklings enjoy reading a range of books, of their own choosing, for pleasure, but also as sources of information to help them find out more about a particular subject. Here the Ducklings are reading in the home corner to help them find out more about different families and how some of…
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Outdoor P.E kit
It was lovely to see so many children fully equipped with their outdoor P.E kit this week. As the weather is becoming increasingly cold and our physical learning is outdoors, it is important our children are warm and prepared.
It is also great practise to develop their skill of getting dressed…
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Making Rangoli patterns
As part of our learning into the Hindu festival of Diwali, the children have been using different media to design and create Rangoli patterns. Here, the boys are working as a team outside using the sparkly 2D shapes to create a pattern.
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Applying our phonic skills
The Ducklings have been showing us that they know the sounds that letters make and that they can chop up (segment) the sounds in each word to be able to spell simple words.
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