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Letter of the week f
Little Chicks have been learning the letter f. They have learnt the letter f song, found the letter f in the classroom using signs, wrote the letter f on their white boards and identified pictures beginning with f on the interactive board.
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Category: Little Chicks
writing Singing Letter of the week
Counting and ordering
This week we are learning all about number 6.
The children have to count out 6 gingerbread people and put the gingerbread people in the correct number order.
Category: Little Chicks
Rolls in P.E
This week in P.E was the start of our Fundamental Skills sessions with Kieran from Fleetwood Town. The children have learned and practised how to confidently do a teddy roll, an egg roll, a pencil roll, a barrel roll and a rock and roll. We were so impressed with how hard the children tried to…
Category: Ducklings
gymnastics Physical development
Our Special Things
In RE, we are going to be finding out how different religions have special books and stories. We have begun exploring this by finding out what things are special to us and why. Each child brought in something which was special to them and showed it to their friends and explained why it was…
Category: Ducklings
Jack Frost needs our help!
Jack Frost asked for our help! He wanted us to investigate and find the answer to his question? 'Is water the only liquid that he can freeze?'
So we decided to put different liquids in the freezer to find out. We poured water, juice, washing up liquid, runny glue, paint, oil and milk into an…
Category: Ducklings
changes Understanding the World
Weddings
We have had lots of lovely dressing up items donated to our home corner. As a result of this, the children have initiated wanting to act out and play 'weddings!' To help with this, we have watched different videos, all about different types of weddings and talked about what happens in a wedding…
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Understanding the World Celebrations
Jack Frost
This week, we have been learning about the seasonal changes that happen in winter. We have read the story Jack Frost and have learnt a song about him. The children have enjoyed imagining what Jack Frost might look like.
Category: Ducklings
Phonics Challenges
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The Ducklings have been showing off their phase 2 phonics knowledge and are using it to independently write words and captions.
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P.E with Fleetwood Town
This week in P.E was the start of our Fundamental Skills sessions with Kieran from Fleetwood Town. The children have learned and practised how to confidently do a teddy roll, an egg roll, a pencil roll, a barrel roll and a rock and roll. We were so impressed with how hard the children tried to…
Category: Ducklings
All the small things
One of the best things about Early Years are the small, incidental moments as these are the moments that bring the most joy and wonder to our children. This week, some children discovered a baby slug in their 'soup' when working in the mud kitchen.
A slug rescue then ensued, and before we…
Category: Ducklings
outdoor learning Understanding the World PSED
Composing numbers 4 and 5
In Maths this week we are thinking about numbers 4 and 5. We have been looking at how these numbers are composed, more and less than and subitising different amounts.
The children have been busy making 4 and 5 in different ways, both indoors and outdoors.
Category: Ducklings
Democracy- making decisions about our learning
In Ducklings, we teach our children that their opinions are important and that their thoughts and feelings are heard and valued. We promote this in various ways and this week, the children all voted for their favourite Traditional Tale. We talked about why it is important to have your say and why…
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democracy Speaking and Listening Understanding the World PSED