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Topic Ourselves songs
Little Chicks have been learning songs about our topic Ourselves. To support their learning they asked for the words to be posted to enjoy at home.
I Like Being Me Song
(Sing to the tune of 'This Old Man')
You are you,
I am me,
There's no one else that we can be!
So we stand…
Category: Little Chicks
Parrots' Science
The children in Parrots have been exploring different materials. They have been identifying different properties of these materials and describing them based on the properties. We have discussed properties such as: absorbent, transparent, hard, smooth, soft. The children enjoyed playing the 'Guess…
Category: Parrots
Quantities
We have been looking at quantities in a practical way and seeing if we can recognise which set has more or less in it and how we can change the amount by taking some away or adding more. We are getting good at using the language of quantities such as, loads, lots, more, less, fewer.
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Category: Little Chicks
Parrots' PE
The children in Parrots have been developing their fundamental skills and have been learning how to throw and catch today in PE. They have all participated well and are developing these ball skills well. Great work Parrots!!
Alliteration
The Ducklings have been sorting objects according to the first sounds that they begin with.
Category: Ducklings
Digging fun
The Ducklings have been using their gross motor skills to dig over and weed the flower beds and vegetable patch. They have been shown how to use the gardening tools safely and with care.
Category: Ducklings
Five senses
Little Chicks talked about foods and their different tastes - sweet, salty, bitter, spicy and sour. We tasted a number of different foods such as lemon, crisps, crackers, sour sweets and dark chocolate. We had to decide which taste best described the foods.
The Little Chicks were given…
Category: Little Chicks
Rhyming - Odd one out
We have been playing spot the 'Odd One Out! The children have to say each of the words and listen out for the word that doesn't rhyme.
Category: Ducklings
Rhyme phonics Speaking and Listening
Ducklings PE
Today we had another lovely sunny day for our PE lesson. The children practised moving safely in different ways, stopping on demand and balancing on one foot.
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Category: Ducklings
Tasting different
Today we talked about foods and their different tastes - sweet, salty, bitter, spicy and sour. We tasted a number of different foods such as lemon, radish, onion, crisps, crackers, jelly sweets and dark chocolate. We had to decide which taste best described the foods.
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Category: Ducklings
Speaking and Listening Understanding the World
More super counting
This week the ducklings are practising counting out a given number of objects from a larger group. Alongside this they are learning to recognise the different numerals.
Category: Ducklings
Great Big School Clean
The Ducklings have been taking part in this national initiative by helping to keep our school grounds clean. They loved using the special litter grabbers! Fortunately our school grounds are quite clean and there wasn't a great deal of litter to pick up.
Category: Ducklings