Blog by Tag: Understanding the World
Finding treasure
The Ducklings have been using a simple control program to direct the pirate to find the treasure.
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computing ICT Understanding the World
Float or Sink?
Today the Ducklings have been predicting and then investigating which objects float or sink.
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Trying on the Treasure
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The Ducklings have loved trying on all of the pirate treasure this week! Pirate Dan explained to them how some pirates used to wear lots of luxurious clothes and precious jewellery so that other sailors would think that they were wealthy folk and not pirates at all.
They are certainly loving…
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History Understanding the World Role-play
Magnetic or not?
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The Ducklings have been exploring to see if the objects washed up on the beach are magnetic or not. They have then sorted the objects according to what they found.
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investigation Understanding the World
Plastic Pollution Talk
We were very lucky to have a visit from Mrs Haigh today. She works for the Environment Agency and she told us all about her job looking after the rivers and seas. She told us about the only things that should be flushed down the toilet - the three P's. I am sure that the children will remember…
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Understanding the World environment
Playing and Exploring
The Ducklings and Little Chicks have loved exploring and problem solving in the water tray during this lovely weather. They constructed and figured out a way for the fish to travel between the water trays by talking and working together.
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outdoor learning water Understanding the World
Under the Sea Dance
The Ducklings enjoyed their PE dance lesson on Friday. They explored moving like different sea creatures.
Look at the video here...
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P.E. dance Understanding the World
A Plastic Problem
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The Ducklings and Little Chicks were welcomed back to school with a surprise waiting for them!
The world's sea creatures have asked for our help and left them a letter. There is a real problem with plastic waste getting into the oceans and seas and harming the marine creatures. They left us…
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Indian Dance Workshop
The Ducklings have thoroughly enjoyed the Indian Dance Workshop today as part of our learning all about the Hindu spring festival called Holi. Manisha our dance teacher was very impressed with how all of the children picked up the different moves so quickly. We have a class full of amazing little…
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dance Understanding the World Celebrations Hinduism
Mini Paleontologists
The Ducklings are enjoying being dinosaur experts. They have been discovering fossils, digging for dinosaur bones and describing and exploring what different dinosaurs were like.
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A froggy find
Look at what the children have found growing and changing in our garden 'pond!' They were very excited to find the frogspawn and are looking forward to watch how it grows and changes over the next few weeks.
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changes spring Understanding the World
Our Neighbours
In RE the Ducklings have been thinking about who their neighbours are and what neighbours do for each other.
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