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Herons make robots
Herons have used different construction materials to make robots. This week they are going to use junk modelling materials to make them.
Whose is your favourite robot? What did you use to make your robot? What robot features did your robot have?
Category: Herons
Year 2 topic herons year 1 DT construction robots
The arrival of the Naughty Bus
This morning the children came in to school to find The Naughty Bus had caused mayhem in the classroom! He had made such a mess and left the Ducklings a note asking for help. We hope the children enjoy their adventures with The Naughty Bus this week.
Category: Ducklings
Robot Workshop
As part of D&T topic, this week the Robins have started using their design sheets to build their very own robots.
Thank you to all of the Robins for bringing in lots of recyclable materials. We certainly had lots of fun building our designs.
All of the children thought carefully about how…
Category: Robins
Year 2 design year 1 DT construction robots
Creating homes for toys
This week we have been set the challenge of constructing homes for superhero toys. We have been working as a team to plan and create.
Category: Ducklings
Sorting Toys
We have been sorting toys according to the materials that they are made from. We are really good at identifying the names of different materials now. We can say why these materials are good for their use and we have found that the material that most of our toys are made from is plastic.
Category: Ducklings
This week in Parrots
We have enjoyed outdoor P.E. and practising fundamental skills. We were fabulous in role play in English acting out No-Bot. We have been finding fractions of shapes in maths. In art we looked at the work of artist, Harry Wong, and created pastel and charcoal pictures based on his…
Category: Parrots
‘No-Bot’
This week the Robins have had lots of fun reading and learning about No-Bot by Sue Hendra.
As part of our Robots and fantasy story topic we have been reading about the adventures of Bernard the Robot.
All of the children have been busy discussing the main characters, retelling the story…
Category: Robins
Making Bird Feeders
We have been helping the birds in our garden to survive the winter by making bird feeders for them. We have used all the fir cones that we collected in autumn.
Category: Ducklings
Finding different ways to make a total
The Ducklings have been using their addition skills to explore different ways to make a particular total such as 10 or 5.
Category: Ducklings
maths outdoor learning problem solving
Toys
This week at Little chicks, we have been continuing with our theme of toys. We have been looking at old and new toys and how they are different. The children brought in some fantastic toys, including a spinning top! In the mark making area, we have been drawing the toys that are in our toy boxes…
Category: Little Chicks
*Doves learn about rocks in science
Today in science, we have been finding out all about different rocks. The children have learnt all about Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks. Here are the children inspecting a range of rocks more closely, using a magnifying glass, so they could write a detailed description of the rocks…
Category: Doves
Welcome back!
We have started our new term with a very busy week of learning!
The children have enjoyed learning about position, movement and direction in Maths. The children have been using positional language, using left and right and moving in whole turns, half turns, quarter turns and three quarter…
Category: Robins
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