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Number 4
Our number of the week is number 4. In this activity the children are finding all the cards with the number 4 on.
The children then had to count out 4 camels from a group. Some children found it hard to stop at 4, one or two realised they had too many and put the ones they didn’t need back.…
Category: Little Chicks
Recycling
We are pretending to be refuse collectors and sorting the rubbish according to what it is made of, plastic, metal and paper and cardboard.
The children have dressed the part in their high vis jackets and protective gloves.
Good job boys!
Category: Little Chicks
Hidden Instruments
Little Chicks play the game hidden instruments, we hid the instruments around the classroom. Little Chicks worked in small groups to find the instruments, they play the instrument and the sound it makes and describe loud, quiet, bumpy, high, low, smooth, soft.
When they had found the…
Category: Little Chicks
Singing rhythm instruments beat
Investigating the best material for an emergency worker's coat
The Ducklings have been investigating different materials to see which one would show up best in the dark, to make a hi-vis jacket. Which colour do you think would shpw up the best in the dark?
Category: Ducklings
1 more, 1 less
This week, in maths, the Ducklings have been learning about 1 more and 1 less. They have been finding out what 1 more or 1 less than an amount is by adding one more object or taking one away. Some us have been confident to identify numbers that are missing from a number line and can give the…
Category: Ducklings
Number of the week three
Little Chicks have been counting to three and finding number three in the classroom.
Little Chicks use the interactive board to count to three.
Little Chicks learn the number three song.
Look for number three in the environment and take a photo.
Category: Little Chicks
Active learning Singing number
People who help us
Ducklings and Little Chicks were role playing people who help us.
Category: Little Chicks
Active learning People who help us
Letter of the week b
Little Chicks have been learning the letter b, they have learnt the letter b song, found objects beginning with the letter b in the letter bag. Wrote the letter b on their white boards, used the interactive board to draw pictures and write the letter b.
Category: Little Chicks
Maths
In maths we took the opportunity to get outside, while it wasn't raining. We calculated some addition and subtraction sums and then ran to find the answer around the playground.
Category: Robins
Midwife and Doctor Role Play
Following on from our midwife visit earlier this week, the Ducklings created their own role-play scenarios. On Friday, the doctors were called, as a baby was about to be born! They will make very caring health professionals when they grow up!
Category: Ducklings
Understanding the World Role-play
Initial sounds
The Ducklings are grasping the new phonemes that they have been learning each week. These girls have been busy sorting objects according to whether they begin woth the sounds e,u,o, g or c.
Category: Ducklings
Exploring different ways of making 5
This week the Ducklings have been exploring different ways of arranging and making 5.
Category: Ducklings