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A giant? In our classroom?
The children were very surprised to find giant footprints, beanstalk leaves, a large golden egg, coins and feather all around the classroom. Who could have possibly made such a mess? And why?
The children looked at and thought carefully about the clues and concluded that it was the giant from…
Category: Ducklings
Growth in the garden
Little Chicks have been looking at the growth of plants. We have planted horsechestnut trees and will watch them grow.
We looked at the bulbs and planted into pots.
Little Chicks observed the blooming of the flowers and painted a flower portrait.
Little Chicks observed the next…
Category: Little Chicks
Life cycles Growing plants and seeds
Jack and the Beanstalk
Footprints were found in Ducklings, who's could they be?
Alongside the footprints were other objects, beans, coins, leaves, a golden egg and feathers.
Miss Taylor "What did we see?
Joakim "A golden egg."
Hunter "It was massive."
Darcie "Footprints, they were…
Category: Little Chicks
Role-play Active learning story
Letter of the week S
Little Chicks are learning the letter S they find objects beginning with S, write on the white boards words beginning with S, learn the jolly S song and join Captain Seasalt on treasure island.
follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwupro4AVsY for jolly S song.
follow the…
Category: Little Chicks
writing phonics letters Singing
Parrots Stunning Starter
We had such a fun morning, learning all about the different groups of animals. We learnt some amazing facts like snails poo the colour that they eat!! We also learnt that toads have bumpy backs and frogs are smooth.
It was so much fun! Thank you Ribby Hall Wild…
Category: Parrots
Easter Fun!
The Yellow Ducklings looked fabulous in all of their Easter bonnets and ties. A big thank you to the grown-ups at home for helping us to make our outfits.
We also had a great afternoon on our Easter egg hunt. We managed to find them all and complete some challenges and foreits along the way…
Category: Ducklings
Shapes
The Ducklings have been exploring the features of shapes and describing them to their friends. They were beginning to describe the number of faces, flat or curved, whether or not the edges were curved or straight, the shapes of the faces and the number of vertices.
Category: Ducklings
Signs of Spring
The Ducklings have been on a welly walk to look for signs that spring has sprung! They were able to spot spring flowers starting to bloom, buds developing on branches and even a few tiny minibeasts!
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outdoor learning spring Understanding the World
Egg and Spoon Races
As part of our easter fun and outdoor learning the children enjoyed taking part in egg and spoon races. They showed great control and coordination.
Category: Ducklings
Ducklings Open Afternoon
The Ducklings enjoyed sharing the afternoon with their families during our recent Easter and Spring themed open afternoon. The children loved sharing their learning with you. Thank you for coming!
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Category: Ducklings
Stars of the Show!
We are incredibly proud of all of the children in Year 3 and 4.
It has been amazing watching all of the children perform on stage!
Thank you so much to everyone who came to watch! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!!
Well done everyone!
Category: Doves
Easter Fun
We are having lots of Easter fun today. We started with children arriving in some lovely Easter hats! A lot of work has gone into them!
We then listened to a story called 'Saving Easter', the chickens were tired and went on holiday, leaving the Easter bunny with no eggs, but some unlikely…
Category: Little Chicks