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Buddy the Elf!
We have been very busy this week at Little Chicks! We have continued with our topic of nursery rhymes, were we have been looking at rhyming words, discovering rhythm by clapping the syllables in our names, and singing lots of different nursery rhymes. Outside in the water, Incy Wincy spider got…
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Celebrations!
Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely and restful half term!
This week in Little Chicks we have started our new topic of celebrations. The children have been sharing their halloween, bonfire and firework stories with us and in the creative area, they have been making some splat firework…
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Autumn Discovery
As we draw to the end of the half term, we have been continuing with our topic of Autumn and harvest. This week the children have turned into human weighing scales while ordering all the fantastic harvest vegetables that have been sent in. There has been lots of language heard relating to weight,…
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Our Bodies
This week we have been carrying on with our topic of our bodies. The children have been looking at our 5 senses and what we use them for. We have made a sensory table full of different types of smells.....some nice and some not so, and the children have then had a go at markmaking, making either a…
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Welcome Back!
Another new school year has started and i would like to welcome back our old Little Chicks back who are staying with us for another year and also welcome to all our new Little Chicks! The last 2 weeks have been busy with us meeting all the new faces and making new friends, and also settling in!…
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Fun in the sun!
Well what a lovely start to the week, with the appearence of mr sun!! Little Chicks made the most of the weather and spent most of the time in the garden! We made ourselves a paddling to cool down in and even had snack outside, making it into a picnic! On Wednesday we joined the rest of school in…
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The Three Little Pigs
Little Chicks have been carrying on with their traditional stories topic with the story of the three little pigs this week. The children have enjoyed repeating the refrains and anticipating key parts of the story. In the malleable area, the children have been creating the pigs faces using…
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Little Chicks visit Old Holly Farm
Yesterday Little Chicks took a trip to Old Holly Farm, and what a great day we had! The children had lots of fun learning about different farm animals, and how a farm works. We also burnt off some energy in the playbarn and got to try some ice-cream! Myself, Mrs Stock and Mrs Walsh couldn't be…
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Our Spring morning
Well what an exciting morning we've had! Dave and Dotty the lambs have been to visit us in Little Chicks and Ducklings. The children were exceptionally well behaved and listened well to the instructions about how to act around them! We have also enjoyed taking part in some new life/farm…
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Our last week
Well what a busy week we've had! At the start of the week we made the most of the sunshine and went on a walk round the field to find some signs of spring. Also outside we made a puppet theatre and acted out some of our favourite stories. In the classroom we used playdough to make daffodils and in…
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*Little Chicks Science Investigations
This week we have again been learning about our topic of dinosaurs, looking at dinosaurs that swam. We have also been taking part in science week, and making our own experiments. In the classroom we have been noticing the change that happens to white flowers when we put them in coloured water, the…
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Dinosaurs and Shapes
This week we have continued looking at alll things dinosaurs! We have been learning all about dinosaurs that flew in the sky. We had great fun learning lots of new facts, see if your child can remember any of them! We have also been looking at shapes too, in the creative area, we used potatoes cut…
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