Category: Little Chicks

This morning we were lucky enough to have a visit from Blackpool transport, who came and brought one of their brand new double decker buses for us to learn about. We thought of lots of questions to ask Keith the driver and learnt lots about how the bus and the trams work, how much they cost and…

Mr Powell and Romeo came to visit us this afternoon. Mr Powell showed us how to approach and behave around Romeo and what we have to do to help keep Romeo safe and healthy. Mr Powell showed us some of the commands that Romeo has learnt and some new tricks he is learning like rolling…

Little Chicks and Ducklings were very lucky when Ethan's dad brought his work to school. The children had great fun sitting in the fire engine, squirting the hose, watching the firemen break a branch with the cutters and watching Mrs Catterall and Miss Hutchinson having a race to see who could put…

Today Ducklings and Little Chicks got to listen to and ask Abigai's Uncle Andy talk about his job as a train driver. He showed us how he drove the train, the keys he used to open the doors and start the engine and the equipment he needs each day for his job. The children listened attentively and…

Today, we made the most of a break in the rain by donning our puddlesuits and wellies to enjoy all the puddles on the field!

We all had a whale of a time, especially doing some races through the water! In fact there was that much water, even the puddlesuits could only keep us dry for so…

This morning, Freddie and his dad, brought in their mud bike for us all to see.

Freddie was able to tell us lots about it and showed us the special clothes he has to wear to help keep him safe. Some of us even got to try his helmet on! It was very heavy!

A big thankyou to Freddie and his…

What a yummy morning we have had enjoying our pancakes!

Firstly we prepared our toppings, we had strawberries, blueberries, bananas, oranges and lemons for squeezing.

After that, it was time to make our batter. We gathered all our ingredients and talked about where they came from. We took it…

This morning we were busy making cupcakes ready for our knight and princesses day on thursday. The children took it in turns to put the ingredients in the bowl and to stir the mixture! We talked about the importance of washing our hands before we started and discussed where our ingredients came…

Today we have been learning and celebrating Chinese New Year. We enjoyed a food tasting snack this morning, trying lots of yummy foods, such as, rice, noodles, prawn crackers and some sweet chilli sauce for dipping. All the children did well at trying some new foods, with some eating…

Today Nibby (Arthur's Dad) came in to talk about his work as an illustrator. The children loved looking at the pictures and illustrations he has done. Some of his illustrations such as a map for the Sea Life cenre can take up to a month to complete. After asking Nibby some questions he kindly drew…

We have been using chalk to draw castles and magnetic polydrons to create 2D and 3D castles. We have looked at pictures of the different parts of a castle, such as the towers, turrets, battlements, moat, drawbridge and portcullis. Can you see any of these things in our pictures?

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Little Chicks were very excited when we saw it was snowing and beginning to stick. We all wrapped up and went outside to play in it. Mrs Richardson got us to chase Mrs Stock and throw snowballs at her! 

Harrison and Mrs Stock started to build a snowman, other children helped but Harrison did…