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The Grand Old Duke of York
We have enjoyed singing the Grand Old Duke of York nursery rhyme. We have marched like soldiers and played musical instruments to march along to.
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Blending sounds to read
We are getting more confident at blending sounds together to help us read words
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I more and 1 less
We have been singing the counting rhyme 10 green bottles. We have ordered the bottles and then found the number that is one more or one less than a given number.
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The Wheels on the Bus
This week we have linked our Nursery Rhymes topic with shape, making shape buses and thinking about 'The Wheels on the Bus'. We have been learning about how shapes can make patterns too.
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Shape Hunters!
This week we are hunting for 3D shapes all around us. The children have been amazing at finding shapes outside, using their names and properties to identifying them.
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Remembrance Poppies
We have been thinking all about the relevance of Remembrance Day and why poppies are significant. The children have enjoyed painting, using play dough to create and chalking poppies outside.
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Splatter Painting
The Ducklings have been using a splatter technique with their paintbrushes to create a firework effect. It was great fun!
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Moving like Fireworks
The Ducklings have enjoyed creating firework music with the percussion instruments and moving like different fireworks using scarves and ribbons.
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Junk Model Rockets
Following on from our work with 3D shapes we have been enjoying creating our own junk model rockets to help us learn the names of the 3D shapes.
Can you spot cubes, cuboids, spheres, cylinders, pyramids and triangular prisms when you are out and about?
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Tricky words
Outside the children have enjoyed practising writing the tricky word 'into.'
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Word building
This week the Ducklings have been putting their knowledge of letters and sounds into practise. They have been using the magnetic letters to make words to match picture cards.
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Shape Rockets
We have been using 2D shapes to create rockets. We have been naming the different shapes and talking about their properties.
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