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Kestrels Nutrition Talk
Today Kestrels had a visit from Sarah from YMCA Thornton. She spoke to us aboaut nutrition and a balanced diet.
Sarah then showed us how much sugar is in different types of drinks and we comapred a pound of fat with a pond of muscle.
Category: Kestrels
*Doves are Investigative Readers
Doves are investigative readers because they search for clues in the text. They also make predictions and search for the meaning of words they don't know by looking them up in a dictionary.
Category: Doves
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Mummies on our minds
This week we have been thinking all about our mummies. The children have been using adjectives to describe their mummies and about why mummies are special to us. The children are very excited about making Sunday special.
Category: Ducklings
Young Seasider Winner's Evening
We had a wonderful evening at Blackpool Tower Circus celebrating our four amazing competition winners. A huge 'Well Done' to Olivia, Amber, Isabelle and Charlotte on your fantastic entries.
Category: Ducklings
World Book in Herons
Last Thursday we celebrated World Book Day. We have been reading lots of different books by Julia Donaldson as she has animals as her characters. We came to school dressed as an animal from one of Julia Donalson books.
What did you come as? Which book where you from? Whose was your…
Category: Herons
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Pet Day in Herons
Last Wednesday in KS1 we had a fantastic pet day. As we are leaning about animals we spent the day talking and looking at the animals in our home. Mrs Claydon's son George brought in all of his amazing pets for us all to hold. We got to ask him all our questions too. To end our day we could bring…
Category: Herons
Year 2 topic animals ks1 year 1 pet day
Wow!
What a wonderful week of learning it has been. The cold, snowy weather certainly hasn't stopped the Robins from working hard!
This week we have enjoyed our wonderful pet day, the children had the opportunity to meet lots of wonderful animals. I was very impressed with Robins behaviour and…
Category: Robins
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Snow Fun!
Wow! What a cold week we've had at Little Chicks! We've seen gale force winds, ice, and of course snow! On Tuesday, we wrapped up warm and the children enjoyed playing out in the snow were we made a snowman, made snow angels, and even a cheeky snowball fight! (The children thought it was a great…
Category: Little Chicks
Little Chicks do World Book Day
On Thursday, a wonderful array of characters came to school to celebrate World Book Day! The children had some fantastic costumes, and as a class, we enjoyed reading the stories that some of them brought in with them. We had a storm trooper, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, a few aliens in…
Category: Little Chicks
Whatever Next!
Retelling this familiar story, using vocabulary and language from the book! Using super expression in their reading! Ask them to tell you the story!
Category: Ducklings
Roaring rockets!
What amazing rockets you have been busy making at home!
Category: Ducklings
Space Doubling
Using Cheerios to find doubles!
Category: Ducklings