Chinese New Year Cosmic Yoga

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In P.E this morning we did Chinese New Year Cosmic Yoga. We followed the story of the ‘Great Race’ which decided on which animal would represent which year in the Chinese Zodiac. We copied the poses for each animal and the Jade Emperor.

 

The children created some super poses.

To…

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P.E. Physical development listening

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Winter welly walk

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A lovely morning outdoors on a welly walk, Little Chicks took clip boards to do observational drawings.

They walked on the crisp grass. Climbed the tyre and made handprints in the frost.

 

 

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outdoor learning

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Little Chicks Yoga

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Little Chicks and a visit from the Yoga instructor. 
 

We began with breathing exercises. 
 

Moving body side to side gentle stretching.

 

Legs out stretched and circulating the knee.

 

 

Cat pose.

 

 

Cobra.

 

Tree                    …

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yoga

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Little Chicks make porridge

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As part of our story Goldilocks and the three bears, Little Chicks made porridge for their morning snack.

We followed the recipe and mixed the ingredients.

 

 

We add water.

 

 

We add porridge oats and milk.

 

 

We mixed the ingredients together, put it…

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cooking healthy snack time

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Fun in the snow!

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There was great excitement this morning when we woke up to snow! After register we wrapped up in our puddle suits, wellies and coats and headed off out on to the field.

Mrs Stock showed us how to make snow angels.

   

We noticed some brown stuff in some snow, it was rock salt.…

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weather senses Understanding the World environment

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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Little Chicks have been learning about traditional stories this week we are listening to Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 
 


 

Using sticklebacks to make the three bears beds.          Goldilocks in the bears house.

 

 

Drawing pictures of the story.

 

Sequencing the…

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construction Role-play story retelling story

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Little Chicks Yoga bugs

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Little Chicks joined Lisa to follow the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. Throughout the story they had to complete yoga positions which represented the characters in the story.

 

Warm up.

 

Meeting the dog, downward dog pose.              Meeting the butterfly,…

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Physical development yoga retelling story

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Little Chicks helping in the garden

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Little Chicks use the wheelbarrows to move the chipping’s onto the tarpaulin which stops the weeds coming through. Landscaping the garden.

They had to negotiate the path turning the wheelbarrow which was tricky to control. They used the spades to collect the chipping’s and place on the…

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Physical development garden environment

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Putting the bears in size order

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For this challenge the children had to cut out the bears and then order them according to size, either smallest to biggest or biggest to smallest. Some children needed support to cut around the bears but the children’s cutting skills have really come on! 

This task was tricky as there were up…

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maths Size

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Big, medium and small

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This week we are reading different versions of the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. In maths we are looking at size and the children have been challenged with drawing a big bear, a medium sized bear and a small bear. Some children struggled to create a contrast between the sizes.

     

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Gingerbread People Cooking

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As part of Little Chicks learning on traditional stories they made Gingerbread people.

 

Mix together flour, salt, bicarbonate soda, ginger and cinnamon into a large bowl. Then add butter, sugar and syrup.

 

Knead into a dough and place in fridge for 30 minutes.

 

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science cooking story

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Little Chicks Number 6

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This week we are learning all about the number six. Little Chicks counted out objects to six and put on an array.


 

Little Chicks made six circle arms. they found six bones on the bones for the dog.

 

 

 

Little Chicks used their fingers to make six. They found six from a…

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Counting number

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