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Using tools safely
The Ducklings have been using tools with care and safety, to chip away at the blocks of ice and free the trapped animals.
Category: Ducklings
outdoor learning Physical development
Another busy week in Kestrels
A busy week in Kestrels.
This week we have been learning all about light and different sources of light. We have been looking if light sources are natural or man made and the difference between them. We have begun to look at why and how shadows might be made, we will explore this further next…
Category: Kestrels
This week in Doves
This week we have been learning about light and we have been planning a story.
We have been enjoying our flute lessons and doing our new class jobs.
We have enjoyed listening to different music and measuring in Maths.
What did you learn about light?
What has been your…
Category: Doves
This Week in Owls
This week it is Lily Wooton's turn to write the blog.
This week in owls we have been measuring using CM and MM. In English we have been wrting about our P.E. lesson as well as Rome because we are learning about the city of Rome. Hope you enjoy the weekend.
Lily Wootton
Category: Owls
This Week in Robins
This week in Robins we have had a very busy week and have worked so hard!
We started looking at different features a diary in English, focusing on time connectives, past tense and thoughts and feelings.
We have continued our topic, looking at our local area of Blackpool and we drew maps of…
Category: Robins
Animal rescue
The children have been using a variety of tools to rescue arctic animals from blocks of ice. We have been discussing what other factors can help to melt the ice and set the animals free.
Category: Ducklings
Marshmallow snowflakes
This week we are using our funky fingers to make marshmallow snowflakes. The children have been using toothpicks to create patterns.
Category: Ducklings
Discovering distance
The Ducklings have been finding out all about what distance is. Outside they have been talking about the distance between some different polar animals. They had to use comparative vocabulary such as closest, nearer, furthest and further to describe what they could see.
They also wanted to…
Category: Ducklings
measure maths outdoor learning activemaths Counting
Making snowflakes
The Ducklings have been using their funky fingers to create snowflakes out of sticks and marshmallows. They are quite fiddly, but have managed really well.
Category: Ducklings
fine motor Creative learning Funky Fingers
Year 2 Fire Safety
Year 2 enjoyed a fire safety talk this afternoon!
Four firefighters from the Lancashire Fire and Rescue team came and talked to us all about fire safety.
We role played what we should do if we are ever in a fire, and how important it is to check smoke alarms and to make a fire plan with our…
Category: Robins
Hawks print architecture from North and South America
In Hawks this week, we have been learning about different ways to produce one whole image using a range of tools and techniques.
What whole image did you create? What tools and techniques did you use to print this image?
What did you like about yours? What would you change next time?…
Category: Hawks
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Hawks, ready, steady, cook!
In Hawks this week, as part of our launch of our new topic, we cooked traditional dishes from three different places around the world. From England we had cottage pie, from North America we had cheesecake and from South America we had chilli.
What did…
Category: Hawks