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Cooking like a Viking!
We started out Viking topic off by cooking like a Viking.
All of Hawks went to the Wing to cook like Vikings. Together we baked a Mor Monsen Kake. We made baked apples. We also made a hot pear, apple and honey drink.
What did you make? What did you enjoy about the lesson? Did you find…
Category: Hawks
hawks DT year5 year6 cooking the Wing vikings
The Vikings are arriving!
The Vikings are arriving!
Last week, Hawks launched their new topic of the Vikings!
We saw the front of a longboat in the foyer of school and the outline of a longboat upstairs in the corridor.
We started off the day by finding out all about Viking longboats. In pairs, we then…
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hawks DT History year5 year6 vikings longboats
All aboard the reading train!
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The Ducklings and Miss Kerrane have been busy creating a train for the reading area this week. It has certainly proved very popular and has encouraged the children to enjoy reading books of different kinds!
Category: Ducklings
Carleton Green Go Green!
Tomorrow Carleton Green Go Green!
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Category: Herons
Rainforest Investigators!
This afternoon we have been Rainforest Investigators! We teamed up with our experts from Herons and learnt about an animal from the Amazon Rainforest!
We were all very brave and we presented our information to the class.
Can you remember an interesting fact about your animal?
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Jungle artwork
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Today I was invited into Parrots to look at the amazing jungle watercolor art work. I was amazed at how the children had looked at the smallest details of a jungle scene and recreated this in their work. I loved talking to the children about the artistic choices they had made. Well done,…
Category: Parrots
Amazing Art!
This week we have thoroughly enjoyed the start of our new Rainforest topic!
To end the week we have been developing our drawing and painting skills.
The children used a Rainforest image to explore the use of water colour paint. We continued the patterns that we could see in the scene and…
Category: Parrots
Transport PE
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The lovely weather has meant we were able to do PE outside again this week. We explored moving like different vehicles and used the colours of traffic lights to tell us when to stop, go, slow down or speed up!
Category: Ducklings
Investigating Distance travelled
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The Ducklings have been investigating sending vehicles down ramps to see which vehicle can travel the furthest distance. They then came up with the idea of checking by measuring. They were able to describe what effect changing the steepness of the ramps made or the type of vehicle that they used.
Category: Ducklings
outdoor learning investigation activemaths
Tricky Digraphs
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The Ducklings have been applying the new phonemes that they have been learning in phonics. Well done! There are some tricky ones!
Category: Ducklings
Programming the Beebots
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In ICT we are learning to program the Beetbots. The children have been experimenting with giving the Beebots instructions to move forwards, backwards, turn left and right and how to clear its memory. Next week we will be instructing the Beebots to move around a track.
Category: Ducklings
Working at the Car Wash
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This week we are taking advantage of the glorious weather and have set up a car wash. The children have been busy organising the vehicles and making sure they're clean enough to continue their journey.
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