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A visit from Oscar and Della the tortoises
We had a visit from Ethan's tortoises and learned lots about how to look after them, where they live and what they like to eat. They children loved handling the tortoises and watching their behaviour.
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Story telling by Dan Worsley
We really enjoyed celebrating the re-opening of our library by listening to local author Dan Worsley telling us a story.
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Hands On Animals
We enjoyed a lovely morning with Kelly from Hands On Animals finding out all about the mini beasts and other creatures that she brought in. Some of us were very brave and either handled or touched e creatures. We learnt lots and enjoyed asking questions to help us learn more.
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Understanding the World mini-beasts
Programming the Beebots
We have been applying the programming skills we have learned previously to move Beebots around a route to collect the flowers. It was lovely to observe the children supporting one another to apply these skills.
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Hands on Animals
Today we had a visit from the 'Hands on Animals' team. The children had the opportunity to handle many mini beasts, from a giant African land snail named Onion to a turantula named Fang. The children learned about habitats, food, likes and dislikes and lots of interesting facts about the…
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Programming the Beebots
In Technology this week the children have been programming the Beebots to moved around a track, collecting flowers as they go. The children know how to solve a problem if the Boobot moves too far or too short a distance.
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Metamorphosis
We have been so excited to witness our caterpillars change into their cocoon states this week. The children think it's hilarious to watch them wiggle inside their new homes and are keeping a close eye on any changes.
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Bringing reading to life
This week we have been reading the story 'If Only...'. The children have been captivated by this lovely tale about a caterpillar. We are lucky enough to have a beautiful story sack, a resource which encouraged the children to re-tell the story in their own words, sequence events and pretend to be…
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Our soup is delicious!
Another satisfied customer! Our vegetable soup that we made is yummy!
There's plenty for our snack each day this week!
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Physical development Healthy eating Snacktime
Handling tools safely
The children have very sensibly used different tools to help prepare the vegetables for our soup.
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fine motor Physical development Healthy eating
Trying spinach leaves!
We have been tasting different vegetables like Oliver in the 'Oliver's Vegetables' story. We talked about how it is the different parts of the plant that we eat. We tried spinach and the children recognised that it is the leaves and stalks that we eat.
At home think about the different…
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Gardening Fun
The Ducklings and Little Chicks have been enjoying preparing our garden beds ready for planting. They have been using different tools to weed and plant. They are learning lots of new plant names whilst helping to do this.
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