Blog by Tag: Creative learning
Weaving
The Ducklings have been having fun in the sun learning to weave with lots of different materials including paper, ribbon, grasses and felt.
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Chinese New Year
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We have been finding out who celebrates Chinese New Year and how and when they celebrate it. We have read some Chinese New Year stories and watched some video clips of real families celebrating. We have compared this special celebration to celebrations that we might experience with our own…
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music dance Understanding the World Creative learning Chinese new year
Creative Phonics
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Josh had been busy making star shaped cookies as a follow up to our How to catch a Star story. He used the left over dough to make some words with the 'ar' digraph in that we had been learning that day.
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Day and Night
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As part of our What can we see? topic, we have been learning about day and night. The children have made pictures, used models and even made videos to explain how we get our day and our night.
We read a lovely story by Oliver Jeffers called How to Catch a Star. It was all about a little boy who…
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Speaking and Listening Understanding the World Creative learning
Planet Creations
The Ducklings have been busy today creating their own planets. They had to think of a name for their planet and describe what it might like. They have come up with some really imaginative ideas including a planet made of lava and one of jelly!
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Our Solar System
Look at what Rupert might see if he was a space explorer! An amazing picture with lovely labels of our solar system.
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The stable in Bethlehem
The Ducklings have been busy creating their own stables in Bethlehem.
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Christmas Creative learning Nativity
The Nativity
The Ducklings have been using the Clevertouch board to illustrate the story of the first Christmas.
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Printing robots
We have been printing robots using 3D shapes.
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Nuts and bolts
This week the Ducklings have carefully placed nuts and bolts to create their own Metal Mike robots.
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Rangoli Patterns
As part of our Diwali celebrations we have made some beautiful Rangoli patterns with Miss Wilson outside. We used the giant glittery shapes and we worked together as a team. In maths we have been learning all about 2D shapes, so we were able to name most of the shapes and describe some of their…
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Rangoli patterns
We have made a rangoli pattern for our Diwali classroom.
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