Bird Man Visit

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The Ducklings and Little Chicks loved our visitor Alan Ames (AKA The Birdman) today. He brought with him a hawk, a barn owl and the most spectacular bald eagle. They listened well and learnt lots of amazing facts. Ask them to tell you what they have learnt.

           

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Learning about the Arctic with Mr Redman

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Today the children got to experience what it is truly like to live in the Arctic through friend of the school and ex-parent, Mr Redman. As he lived in the Arctic for 15 years, he brought along an amazing collection of photos, food and drink, artefacts such as animals skins, clothes and a wealth of…

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Marine Talk Visitors

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On Friday the Ducklings and Little Chicks were very lucky to have a visit from marine biologists Mrs Wilson and Miss Brookfield. They learnt all about strandlines and the marine creatures that are washed up on the beach and left behind. They also got to see live crabs and feed them but they…

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Shiver Me Timbers!

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Arrr me hearties!

The Ducklings had a fantastic day on Pirate Day with Captain Dan Tastic. They all looked the part and learnt so much about the history and life of pirates from the past. They learnt about the different types of pirate ship, what was kept on board, where and how a pirate slept,…

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History visitor Role-play

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A visit from a nurse

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We were very lucky to have Erin's mummy visit us today to talk to us about her special job as a nurse. She told them all about the special equipment that she uses to do her job. She showed us how to bandage up a patient and the most useful thing we learnt was how to wash our hands thoroughly to…

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Police visit

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We were very lucky to have a visit from Police Sergeant McClaren and PCSO Gradwell to talk to the children about their very special job as police officers. The children listened beautifully and thought of some brilliant questions to ask. They were very excited to sit in the back of the police van…

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Fire fighter visit

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The Ducklings and Little Chicks loved having the fire fighters to visit yesterday. They were brilliant and the children learnt so much. They had the opportunity to see and have a go at some of the equipment! I think lots of them want to be fire fighters in future now.

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Speaking and Listening visitor Understanding the World

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The Bus is for us!

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We had a visit from Blackpool Transport today with one of their brand new double decker buses. We enjoyed the visit and found out lots about how a bus works, what features it has, how much a bus costs, what the job of a bus driver is like, plus lots more!

A big thank you to Keith, Sally and…

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Fire Engine Visit

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Today the Ducklings enjoyed a visit from the Fire Brigade with their fire engine. They enjoyed looking at all the different equipment, sitting in the engine and squirting the hose!

Look at the photo gallery here...https://www.carletongreen.lancs.sch.uk/photo-galleries/fire-engine-visit-1

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Visit from a train driver

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Yesterday we were lucky to have a visit from Abigail and Jimmy's uncle to talkabout his job as a train driver.

look at the gallery....https://www.carletongreen.lancs.sch.uk/photo-galleries/visit-from-a-train-driver

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Nibby visits our class

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We were very lucky to have a visit from Nibby (Arthur's daddy,) a children's book illustrator today. The children listened really well while he talked to them about his job and then they all loved describing their ideas for a dragon to him and he drew them each a dragon!

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A visit from pet tortoises

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The Ducklings were very lucky to have a visit from two tortoises this week. Our visitor explained all about them and how to look after them.mThe Ducklings thought of some super questions of their own to ask.

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