Crawling in PE

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In PE the Ducklings have been practising crawling through and under apparatus with care and control.

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P.E.

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Making bird feeders

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The children were enjoying making bird feeders in the sun last week, ready to attract different birds to our garden so that they can spot and count them.

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outdoor learning big bird watch

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The Emperor's Egg

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Little Chicks listened to the story The Emperor's Egg. The story tells of a male Emperor Penguin standing around in the freezing cold with an egg on his feet for two months.

Little Chicks role played being the Emperor and balancing a bean bag on their feet. They found it difficult to…

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Physical development music and movement. balancing

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Letter of the week I

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Little Chicks have been learning the letter of the week I. We learnt words beginning with the letter I, found objects beginning with I and wrote the letter I on the white board.

 

 

follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL7w-PAQUb8 to learn I song.

 

 

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writing phonics letters Singing

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Throwing in P.E

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In P.E we are working on our under arm and over arm throwing. These are both skills the children will be practising and refining over the coming weeks. See if your child can teach you the correct technique! 

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Physical development

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Reading for fun!

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It has been so lovely to see our Ducklings so enthusiastic and keen to share their favourite story books from home. The children have enjoyed sharing their stories as part of our guided reading and this week's writing task. 

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Penguin Groove

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Little Chicks have been learning the Penguin dance they followed dance moves and coordinated their body movements to the music.

 

 

follow the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf0uKmKwnKs to learn dance and join in with your Little Chicks.

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dance Singing music and movement.

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Creating Penguins

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The children have been given all the different parts they need to create their own penguin. The children have had to think which order they need to stick things on and if they need to use glue or tape. An adult has been there to support them when needed. Some children are a little mean…

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construction Creative learning Arctic

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Making Bird Feeders

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This morning we have been outside making bird feeders. We mixed seeds with lard and then pressed the lard into a pine cone. For some reason a few children didn't like the feel of the lard! We then hung the feeders in the garden. We now just have to wait and see what birds come and feed from…

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Understanding the World

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Scishow kids Arctic North

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Sci show kids

 

As part of our learning about the Arctic the children watched Sci show kids it taught us about the Arctic. Little Chicks have been asked to ask a question about the Artic to learn to use questions in conversation. 15.1.22

Georgia “Do their noses turn to ice Polar bears?” …

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animals science geography Understanding the World

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Maths

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Little Chicks have been learning mathamatical language and have been measuring different quantities.

 

Each Little Chick has been measuring the unifix into containers they had to look at the picture cue card which showed either a full,empty, half empty, nearly full and nearly empty…

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Scishow kids Arctic North

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Little Chicks have been learning about the Arctic North the children learnt about the animals, the habitat, what food the animals hunt for and what the weather is like in the Arctic North.

 

The thickness of the ice, Walrus, Seal, Arctic Fox.

 

 

Little Chicks used the role…

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animals science geography Understanding the World

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