Blog by Tag: Understanding the World
A visit from the doctors
Today, Zaneera's mummy and daddy came to talk to us about their jobs as a doctor. The children enjoyed thinking of their own questions to ask them.
Category: Ducklings
We love to dress up!
A vast majority of our Ducklings love to dress up. Dressing up is such a huge part of imaginative play in Early Years. Young children love to experiment with taking on different roles and facilitating this not only covers so many vital aspects of our curriculum, but it is also so much…
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Physical development Understanding the World communication PSED
Autumn Welly Walks
The Ducklings enjoyed exploring around the school field to look closely for signs that autumn is here.
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Autumn Understanding the World
How does it feel?
The Ducklings have been using their sense of touch to explore and describe how different objects feel.
"The grass feels tickly and soft!"
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countdown Speaking and Listening senses Understanding the World
Grandparents Afternoon 3/10/22
We were very lucky to have our Grandparents join us in school this afternoon. It was lovely to share our learning with them, as a big thank you for all that they do for us. We enjoyed taking the opportunity to find out about what life was like when they started school. The children thought of some…
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Understanding the World Grandparents' Afternoon
Taste Testing
We have been having fun tasting different foods this week, to help us decide whether they taste sweet, salty, sour or bitter! I think the faces say it all!!!
Category: Ducklings
taste test senses Understanding the World
Our sense of smell
The Ducklings have been using their noses to try and guess the different smells in the 'Mystery Smelling Pots.' They guessed that they could smell coffee, curry, perfume or flowers, orange and flowers.
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senses Understanding the World
Our Ears can Hear
Listen up!!!
This week, as part of our 'Amazing me!' topic work, we are exploring how are ears help us to hear. We have been playing lots of listening games, listening to the first sound that objects begin with, playing sound bingo, exploring mystery sound tubes and matching them to the correct…
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senses Understanding the World listening
Aaaarrgghh, Spider!
Mrs Catterall isn't keen on spiders, but she was very brave when we found one in the classroom and she caught it for us, for a little while, to observe! We counted that the spider has 8 legs and is therefore not an insect. We saw its large abdomen where it stores the eggs and we saw its two palps…
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Painted Lady Butterflies
The Ducklings and Little Chicks were so excited to see the butterflies that had emerged from thier cocoons. They enjoyed spotting all of the different parts of the butterfly's body and loved watching its curly tongue (proboscis) drinking.
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Life cycles Understanding the World
Our butterflies are released!
This week we got to say a happy 'hello' and a sad 'goodbye' as our amazing painted lady butterflies were released. The children were captivated watching them fly off onto their exciting new adventure. We are hoping to see them around our outdoor area over the next few weeks.
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science outdoor learning Understanding the World
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
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We have celebrated the Platinum Jubilee in lots of different ways this week. We have been making bunting, chalking and painting flags, making crowns to wear, role playing afternoon tea parties in the home corner, finding out facts about Queen Elizabeth, sharing family memories about past jubilee…
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