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Our amazing outdoors
As you are aware, our outdoor area had been under development for some time now. As we now have most areas set up, it has been lovely to stand back and watch how the children are enjoying and connecting with our exciting new space.
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Making Connections
Our topic during Science week this week is exploring the concept of 'Making Connections'. The children have loved going outside and exploring and connecting with our immediate environment. We have been discussing the animals and insects that we might see in our surroundings.
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Bits and Bobs
The Ducklings have been using magnets to find out which bits from the tool shad are magnetic or not and sorting them. They have also been using their funky fingers to match the right nut to each bolt which was quite tricky and fiddly!
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Understanding the World Funky Fingers Science week 2023
Floating and Sinking
The Ducklings have been investigating materials that float and sink in preparation for creating a boat that can transport an important message for science week.
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Travelling Investigation
Some of the Ducklings have been investigating what happens to the cars when they travel down the ramps. They changed the surfaces of the ramps to see if that made a difference to how far they travelled. They found that when there was grass or bubble wrap on the ramps, the cars didn't travel as…
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Nature Detectives
The Ducklings have loved talking about the different habitats we might find around our school and what we might find living there. They looked under logs and rocks, in our pond, on the field and in the flower beds to see what living things they could find. They found worms, earwigs, spiders, ants,…
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Fleetwood town fundamental skills
Kieran introduced the Frogs and Toad game.
The area was roped off to make a pond. Little Chicks began by jumping with two legs role playing a frog, they hopped on one foot to role play a toad. To emphasise the importance of exercise and stretching. Kieran demonstrated squats and squat jumps for…
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Bird Man
Little Chicks had a visit from Alan the Bird man, Alan showed different types of birds of prey.
Hawk from the breed harris called Sybal.
Sybal comes from Mexico
Sybal is a carnivore and hunts for prey, she has no teeth so will swallow her prey. Sybal weighs 1kg and will lay four…
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birds Understanding the World Science week 2023
Bird Man Visit
The Ducklings and Little Chicks loved our visitor Alan Ames (AKA The Birdman) today. He brought with him a hawk, a barn owl and the most spectacular bald eagle. They listened well and learnt lots of amazing facts. Ask them to tell you what they have learnt.
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Dino play
Thank you to George's mummy for our lovely new small world play table. The children have loved using it with the dinosaurs. Lots of story telling, speaking and listening and working cooperatively together.
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Our lovely garden
All of the hard work in our garden is paying off, as the children love looking out for different plants and animals that live or come to visit there. They learn so much from the things they observe. Last week we spotted that the frogs had returned to our pond and that it is the season for…
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Different places and maps
As part of exploring and understanding the world around them, the Ducklings have been looking at maps of different places and interpreting information from them. They have also been talking about the different features or 'things' that you might find in different places such as in a town, in the…
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