Blog by Tag: Understanding the World
Magnetic Materials
We have learnt that a knight's armour would have been made from metal. We have been exploring different objects and their materials to see if they are magnetic or not. We found out that not all metals are magnetic!
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materials Understanding the World
Exploring the icy weather
We had great fun today exploring how Jack frost had turned our school field white! We warmed up afterwards with a warm drink of hot chocolate as a special treat!
Look at the gallery here....https://www.carletongreen.lancs.sch.uk/photo-galleries/exploring-the-frost
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outdoor learning Understanding the World
The Princess and the Pea Investigation
Investigating how many layers of bed covers they need to put on the bed until they can no longer feel the pea.
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maths Understanding the World Counting
A shining star!
We have been investigating how to get the light above the stable in Bethlehem to light up. We created simple electrical circuits using wires, bulbs, batteries and crocodile clips.
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Goldilocks Investigation
Using our sense of touch to feel if objects are hard or soft, just like Goldilocks felt the three bears' beds.
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Celebrating Diwali
Some of the children have enjoyed wearing traditional clothes as part of our Diwali celebrations.
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RE Understanding the World Celebrations
Diwali dancing
The Ducklings have enjoyed trying out some Indian dancing as part of our Diwali celebrations.
https://www.carletongreen.lancs.sch.uk/photo-galleries/indian-dancing
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dance Understanding the World Creative learning
Celebrating Diwali
This week the Ducklings and Little Chicks have been learning all about the Hindu Festival of Lights, Diwali.
Some of us have enjoyed wearing traditional costumes.
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RE Understanding the World Celebrations
Investigating rolling conkers
The Ducklings have enjoyed investigating rolling conkers down slopes of different heights.
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outdoor learning investigation Understanding the World
Autumn Welly Walk
We have loved being Autumn detectives on our welly walk.
Look at the photo gallery here.....https://www.carletongreen.lancs.sch.uk/photo-galleries/autumn-walks
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seasons outdoor learning Understanding the World
Babies
We were very lucky to have a visit from Freddie's mum and baby brother Jensen and Amelia's mum, dad and sister Georgia. We asked them lots of questions to find out more about how babies grow and change. We have also had fun this week looking at our baby photos and tried to guess who it is!
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changes Understanding the World
Labelling game
It has been fun reading the labels and labelling the different parts of the body with our friends.
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