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London Bridge
After reading the nursery rhyme London Bridge, the Ducklings investigated building a bridge that would be strong enough to carry a London bus! They used all sorts of different junk materials to test out their ideas.
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Making a clock
After reading Hickory Dickory Dock the children went on to peg the numbers correctly on the clock faces.
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Fun in the autumn leaves
The Ducklings wanted to use their gross motor skills to sweep up the autumn leaves that had fallen. They couldn't resist running, jumping and throwing the leaves in the air.
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Remembrance Day
On the 11th November at 11 am we joined the rest of the school outside for a 2 minute silence. Earlier on, we found out about why people do this and why we wear poppies at this time of year. The Ducklings were extremely sensible and respectful.
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Hickory, Dickory Dock
The Ducklings have been exploring how to programme our robot mouse to run up and down the clock!
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
The Ducklings have enjoyed strengthening their finger muscles for writing by making twinkling stars like in the nursery rhyme.
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Finding the rhyming pairs
The Ducklings have been working with their friends to match the rhyming pairs, such as boat and coat and tie and pie.
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reading Rhyme Speaking and Listening
Parrots Autumn 2 Week 1
Welcome back to school this week Parrots Class; we have been very busy learning about money, computing and writing headlines!
In Maths, we have started to look at the value of coins; how much each coin represents and how we can make small amounts using different coins. We had lots of fun making…
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Remembrance Day
Little Chicks commemorated Remembrance Day. They learnt about the soldiers, service men, service women and animals who died in the line of duty since the end of the First World war.
They learned why we wear Poppies and stood in silence at 11am to show respect.
Little Chicks learnt the…
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Number 4
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This week in Maths we are learning all about the number 4. It may only be a little number, but the children explore and investigate each number in lots of depth. We have been thinking about more and less than 4, what objects make 4 and all the different ways we can make 4. We have also been…
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Remembrance Day
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Today we have been talking about and remembering The Great War and the service men, women and animals who died. The children have bought and drawn poppies and observed a whole school minutes silence as a mark of respect.
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Nursery Rhyme Shop
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Little chicks have a new role play Nursery Rhyme Shop. As part of our learning Little Chicks are learning Nursery Rhymes.
Little Chicks engage in role play being the shopkeeper or the customer. Counting out money, making order forms and delivering goods.
Little Chicks…
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