Our trip to the Vehicle Museum

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The Ducklings had the most amazing trip to The British Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland . They got to learn about engines and vehicles from the past, got to go on some amazing and unusual vehicles and do activities related to the things they had. 

The children loved every moment, and to…

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trip History Speaking and Listening Understanding the World

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A visit from The Bird Man

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What a wonderful treat we had this week when we had a visit from Alan, also know as 'The Bird Man'. We got to meet a hawk, an eagle and a barn owl, learning all about their habitats, what food they eat and how they are adapted to hunt and survive. The even got to show off their amazing wings when…

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science Speaking and Listening Understanding the World Science week 2023

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Dino play

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Thank you to George's mummy for our lovely new small world play table. The children have loved using it with the dinosaurs. Lots of story telling, speaking and listening and working cooperatively together.

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Speaking and Listening Creative learning Small world

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Dino play

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Thank you to George's mummy for our lovely new small world play table. The children have loved using it with the dinosaurs. Lots of story telling, speaking and listening and working cooperatively together.

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Speaking and Listening Creative learning Small world

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Out and about surveying traffic

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As part of this week's topic we have been thinking about a range of different vehicles we know and listened to 'We all go travelling by'. We went out onto the grass verge outside school to do a traffic survey. We talked about the vehicles we saw most of, and ones we didn't see at…

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maths English Speaking and Listening Understanding the World

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Islam visitor

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The Ducklings were very good at listening to our visitor Samina, talking about her Islam faith today. They even managed to answer some questions correctly from their prior learning.

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Speaking and Listening Understanding the World R.E.

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Goodbye to the Ducklings

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Today we said 'Goodbye' to our beautiful ducklings as they go off to their forever home. We have loved learning about them, petting them, caring for them and hearing how happy and content they have been during their time with us. 

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A visit from spring lambs

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 Today we had a visit from two adorable, four week old lambs. Luckily for us, our very our Mrs Richardson is married to a farmer and is so knowledgeable about how to rear and care for the lambs. The children got the opportunity to stroke and handle the lambs if they wished to. They observed their…

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A CRASH landing!

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This morning we discovered the most peculiar thing had happened in our classroom overnight. A little bear, wearing yellow wellies and a colander for a hat, had landed in what looked like a cardboard box. The bear had lots of clues around him and luckily, we had lots of curious children to get to…

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reading Speaking and Listening Our stunning start

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Sorting objects

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In Maths this week we have been discussing the variety of ways we can sort a group of objects. We have worked in our House Teams to plan how to sort and help one another to sort objects correctly, discussing problems along the way. 

Some of the criteria we sorted objects according to…

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Comparing amounts

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In Maths this week we have been re-capping on learning from the past term. We have been making given amounts and comparing quantities, sharing ideas and thoughts with our friends. 

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World Book Day

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The children looked incredible today! They each got the opportunity to guess what one another's 'word' was. 

Can you guess? 

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