Transport

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Little Chicks have been learning about different types of transport.

On the train.                                                       Miniature road and cars.

Construction how to get the cars across using planks.

 

Facts about trains.                                    …

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construction Role-play Singing story Small world

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Little Chicks PE The Journey Home From Grandpa's

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Little Chicks re-enacted the story. ‘The Journey Home From Grandpa's

They used gross motor movements to role play the vehicles in the story.


 

Follow the link to join in the story https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Granpas-Barefoot-Books-Singalongs/dp/1846866588

Follow the link…

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Physical development Role-play follow instruction

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On the moon

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Little Chicks new topic is on the move this week we are looking at the Moon. We read the story whatever next following Baby bear to the moon and back before bathtime. 
 

Little Chicks role play on the moon and small world rocket ship going to the Moon.

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Dino fun

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The children have enjoyed using their imaginations to pretend to create a dinosaur swamp.

 

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Role-play

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Shape robots

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Little Chicks have been learning 3D shapes. We built 3D shapes using the polydrons making pyramids and cubes, they used their imagination to turn the cubes into robots and the 2D shapes represented robot hands.

 

 

 

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Role-play 3D shapes Imagination 2D shapes

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Dinosaurs

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Little Chicks are learning about dinosaurs, the different species, their different diets, they looked at fossils and how they lived.

 

Dinosaur role play.

Using shapes to draw a dinosaur.                 Treasure hunt finding dinosaur flash cards 

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fine motor activemaths Role-play Story listening

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Three Little Pigs

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This week Little Chicks have been learning the traditional story The Three Little Pigs.

 

Building the brick house with blocks.               Cutting out clothes to stick on the pigs.

 

Putting the Wolf in different mathematical positions in, under, on, behind, in front, next ,…

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Celebrating Chinese New Year

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Little Chicks have been celebrating Chinese New Year and learning about their customs and celebrations.

 

The Chinese New Year Story and the characters.

 

 

Writing Chinese letter a and numbers.               Role play the dragon.

 

 

Tasting Chinese cuisine,…

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Role-play Chinese new year number describing food

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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Little Chicks have been learning about traditional stories this week we are listening to Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 
 


 

Using sticklebacks to make the three bears beds.          Goldilocks in the bears house.

 

 

Drawing pictures of the story.

 

Sequencing the…

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Midwife and Doctor Role Play

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Following on from our midwife visit earlier this week, the Ducklings created their own role-play scenarios. On Friday, the doctors were called, as a baby was about to be born! They will make very caring health professionals when they grow up!

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Understanding the World Role-play

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Medical emergency!

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The Ducklings have loved having our visitors in this week, talking about their jobs. The children have learnt so much about the different jobs and it is now lovely to see them taking on these roles in their pretend play.

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Understanding the World Role-play

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People who Keep us Healthy

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Our Ducklings have been very busy this week learning about people who keep us fit and healthy. The children have been looking after babies and making them better at the maternity hospital, enjoying the hospital role play and making one another better after various injuries and ailments. It is a…

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Understanding the World Role-play communication

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