Problem solving with water

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We turned a dull, rainy morning into an opportunity for a spot of problem solving. The children set up a network of water channels and worked together to figure out ways for the water to flow. An amazing chance to develop our communication and language skills. 

Category: Ducklings

little chicks

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Trip to the Harris Museum

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Our trip to the Harris Museum was a really enjoyable experience.  We had the opportunity to do an archaeological dig for bones that belonged to the Poulton Elk and to identify the type of animal it was based on using the evidence provided.  Then we went to look at the skeleton of the Elk and…

Category: Owls

owls History owls2018 poulton

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Printing in Herons

This week in art, we have been learning how to print using objects around the classroom and growing objects. We created patterns and then created an image. We have spent the week looking at newspaper articles and watching the news. We have chosen to write newspaper articles about the Royal Wedding…

Category: Herons

Year 2 art herons year 1 display printing royal wedding

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In the news...

This week in Robins we have been watching and reading the news to gather information for our new display. We have enjoyed watching Newsround every day to find out what has been happening in the UK and around the world. 

We selected our favourite article to produce our own newspaper reports and…

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Welcome back!

Welcome Back

I hope you all had a lovely break.

This new term at little chicks sees us start with our new topics of spring and animals. For the first couple of weeks, we are looking at our pets and pets we would like. We have been drawing pictures of our pets and copying their names. in the…

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Animals that lay eggs

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The Ducklings have been finding out which animals lay eggs. Then they have been sorting living things that lay eggs, living things that do not lay eggs and non-living things.

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animals Understanding the World

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Confident Readers

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Playing games each day with our phonic skills helps us to become confident readers! 

Category: Ducklings

reading phonics

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Applying our phonic skills

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We have been showing off our phonic skills by reading lots of sentences and questions with all of the different phonemes in!

Category: Ducklings

reading phonics

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Finding the difference

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We have been finding the difference in height between our towers.

Category: Ducklings

maths

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Outdoor Club

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The children who come to Outdoor club wanted to have an egg hunt in our garden this afternoon! It was great fun!

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Outdoor Area

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Our new outdoor area is nearly ready! Today some of us were lucky enough to try a few things out!

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Plank problem

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We had to solve the problem of helping the animals get around the'flooded' farm. The animals could not walk on the ground! But had to move around the farm by walking across the planks. The children had to work together to think about where to place the different sized planks.

Category: Ducklings

maths problem solving

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