Ducklings
Practising our cursive letter formation
We love to practise forming our letters and letter patterns on a big scale!
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Jack Frost Junk Modelling
Some of us have enjoyed being creative, using lots of different recyclable materials to make models of Jack Frost in the work shop area.
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Subtraction stories
It was very windy this week, but we managed to do some maths outside! We have been learning that subtraction means taking some away or making less.
We enjoyed playing skittles to help us practise saying subtraction number sentences, for example, "I had 10 skittles. 3 were knocked down. That…
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Making snowmen
It was a real shame we had no real snow this week, only hailstones! Instead we had to use play dough to make our snowmen! We have used recyclable materials such as bottle tops, twigs and fabric scraps to add finishing touches to our creations.
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Making Rice Krispie Cakes
We couldn't let our melted chocolate go to waste, so we enjoyed using it to make chocolate krispie cakes. We were so good at following instructions, that next week we are going to write our own instructions for making krispie cakes!
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Melting Chocolate
This week we have explored the changes that happen to chocolate when it is heated and when it is cooled again. We were able to use lovely describing words to describe what we could see.
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Winter Collages
As part of our Winter topic and recycling week, we have been busy using lots of different materials to create cold looking winter collages. It was great, sticky fun!
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Funky Fingers Exercises
Every Tuesday the Green Ducklings have been doing finger exercises to strengthen their muscles to develop their pencil control. Why not have a go at home?
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Making bird feeders
In topic time this week we have read instructions for how to make bird feeders. Outside we have enjoyed getting our hands mucky to make some of these feeders. Some of us thought the lard felt sticky and yucky! We will hang these around our playground to help feed the birds during the winter…
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The Gigantic Star
We are very proud of all our little stars in the Ducklings' classes and the Little Chicks for their performances over the last few days.
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Visit by Soldiers
The children found out how the armed forces help others.
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Space craft debris
We went to explore the space debris we found on our field. We tried to answer lots of questions to help us think about how it all got there. It made us all want to go and write about it!
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