What's in the Box?

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Today we began out Maths learning with thinking about what is in a mystery box. Could it be something very big? or small? 

Could it be something that's very heavy? Or something light? 

The children decided that because the box was small, it had to be something light, like a teddy or a small…

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maths Speaking and Listening communication

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P.E with Fleetwood Town

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Last week we continued our P.E lessons with Fleetwood Town. We were focusing on travelling and moving in different ways...balancing, jumping and climbing. The children moved around in teams to practise their skills. 

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Physical development

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Little Chicks helping in the garden

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Little Chicks use the wheelbarrows to move the chipping’s onto the tarpaulin which stops the weeds coming through. Landscaping the garden.

They had to negotiate the path turning the wheelbarrow which was tricky to control. They used the spades to collect the chipping’s and place on the…

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Physical development garden environment

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Putting the bears in size order

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For this challenge the children had to cut out the bears and then order them according to size, either smallest to biggest or biggest to smallest. Some children needed support to cut around the bears but the children’s cutting skills have really come on! 

This task was tricky as there were up…

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maths Size

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Big, medium and small

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This week we are reading different versions of the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. In maths we are looking at size and the children have been challenged with drawing a big bear, a medium sized bear and a small bear. Some children struggled to create a contrast between the sizes.

     

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Baking Gingerbread People

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The Ducklings loved baking gingerbread people, following a recipe and using lots of different tools and equipment safely. They were delicious and they enjoyed eating them whist listening to The Gingerbread Man story during snacktime.

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baking

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Life-sized Gingerbread Person

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The Ducklings loved working together to create large scale gingerbread people. It was a great mark making opportunity.

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Creative learning mark making

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Gingerbread Men

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We have been creating our own gingerbread people with the playdough.

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Creative learning Malleable

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Investigation Fun

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The Ducklings were comparing what would happen to a gingerbread man if it fell into a 'river.' They used their senses to explore the what the gingerbread men were like before and after going in the water.

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science Understanding the World

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Please Help!!!

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The Ducklings were met with a surprise when they came to school on Monday. A gingerbread man needed their help. They loved writing letters to him to explain how they would help him.

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writing

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Decorating Gingerbread People

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We have been painting and decorating gingerbread people using our fine motor skills, with cotton wool buds.

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fine motor Funky Fingers

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Decorating Gingerbread People

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We have been painting and decorating gingerbread people using our fine motor skills, with cotton wool buds.

Category: Ducklings

fine motor Funky Fingers

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