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Parrots' Music Around the World
Today the children engaged in a music lesson about different types of music from different countries. We experimented with different instruments and created our own music - which the children performed and evaluated.
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Parrots' Learn the features of Playscripts
Today the children in Parrots learnt all about playscripts. Firstly we looked at the features of playscripts and then we read through a play all about Jack and the Beanstalk. Different children read different parts, so everybody had a go and they were able to follow and understand the specific…
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Parrots' class reading Jack and the Beanstalk
To start our new English topic playscripts, the children in Parrots' Class have been revisiting the well known children's fairytale story Jack and the Beanstalk. The children loved hearing the story again and were able to describe their favourite and least favourite parts of the story with great…
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Parrots Science Investigation
The children in Parrots were all scientists yesterday. Poor Teddy had a hole in his umbrella and we needed to find which would be the best material to fix it. So all of the children conducted an investigation to test whether fabric, paper, tissue or plastic would be the best material to fix…
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Parrots' compared their voice to musical instruments.
Today in music the children in Parrots sang a song just using their own beautiful voices and then they compared this sound to various musical instruments. Well done Parrots.
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Parrots' Outdoor Learning with Mrs Hicks
Today the first group of children in Parrots worked with Mrs Hicks. They behaved wonderfully and thoroughly enjoyed planting seeds in self-made paper pots - which were very effective and excellent for our environment. Well done children you did great!!
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Parrots' Art linked to Geography
The children in Parrots learnt all about the different flags for the United Kingdom. They learnt where these countries are located on a map of the UK along with which flags belong to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Then the children used various different art techniques and re-created the…
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Parrots' Science Investigations
The children in Parrots have been investigating the properties of different materials. Today we focused on whether a material is bendy or not bendy. The examined all different types of materials and completed a table to show whether materials are flexible. Well done Parrots - we all enjoyed being…
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Parrots' Science
The children in Parrots have been exploring different materials. They have been identifying different properties of these materials and describing them based on the properties. We have discussed properties such as: absorbent, transparent, hard, smooth, soft. The children enjoyed playing the 'Guess…
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Parrots learnt: How To Catch A Star Story using actions
The children in Parrots have learnt the story sequence to: How to Catch a Star using actions to help them remember each key event. Well done everyone.
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Parrots' Roald Dahl Day
The children in Parrots had a wonderful Roald Dahl day. We predicted what different Roald Dahl stories were about and then listened to different snippets before voting on our favourite and writing about why the beginning of this book would make us want to read on.
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Parrots' Class Zoom with Alistair Parker
The children thoroughly enjoyed their zoom meeting with the artist Alistair Parker. He shared his artwork and discussed how he became and artist and how he creates his wonderful work. The children were amazed by his presentation and have thoroughly enjoyed recreating his artwork in class.