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13 December 2023

Geography with team Rabbits

In Geography this week we have been learning about the Countryside Code. We are all now able to talk about what it is and how we can all follow it to make the countryside a nice, safe place for everyone to enjoy!

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13 December 2023

English - Fantasy Writing in Team Badgers

This term, we have been focussing on the story Nen and the Lonely Fisherman. It's a story about a merman named Nen who was lonely and in search of a friend. He forms an unlikely friendship with a human named Ernest. Team Badgers have been looking at technical skills such as adding adverbs for time…

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13 December 2023

Quelle couleur est-ce? (Team Badgers)

Team Badgers are progressing well with their French! They have started to learn the French colours. We have also been using them at other times of the day to practise! Our favourite is, of course, the Streethay colour verte!

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Image of Sunflowers Maths - To understand and use positional language.
13 December 2023

Sunflowers Maths - To understand and use positional language.

Sunflowers have been exploring positional language in their books and in provision. They have use a variety of objects around the class room to show different positional language. 

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13 December 2023

Music in Hedgehogs

TOP SECRET!

In music we have been practicing something very special and festive that we are looking forward to sharing with you all next week.

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12 December 2023

Art in Hedgehogs

In art we have been exploring the work of William Morris who was an artist and designer in Victorian times. He believed that household items like furniture and textiles should be artworks, so that everyone could enjoy arts and crafts. We have also looked at what inspired William Morris' designs.…

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8 December 2023

Maths in Hedgehogs

In maths we have been tackling some tricky word problems linking to our times tables and division. Some of us then had a go at writing some questions of our own!

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7 December 2023

Playing the Blues in Team Starlings!

We have had so much fun playing 'The Blues' on our glockenspiels this half term! We've played along to 'The Moanin' Lisa Blues,' learnt the 12-bar-blues, and even improvised our own blues pieces with a backing track! We've learnt all about chords, scales, and rhythm, choosing specific notes to…

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7 December 2023

Pen Portraits in Team Starlings

We have been creating some truly fabulous 'Pen Portraits' in Art this half term, considering the words that we would use to describe ourselves and working them into a self-portrait. First, we used a 'one-line' technique to draw ourselves, then traced over our drawings using a variety of…

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6 December 2023

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

We had the pleasure of visiting Birmingham Botanical Gardens which links to our geography topic of Climate and Biomes. The children had the opportunity to explore the unique Glasshouses and experience an authentic rainforest adventure! The children experienced the humidity and smells of…

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5 December 2023

Literacy - Daffodils - Name writing

This week, we are beginning to learn how to write our names. We are using our name cards to look at the shape of the letters in our names. Then, we are having a go at writing what we think our name looks like in our Christmas cards.

 

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Image of Sunflowers UOW - All about Autumn
5 December 2023

Sunflowers UOW - All about Autumn

Sunflowers have been learning all about Autumn. We have discussed the changes in the seasons and what happens in Autumn. We then developed our knowledge by researching key facts about Autumn. 

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