Blog by Tag: Understanding the World
A visit from spring lambs
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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science Speaking and Listening Understanding the World
Our Ducklings
We are very lucky to have 5 duck eggs to look after and observe them as they grow and change. Today we welcomed one of the ducklings into its new world. It was very exciting.
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hatch ducklings Life cycles Understanding the World
Our EGGsperiment!
We wanted to investigate the best material to protect an egg when dropped. The children decided that it needed to be something soft. They chose play dough, pom-poms and cotton wool to test out. They suggested ways to keep the test fair, such as dropping the eggs from the same height and onto the…
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Our Hindu Visitor
Neetal came to visit us today to teach us about her Hindu faith. She told us about the many different forms of the Hindu god, all about some of the Hindu celebrations and told us the story of Rama and Sita. We even got to try some Indian dance moves.
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Category: Ducklings
Understanding the World R.E. Hinduism
Dinosaurs!
The Ducklings have loved their new dinosaur theme!
They have enjoyed reading dinosaur themed books, painting dinosaurs, drawing and writing about dinosaurs and thinking of describing words, telling stories and role-playing with dinosaurs, exploring number bonds of 10 with dinosaurs and even…
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Understanding the World Creative learning
Observing Spring Flowers
The Ducklings have been learning about the changing seasons and the signs that spring has arrived. They have been using their scientific skills of careful observation to find out more about the changing and growing spring plants.
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science Understanding the World
Bird Watching
This week, the Ducklings have been looking out for the different birds that might visit our school garden. They have seen pigeons, blackbirds and magpies. We see lots of seagulls on the school field too. One bird did its business right on the bench next to Mrs Catterall!! We tried to think which…
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big bird watch Understanding the World
Huff and Puff Investigation
The Ducklings have been pretending to be the big bad wolf and have been investigating which objects and materials they can blow and make move or fall down.
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investigation Understanding the World
Chinese Dragon Dancing workshop
The Ducklings thoroughly enjoyed their Chinese Dragon Dancing workshop on Friday. They were so confident in performing to the rest of the school. Some children performed the dragon dance, others performed a dance with traditional Chinese fans or parasols to the audience. Amy, the dance teacher,…
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Chinese New Year
Today, we were very lucky to have a visit from one of our Year 5 pupils to talk about her family traditions and how they celebrate Chinese New Year. We learnt a lot from listening to someone who has experienced these celebrations first hand.
Category: Ducklings
Understanding the World Chinese new year
Mrs Chang’s Visit
Mrs Chung is a teaching student in school who very kindly came to talk to Little Chicks and Ducklings about Chinese New Year. She told us how they clean the house and have a nice bath with orange or grapefruit leaves in.
Mrs Chung told us how they decorate the house with lanterns, fish and…
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Understanding the World Chinese new year
Making Porridge
The Ducklings helped to make porridge today. Ask them to tell you what ingredients they needed and how they made it. Some of the children prepared some chopped fruit to top the porridge too.
They enjoyed eating their porridge while they listened to another Goldilocks and the three bears…
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