Little Chicks
Message in a bottle
We have been pretending we are a pirate that has been left on an island. We write a message to put into a bottle. Look at our fantastic writing!
We are giving meaning to the marks we make sometimes form recognisable letters.
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Treasure Hunt
Little Chicks have been on a treasure hunt they had to search each room for the hidden numbers. Once found they had to trace over the number in the colour it was shown. Little Chicks and the Ducklings enjoyed this activity.
Create a treasure hunt at home with a map to…
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Counting Actions
Little Chicks have been counting actions realising not only objects can be counted but anything. Littler Chicks clapped, stomped, tiptoed, skipped, hopped and came up with unique ways to move and count.
Find different ways to count using large motor movements.
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Clapping the sounds in words
We have been listening carefully to the rhythm in words and clapping out the sounds.
We have clapped out our names and other words such as ap-pple (2claps), ban-an-a 3(claps), tad-pole (2claps), pi- rate (2claps),
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How many words can you clap out…
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Designing a Pirate Ship
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Little Chicks have been making Pirate Ships they used an assortment of materials to construct their Pirate Ship. When we had made the ships we experimented placing them in the water, some could float others sank.
Experiment at home using different materials to make a Pirate…
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fine motor science construction
Maths
Little Chicks have been ordering according to height or length. Using the language small, medium and large when ordering the pirate pictures.
Throughout the week we will be looking at height and length. Using language longer, shorter, taller, wider,…
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Captain Dan Tastic
Little Chicks and Ducklings met Captain Dan the Pirate. Captain Dan taught the children about Pirates.
Captain Dan's ship is called the Narwhal. Captain Dan explained that there is three types of ships a Galleon ship, the biggest having three masts, the Schooner ship having two masts…
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Treasure Maps
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Little Chicks have been busy drawing treasure maps to show where they have hidden their 'booty'! They have added volcanoes, swamps, hills, rivers, caves, lakes, monsters, mud puddles and castles to their colourful maps.
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speech Physical development Creative learning
Pirates
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Little Chicks Pirate dressing up. Little Chicks went to the Island in search of treasure.
Little Chicks made their own Pirate names first selecting their favourite colour, then their favourite animal.
Use the power point to cross reference what their name would be, the Little Chicks…
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maths ICT Active learning language
Outdoor learning
Little Chicks are engaged in learning the skill of catching the ball in the cone. A tricky skill to master, they gave it a good go through trail and error sometimes they caught it in the cone.
Little Chicks were trying to get the sea creatures down the slope after some…
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music fine motor science Active learning
Environment Agency Talk
Little Chicks and Ducklings were introduced to Mrs Haigh from the Environment Agency, Mrs Haigh taught the children how to protect the seas.
Mrs Haigh showed the children what is able to be put into the toilet and what is not.
They were called the the…
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Our Imaginary Fish
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We have drawn an imaginary sea creature using lines to enclose spaces and create shapes which represent objects. We have then used a range of materials and media to decorate our sea creatures.
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