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A Sikh Visitor
On Friday, we had a visit from Kash from Building Bridges, to talk to us about her Sikh faith. The children learnt lots about the Sikh traditions.
Category: Ducklings
Physical challenges
The Ducklings enjoyed completing a range of physical challenges as part of our healthy living week.
They were jumping, hopping, hula hooping, throwing, catching and passing.
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Physical development Healthy living week
Letter of the week
Little Chicks are learning the letter of the week X they found objects beginning with X they wrote the letter X in the air, they learnt the X jolly song and wrote X on their white boards following Captain Seasalt on treasure island.
They used the smart board to choose which picture began…
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writing Singing Letter of the week
Science week height chart
As part of our Science week Little Chicks been measuring their height.
Beatrice 107cm Ben 108cm
Bertie 100 cm Felicity 101cm
Charlie 102cm Elsie 100cm
Elizabeth 112cm Hunter 115cm
Georgia 106cm Isaac 105cm
Henry 101.5cm Petra 99cm
Hugh105cm…
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Healthy Fruit Salad
As part of healthy living week, the Ducklings helped to prepare and eat a very healthy fruit salad! It was very yummy.
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fine motor fruit Healthy eating Healthy living week
Symmetrical Patterns
In Maths this week we have explored the concept of symmetry through pattern. The children have created symmetrical patterns, recognised deliberate mistakes in patterns and revisited more complex patterns in their independent learning.
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CVCC and CCVC words
In Phonics this week we have been practicing and applying our knowledge of CVCC and CCVC words. We have lots of played games, including being word detectives!
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writing fine motor English phonics
Staying cool in the heat
This glorious weather has tied in nicely with 'Healthy Living Week' and learning ways to look after our bodies and stay safe in the sun. We have talked about the importance of sun hats, cream, shade and drinking water.
We also discussed keeping our skin cool and decided to make some paddling…
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Physical development Healthy living week
Making (and eating!) Fruit Salad
As part of our 'Healthy Living Week' the Ducklings have been learning about healthy foods, what makes a balanced diet and food groups. We chose the food group of fruit and decided to make a delicious fruit salad. The children peeled, chopped and segmented the fruits and added juices. Most…
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science Physical development Healthy living week
Healthy living week
This week we have been learning about healthy living. Outdoor learning we have set up a circuit of exercises to follow Little Chicks read the instruction card and complete the exercise moving around the garden to complete the circuit.
A variety of exercises to complete and we…
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Healthy living week Exercises Reading instructions
Fruit Salad
At snack time the children made their own fruit salad. Choosing the fruit they want and cutting it up to create a fruit salad.
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Digging and jumping fun!
The Ducklings had lots of fun with their gross motor skills outside today. They have been digging in the mud, transporting and filling with water and finally enjoying jumping over the puddle with skill! No-one ended up in the mud either!!
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