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Planet HeroesBlog by Mrs Lees
World Book Day
The children looked incredible today! They each got the opportunity to guess what one another's 'word' was.
Can you guess?
Category: Ducklings
reading world book day Speaking and Listening
Happy St. David's Day
A few of our Ducklings have celebrated St. David's day this week, bringing in items from home to share with their friends and to talk about what this is a special day for Wales.
Category: Ducklings
Young Seasiders Competition- Our Winners!
A huge 'Congratulations' to both of our winners of this year's 'Young Seasiders' Art competition. Our entries looked amazing exhibited in The Gallery at the University campus in Blackpool.
Category: Hawks
Composing numbers 9 and 10
In Maths this week the children are making 9 and 10 in many different ways. They are thinking about one more and one less, counting objects to make amounts, subitising and comparing numbers and amounts.
Category: Ducklings
Saluting Soldiers
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In Phonics today we introduced the 'ai' digraph through a fun game called 'Saluting Soldiers'. The children had to segment a word to their Captain, who had to blend and write the word.
Category: Ducklings
phonics Speaking and Listening
Where The Wild Things Are
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If you spotted some 'Wild Things' out in the woods today it was only our Ducklings and Little Chicks! After introducing our story 'Where the Wild Things Are', the children put on their 'wolf suits' and stomped off to the woods next to school for a good old rumpus. There was so much exploring to do…
Category: Ducklings
reading Physical development PSED
Measuring- long and short
In Maths this week the children have been measuring length and height in different ways around the classroom. Today we were comparing the length of our feet!
Category: Ducklings
Peace Out Meditation
As our weekly meditation continues, the child's techniques to relax, breath and unwind improve and progress. They are great at finding a comfortable way to sit or lie and use their imaginations to follow a relaxing story. What a great way to end a day!
Category: Ducklings
Combining two groups
In Maths this week the children are combining two groups to find the total in many different ways, both indoors and outdoors.
Category: Ducklings
In the Hot Seat
As part of our 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' topic this week, we explored the drama technique of 'hot seating'. When a child sat on the 'hot seat', they transformed into a character from our story. They then had to answer questions presented to them from the other children.
Here, Goldilocks…
Category: Ducklings
English Speaking and Listening drama retelling story
Namaste, Ducklings
The children got to experience a wonderful yoga session this week with our lovely Yogi instructor, Sophie. She guided the children in mindfulness, stretching, breathing and how to help techniques to help our bodies be calm and peaceful.
Category: Ducklings
Making human scales
In Maths this week we have been looking at scales and how they help us to weigh objects. We decided to see if we could turn ourselves into scales, placing heavy and light objects into each side to observe what happened. Here, we managed to create a balance!
Category: Ducklings
