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Rhyming words
Little Chicks have been learning to rhyme words. They used the rhyming match phonics game Cat/Hat each took turns to match two rhyming words.
Clock/Sock Duck/Truck …
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Rhyme phonics Active learning language story
Letter of the week H
Little Chicks have been learning the letter J this week, they found objects beginning with J, wrote J in the air using their finger, searched treasure island for J words and used the chalk boards to write letter J or words beginning with J.
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writing phonics letters Active learning Singing
Painting Penguins
Last week we made 3D models of penguins and this week we are using our mark making skills to paint a 2D picture.
The children were just given three colours, black, white and orange, some photographs of penguins to look at and then left to create their own penguin.
To see our penguins click…
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Building Igloos
This week we are learning about The Inuit People who live in the arctic. They travel around and in the winter build igloos as shelters on their journey.
The children have been having a go at building igloos using sugar cubes. It is a very good funky fingers activity which requires patience,…
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Arctic Presentation Mr Redman
Little Chicks and Ducklings were introduced to Mr Redman whom has spent 15 years in the Arctic in Norway.
Arctic is the North Pole
Antartica is the South Pole
In Winter it is dark all day/night and in Summer light all day/night.
What do you wear in the Arctic thick socks, warm…
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animals geography Understanding the World
Weighing
This week we are exploring and learning all about weight. The children are doing this through a range of open ended and teacher led challenges and will be using language such as heavy, heavier, light, lighter, balance, measure and compare.
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Learning about the Arctic with Mr Redman
Today the children got to experience what it is truly like to live in the Arctic through friend of the school and ex-parent, Mr Redman. As he lived in the Arctic for 15 years, he brought along an amazing collection of photos, food and drink, artefacts such as animals skins, clothes and a wealth of…
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geography Speaking and Listening visitor
Crazy about Capacity
This week we are focusing on two mathematical concepts, capacity and weight. The children are weighing, ordering, comparing, balancing, filling and learning a range of new vocabulary to apply in their learning.
Category: Ducklings
Our Favourite Books
The Ducklings have loved bringing in and sharing their favourite books with each other. They have re-told their stories or described their book to Mrs Catterall in guided reading, enjoyed reading them for fun and writing a book review. We shall leave them in school for a few more weeks as the…
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Super Scientists
The Ducklings have been investigating and trying to find out which is the best material to wrap Jack Frost's hands in to stop them melting. They wrapped ice up in paper, bubble wrap, plastic and foil. They observed the changes over time, talking about what they could see and came to the…
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science Understanding the World
Composing 4 and 5
In mathematics the children have been exploring the different ways to make 4 and 5 using counters, numicon, unifix blocks and even themselves, by getting into different groups.
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Making penguins
The Ducklings have enjoyed selecting their own different materials and tools to help them to create penguins for our polar display.
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