Little Chicks
Making Flowers
The other week we painted pictures of the flowers we could see in the garden. This week we are creating 3D flowers using a variety of materials such as coloured straws, tissue paper of various shapes and sizes, feathers, gummed paper, pom-poms and cupcake holders. The children have then had to…
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Ordering objects according to size
This week we are having a go at ordering objects according to their size. We are using the language taller, tallest, shorter, shortest, longer and longest. Most of the children can order three objects according to height or length but we did push them to try and order six objects!
I was very…
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Snack Time
You can create pictures with anything! These two boys became creative with their snack placing blueberries and grapes onto their crackers to create a face.
Fantastic idea boys!
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Letter 't'
The children have copied the letter 't' or the word beginning with 't'. We are really getting some super writers!
Well done Little Chicks!
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Little Chicks' Jack and the Beanstalk Story
This week we have been reading different versions of the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We have also written our own version of the story.
The children's initials at the end of a sentence show who contributed the sentence.
I wonder if your child could tell you the…
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Visiting Lambs
This morning we had some really cute visitors.
Mrs Richardson very kindly arranged for her sister and Grandad to bring in two lambs from their farm.
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Mrs Richardson told us that these two lambs are one week old and were each taken from their mum's as they had had twins and were first…
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Subitising
This is one of our activities this week. The children have a sheet with coloured squares on it, they find the corresponding coloured card on the table and try to say how many buttons are on the card without counting them. They then record the number on their sheet, using the numerals on the table…
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Making Sandcastles
As we have been reading the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk' we decided to try and build the giants castle in the sand. The children at first weren't sure how to go about it and were working individually rather than a team to achieve their goal.
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With some adult support and guidance the…
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Letter of the week T
Little Chicks are learning the letter T they find objects beginning with T, write on the white boards words beginning with T, learn the jolly T song and join Captain Seasalt on treasure island.
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follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg4t5cUeZZo to learn jolly T…
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writing phonics letters Singing
Earth Day
Little Chicks and Ducklings have been given a goodie bag to celebrate Earth day with seeds, bulbs and snacks for the birds. as well as activities that promote doing good for the planet.
Throughout the week we will be planting and learning about keeping the planet safe.
Thankyou Mrs Hicks for…
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Growth in the garden
Little Chicks have been looking at the growth of plants. We have planted horsechestnut trees and will watch them grow.
We looked at the bulbs and planted into pots.
Little Chicks observed the blooming of the flowers and painted a flower portrait.
Little Chicks observed the next…
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Life cycles Growing plants and seeds
Jack and the Beanstalk
Footprints were found in Ducklings, who's could they be?
Alongside the footprints were other objects, beans, coins, leaves, a golden egg and feathers.
Miss Taylor "What did we see?
Joakim "A golden egg."
Hunter "It was massive."
Darcie "Footprints, they were…
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