Looking at changes in our environment

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Just before the Easter holidays we had frog spawn in the pond. Today we couldn't see any frog spawn but 'loads of tadpoles'.

The children shared with me their knowledge of the life cycle of the frog. We will be watching closely to see the next stage when they form their back legs. 

To…

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 12 April 2021

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Copying our Names

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We have been practising writing our names. We first traced over our names and then had a go at copying our names and trying to form the letters of our names correctly. It's very tricky but we have given it a good try!

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Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 15 March 2021

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Finding shapes in our environment

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We have been out in the garden looking for 2D shapes. 

            We found triangles, circles, squares and rectangles. 

What shapes can you find in your home? How many different shapes have you found? Which shape have you found the most?

Happy shape hunting!

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Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 15 March 2021

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Frog spawn

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We have found lots of frog spawn in the pond. What will the frog spawn turn into next? 

Maybe you could google the life cycle of a frog and find out the different stages the frog spawn will go through before becoming a frog.

We will blog the frog spawns progress.

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 15 March 2021

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2D Dinosaurs

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We have used the glittery 2D shapes to create a dinosaur.

Do you think we used the right shapes for the different parts of the dinosaur?

Do you know what shapes we have used?

To see more of our dinosaurs click on the link:

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 8 March 2021

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Size ordering

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We have been putting the dinosaurs in order of size.

We have also been thinking of the words we could use to describe the size of something. Here are the words we thought of: Large, small, big, little, tiny, huge, miniscule, enormous, gigantic, teeny, fat, thin, tall, short, humongous, massive,…

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 3 March 2021

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Rhyming Match

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Little Chicks are working hard on their rhyming.

We have been matching the words which rhyme. 

Car          -         star

Cat          -         bat

Frog        -         dog

Mouse    -      house

Fox         -          box

Can you think of another word which rhymes with each…

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 1 March 2021

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Last week's super home learning

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Well done boys you have done some really super mark making this week. Holding your mark making tools correctly and even copying some letters.

 

We have been learning the song The Dinosaur Dance and joining in the actions, some of us have even been practising at home!

Super throwing…

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 1 March 2021

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Dinosaur Plates

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We have been reading the number on the dinosaur and putting that number of pegs on the dinosaur to represents its plates.

Some of us recognise the numbers 1-5 and some 1-10. We all knew that the numbers identified how many pegs we needed and when we focused we could give some or all the…

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 23 February 2021

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Strange Eggs!!!

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When I was gardening yesterday I found these two enormous eggs in my flower bed! Who could have laid eggs as big as these?

I very carefully put them in a box, so that I could bring them to school.

  

My dog Ollie gave them a good sniff, he was very interested in them!

We kept an eye on…

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 22 February 2021

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Busy Home Learners

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Some of you have been very busy home learning as well as learning in school!

Finding things beginning with 'h'

 Things I do at night and things I do in the day time.

 Using the computer to find ou about hibernating animals.

 Looking at prepositions.

 Making a rooster mask as it's…

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 9 February 2021

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Recognising Logos

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We can recognise logos. The most recognisable one is McDonalds but we also recognised Lego, Costa Coffee, Smyths, Home Bargains, Aldi, KFC, Blackpool Zoo, Cadburys, bus stop sign, Heinz Ketchup and Babybel cheese.

What signs and logos can you find on packaging at home?

When you are next out…

Posted by /blog/author/jstock/page:13 on 9 February 2021

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