Ducklings
Bonfire fun
The Ducklings and Little Chicks have collected sticks, leaves and other natural materials to create a bonfire. They decided that they needed to put a Guy Fawkes on top!
They know that you have to be safe and stay well back from a bonfire.
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3D shape hunt
The Ducklings have enjoyed hunting for 3D shapes. They managed to find lots of real life examples of each shape. They are getting really confident at knowing the names - sphere, cylinder, cube, cuboid, pyramid, triangular prism and cone.
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Letter formation
Just look at one of our amazing Ducklings practising his letter formation! Isn't it brilliant?
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Constructing fireworks
As we have been learning about bonfire night the children have been creating their own exploding fireworks with the construct straws.
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Catherine Wheels
The Ducklings have been using their funky fingers to carefully place sequins to make sparkly Catherine wheels.
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Junk model rockets
The Ducklings have been making rockets out of junk materials. They have been finding different ways to join parts together and have used their knowledge of 3D shapes to name any that have used.
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Bonfire night safety with Little Ted
The children have been learning all about how to stay safe on Bonfire Night. They are taking the rules very seriously and I'm sure they will be able to tell you all about it at home.
When we learned that Little Ted had injured his arm with a firework. He wrote a letter asking the children to…
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Outdoor Learning Day
As part of our outdoor learning we investigated which 3D shapes can roll. We talked about why some shapes can't roll and why some can.
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We're going on a shape hunt!
For our outside learning this week, the children have been working in groups to investigate 3D shapes in our garden area. It was amazing how many shapes the children discovered and how confidently they are learning and applying the names of shapes.
Ayrton said 'Look, the shed roof is a…
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Sorting 2D shapes
In Maths this week we are sorting 2D and 3D shapes according to their properties. The children have been learning and using mathematical language like sides, faces, corners, etc. We have been sorting shapes as a whole class and during independent activities.
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The Little Red Hen
The Ducklings have loved reading the traditional tale of The Little Red Hen and now know it so well that they love acting it out and retelling it using the repetitive story language.
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Taller and shorter
Our maths challenge was to make a tower and compare it with our talking partner to see who had the tallest and who had the shortest.
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