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February 2022

  • Dinosaurs

    Published 25/02/22

    The children have settled back into school well after half term and we have had a fantastic time starting to look at dinosaurs. We have been setting up our dinosaur museum and making fossils for the children to look at in there.  Everyone has enjoyed being outside in the different weathers this week and we have seen rain, hail and some sun. In the outside classroom the children have been making dinosaurs with the large construction blocks and have been very imaginative.

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  • Around the World - The Amazon

    Published 11/02/22

    This week Reception were on the move again - this time landing in the Amazon. We learnt about some amazing creatures such as emerald tree boas, anteaters, archer fish and how they have adapted to live in this environment. We painted amazing pictures and then drew animals on top - we really liked drawing the bird-eating tarantulas! We found out that the weather in the rainforest is humid, damp, hot and sticky. In our indoor PE session we practised moving like jaguars, monkeys and tapirs. Before we flew home, we wrote a postcard to our class from the rainforest, using describing words to explain what we could 'see'. 

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  • Around the World - China

    Published 04/02/22

    We are on the move again - this week to China, to celebrate Chinese New Year! We learnt the story of Nian and the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Now we know what this year's animal is - why don't you ask us! Then we made paper dragons, red lanterns and fireworks in a jar. Outside, we learnt how to write Chinese numerals from one to ten and used them to play hopscotch. We took our dragon masks and long scarves into PE to do beautiful dragon dancing to a special song - it was so good, we let Mrs O'Brien watch and she was very impressed!

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February 2022