Properties of 3D shapes

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In Maths this week we are learning all about 3 D shapes and their properties. We are comparing, sorting and talking about shape and completing a range of different shape based activities. 

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Construction Club

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Today was the first of our after school construction club. The children have really enjoyed working together or independently to create and build a range of interesting things, from helicopters to the Queen's throne! 

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Kestrels Message in a Bottle

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This week we have enjoyed exploring our new topic for Summer term 1. We are going to be learning all about Stanah Estuary and all about the human skeleton. 

To begin our topic, we received a message in a bottle from a Pirate, sailing across the High Seas. Pirate Blackbeard is the Captain of the…

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Welcome back to Summer Term

 

Hi Dove class and welcome back to a busy term that we have ahead of us. This week we have been getting to know one another and spending time as a class having lots of fun! We have taken part in out stunning starter which was a suspicious shipwreck left on the school playing field with…

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Printing repeating patterns

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This week we have been looking at repeating patterns. We have used colour and shapes to make patterns. We have also printed repeating patterns onto fish using celery to create the fishes scales.

To see our patterns click on the link: 

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Letter of the week O

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Letter of the week is O, Little Chicks have been finding objects that begin with O.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKM1urR9mCo follow link for O song and objects beginning with O.

 

O song Jolly Phonics - YouTube

 

Find objects around the house that begin with O.

Category: Little Chicks

phonics language

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Recycling Sorting

As part of our theme on The Ocean, Under the Sea Little Chicks and Ducklings have sorted through rubbish found on the beach.

They placed the objects in categories, paper, card or plastic. After sorting it was clear that the most rubbish was found in the plastic catergory.

 

Little…

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environment Active learning

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Heron's Stunning Starter

 

Today in Heron's we have been busy learning all about animals and their habitats. We went outside and discovered a range of animals and then decided which habitat they lived in.

In the afternoon, we created our own animal masks! We still have our stitching to…

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Falcons' Stunning Starter- The Plague

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We have had a fantastic day in Falcons discovering all about our new topic 'The Plague'.

We started off with a hunt to discover interesting facts about the plague and found out some crazy cures that people believed at the time.

Next, we researched all about the plague doctor and his role…

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outdoor learning falcons Our stunning start

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A Plastic Problem

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The Ducklings and Little Chicks were welcomed back to school with a surprise waiting for them!

The world's sea creatures have asked for our help and left them a letter. There is a real problem with plastic waste getting into the oceans and seas and harming the marine creatures. They left us…

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Understanding the World

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Pattern fun

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The Ducklings have been exploring making repeating patterns in different ways today.

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maths patterns

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Spelling cvcc words

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This week the Ducklings are learning to read and spell cvcc words. These are words with a consonant, a vowel and then ending with two consonants. It is quite tricky to make sure that we include all four letters when spelling each word. The third letter is often the trickiest.

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