Ducklings
A visit from the Bank
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We were lucky to have a visit from Mrs Hardwick, who works for a bank. The children learned about what a bank does and how they help us with money. The children have loved role playing with the resources left for them.
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Our hairdressers!
We decided to turn our home corner into a hair salon this week as the children showed an interest in this special job.
They have had lots of 'customers' coming to visit the salon and have really enjoyed all of the pretending. It has certainly encouraged lots and lots of speaking and listening,…
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Speaking and Listening Understanding the World Creative learning Role-play
Our school caretaker
Mr Luty, our caretaker, really enjoyed talking to the children about his special job taking care of our lovely school. The children didn't realise how many different jobs Mr Luty has to do each day. They were amazed at all of the different keys he has to take care of and remember which doors and…
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Speaking and Listening Understanding the World
Our school cook
Our school cook has been to talk to the classes about her very important job in our school kitchen. The children love their school dinners and were very interested to find out all about the hard work that goes in to making them.
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Speaking and Listening Understanding the World
A visit from a police officer
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Today we had a special visit from Police Officer Brazil. He told us all about his work as an officer, how he helps to catch criminals and about the equipment he uses. The children got to handle the handcuffs, his police hat and his radio.
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Patterns everywhere!
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This week we have been thinking about, finding and creating patterns in Maths. The children are now pattern experts!
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The Dot!
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This week we have read a lovely story called The Dot. It is about a little girl who doesn't think she can be an artist. Her teacher asks to to start with drawing a single dot and see where her mark takes her.
The Ducklings have all made their own very individual dot using different media and…
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Firefighters' ladder
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The Ducklings have enjoyed jumping up and down the firefighters' ladder.
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outdoor learning Physical development
Ice exploration
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It was lovely to have a cold, crisp day to explore the ice in our garden.
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outdoor learning weather Understanding the World Outdoo
Pattern Crazy!
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This week we have been enjoying creating our own repeating patterns everywhere!
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Train Driver Visit
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A big thank you to Beatrice's daddy who came to talk to us about how he helps people in his job as a train driver.
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Speaking and Listening Understanding the World
Waste collectors and reycling
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The children have explored how waste collectors help us. They have sorted the waste into plastic, paper and card and metal.
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