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Splatter Painting
The Ducklings have been using a splatter technique with their paintbrushes to create a firework effect. It was great fun!
Category: Ducklings
Moving like Fireworks
The Ducklings have enjoyed creating firework music with the percussion instruments and moving like different fireworks using scarves and ribbons.
Category: Ducklings
Junk Model Rockets
Following on from our work with 3D shapes we have been enjoying creating our own junk model rockets to help us learn the names of the 3D shapes.
Can you spot cubes, cuboids, spheres, cylinders, pyramids and triangular prisms when you are out and about?
Category: Ducklings
Able, Gifted and Talented Writing Group
We have had yet another wonderful writing workshop with the very talented author Dan Worsley. Today our small group of writers had the opportunity to edit and improve an unpublished section of Dan's writing. This involved the description of a mean bully within a school playground. The children…
Category: Doves
This week in Parrots
This week we have danced like fireworks in P.E. In science we have investigated which coats can and can't be seen in the dark. We practised writing words with split digraphs in phonics. We loved painting rainbows in art by mixing primary colours.
Category: Parrots
*Doves' Writing Workshop with the Wonderful Author: Dan Worsley.
Doves have had a fantastic time listening to the story Blown Away, written by author Dan Worsley. They thought it story was hilarious. Throughout the workshop the children had the opportunity to plan an alternative ending to the story. All the children wrote an amazing plan and have already begun…
Category: Doves
Celebrations!
Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely and restful half term!
This week in Little Chicks we have started our new topic of celebrations. The children have been sharing their halloween, bonfire and firework stories with us and in the creative area, they have been making some splat firework…
Category: Little Chicks
Tricky words
Outside the children have enjoyed practising writing the tricky word 'into.'
Category: Ducklings
Word building
This week the Ducklings have been putting their knowledge of letters and sounds into practise. They have been using the magnetic letters to make words to match picture cards.
Category: Ducklings
Shape Rockets
We have been using 2D shapes to create rockets. We have been naming the different shapes and talking about their properties.
Category: Ducklings
Kestrels Remembrance Assembly
Kestrels class prepared and delivered our class assembly on Tuesday of this week.
The children worked hard to put together a very informative and respectful assembly to allow children at Carleton Green to remember the brave serviceman and women who serve our country both past and…
Category: Kestrels
Firework Biscuits
This week the Ducklings have enjoyed icing biscuits with different colours of runny icing and sprinkles, to make them look like fireworks exploding! They enjoyed eating them even more!
Category: Ducklings