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This week we have been learning about Africa. The children have looked at the different animals and wrote about what they can see in the African Savanna. We have been focusing on sentences and being able to use a full stop and sometimes a capital letter at the start of our sentence. 
 

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This week in maths we have been identifying coins up to £2. The children then independently went in the role play area to buy different objects, they took it in turns to work on the till and chose what they would like to buy. They had to find the correct coins and take it to the till keeper to…

We wrote a set of instructions to explain how to make gingerbread men. We discussed the importance of writing our instructions in the correct order, as well as the use of verbs to tell the reader what actions they need to do. We used the skills of including a capital letter at the beginning of…

We had previously gone on a trip to Lidl to buy our ingredients to make a Gingerbread man, as a group we then worked together to measure and mix the ingredients. It was important we used the scales and added the correct amount of ingredients to ensure the correct ratios. We read and followed the…

We have been learning about subtraction this week. We practised our verbal recall of subtraction facts within 5, using a prompt (e.g. number line) if/when required. Once we had worked out the answer, we wrote the number sentence to represent each subtraction fact.

This week we have read the Gingerbread Man story, the children took part in hot seating to discuss the ideas and thoughts of different characters. We then wrote what we thought the characters would say to each other in the story.

The children focused on using clear finger spaces and applying…

This week, we went on a local area visit to Lidl to buy ingredients to make gingerbread men! We planned our route and walked safely along the pavements to the supermarket, discussing the importance of road safety along the way. When we arrived at Lidl, we looked at our shopping list before buying…

This week in Duck class we have been looking at how people celebrate Easter. We took part in lots of different activities such as decorating eggs, learning about the Easter Story, traditional foods such as hot cross buns and chocolate eggs.It has been a very busy week and we wanted to…

This week in Duck class we have been looking closely at the minibeasts we have identified over the last few weeks and started to classify them into groups. We grouped the bugs into 'insects and not-insects'. We looked at how many legs the bugs had or how many wings.We learn that lots of…

This week in Duck class we have been been learning about the life cycle of a frog. The children have loved observing the stages and discussing what happens. We have read stories, watched a video and discussed each stage. To help us with our learning we made life cycle hats! We coloured in the…

This week we have been learning about Minibeasts and their habitats. The children have loved learning about the different minibeasts we can find in our garden and have independently gone to look for these minibeasts in our outdoor area. We have identified what we could see and looked at a…

This week in Duck class we have been learning about the upcoming season Spring. We are slowly moving into a new season and have learnt about the signs of spring that we need to look out for. They have loved discussing the weather, environmental change and the growth of plants and animals. They…