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After a few days of watching our beautiful butterflies it was time to release them into the wild. Steph carefully took them out and the children watched as they started to flap their wings to fly.

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The children were amazed to see that the butterflies had left their chrysalis's. We gave them some special food drops on some orange slices and they loved it !

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The children have been exploring lots of different insects this week in class and in the garden. We are patiently waiting for our chrysalis's to hatch to see who/what comes out. There was lots of mark making, messy play and exploration to.

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We had a penalty shoot out, a raffle and a soak the teacher competition. 

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We had a penalty shoot out, a raffle and a soak the teacher competition. 

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Thank you to everyone that came along, brought a raffle ticket or paid for Jackie to get soaked. It was a fun day had by all.

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The children explored lots of different cultures. Thank you to the parents that came to join in.

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This week we have started our weekly visits to our new classroom for September. The children are very excited about their new class. We all had a great time exploring with our new teachers. We are getting to know each other so that we are already to start in Snowdrop class in September.

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The children explore books and props to encourage more words. Lots of new key words weekly. They also have attention activities to help them focus.

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We do lots of experimenting in our sensory kitchen. We explore different materials, amounts, capacity, textures, smells and so much more!

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Planting our seeds that we can take care of and watch grow. Thank you parents for all your help.

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Planting our seeds that we can take care of and watch grow. Thank you parents for all your help.

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The children love to explore and play with water. They watch with wonder as they pour the water in the top and wait to see which tube is carrying the water to the bottom. Learning different amounts, weight and capacity with filling and emptying.

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The children added the paint to the spinner and watched as the paint spins around the bowl. They love turning the handle to make it spin faster and faster. This makes some beautiful art work that we display in our classroom for everyone to see.

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Who doesn't love a little bit of rain? Or a lot ? The children do! They make the most of the muddy puddles and love to collect the rain in the bowls. This is emptying and filling on a new level and they have so much fun! Riding the bikes in the rain to and why not ?

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The children used their knifes very carefully to spread the jam on the bread. The children really enjoy making their own snack.

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The children had a special delivery of some new baby caterpillars. They watched them wriggle in the pots. We talked about how they look, what we think will happen and what they will eat. We are very excited to see how they transform.

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Some of the learning activities. Learning about road safety and fire safety.  

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Some of the learning activities. Learning about road safety and fire safety.  

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The children learn how to use the scissors carefully.

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The children were very focused using the screwdrivers to fix the vehicles.

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The afternoon children took a lovely walk to see the ducks and give them some food. The children love to visit the ducks and explore their local environment.

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We didn't let the rain stop us having fun in Poppy class and enjoyed jumping in the puddles. We put our wellies and waterproofs on and had a fantastic time in the rain.

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Helping to build our strength in our little hands and fingers.

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Helping to build our strength in our little hands and fingers.

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We had chopping playdough with knifes, Tweezers with pasta shells and scissors with paper. The children had a go at each station whilst we listened to some music to get us motivated.

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The children have been chopping up lots of vegetables in the sensory kitchen outside. This helps them to learn hand/eye co ordination, fine motor skills and even gross motor skills.

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May pole dancing in Leabank. Thank you for joining us .

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May pole dancing in Leabank. Thank you for joining us .

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May pole dancing in the garden with lots of instruments and colorful scarfs. Thank you for joining us.

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May pole dancing in the garden with lots of instruments and colorful scarfs. Thank you for joining us.

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Morris dancing in Leabank. Thank you for joining in with us.

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Morris dancing in Leabank. Thank you for joining in with us.

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Morris dancing in Leabank. Thank you for joining in.

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Morris dancing in Leabank. Thank you for joining in.

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Morris dancing. Parents and children joined in with dancing in the garden to a lovely music.

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Morris dancing. Parents and children joined in with dancing in the garden to a lovely music.

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Experience of looking and touching little ducklings.

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Experience of looking and touching little ducklings.

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We looked at the ducklings and saw what they eat and drink. We looked at their feet,and talked about the difference between our feet and Duckling's feet.

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We had a lovely experience of looking and touching little duckling's while being very gentle with them. There were lots of questions about where we got the duckling's from and when are they going back. Some parents shared the experience of having chicks in their house too, children talked about looking at different farm animals at the farm and in the park too.

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Snowdrop class have had an amazing arrival of some duckling eggs! The eggs have started to hatch so we went to take a visit. The children were amazed to see the baby duckling and we gave him so strokes. The children listened really well to instructions and they were all very careful. We washed our hands after to make sure we didn't catch any germs.

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The children have made a beautiful piece of Art out in the garden using a sheet, spray bottles and paint. They loved watching all the colors appear on the sheet and watched them mix.

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We had a special Wow Wednesday for our Eid celebrations. We had dressing up, Mehndi, delicious food and lots of other amazing activities to join in with. We had lots of parents join in to.

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We had a special culture day celebration for Eid. We had lots of dressing up, delicious food, mehndi and lots of other activities to celebrate. We had some lovely parents join us to.

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The children have had lots of fun climbing our new frame. They use their gross motor skills to step, climb and jump.

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The children are very lucky to receive a brand new climbing frame. The children use their gross motor skills to climb, step and jump.

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The children have been very busy getting our planters ready. We have sowed some seeds and given them lots of water to help our new flowers grow.

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The children are learning new skills everyday. We are learning to take turns with our friends.

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The children have been planting some seeds in the garden getting ready for summer. They gave the seeds lots of water to help them grow.

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Spring inspired photo frames in the afternoon sessions.

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Spring inspired photo frames in the afternoon sessions.

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Making Spring inspired photo frames with different paint brushes like, pipe cleaners, cotton balls with pegs and feathers in the morning.

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Making Spring inspired photo frames with different paint brushes like, pipe cleaners, cotton balls with pegs and feathers in the morning.

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The children observed what happened when we added warm water to the skittles. They were very patient and waited to see a beautiful rainbow of colors appear. What colors can you see?

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We took our science experiment outside. Jenna carefully put the Mento's into the coke and we watched what happened when they mixed together. "Wow" "It's fizzy" "Look"

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The children have been listening to The Hungary Caterpillar story and we decided to taste some of the fruits he ate. We tasted Plums, Pear, Strawberries and Orange. "Strawberry my favorite." "I like pear."

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We had our faces painted for red nose day by Shagufta, who did an amazing job!

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The children were very interested to watch what happens when they sprayed the water on the black paint. They watched it trickle down the board. "Drip, drip." "It's like rain!"

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The children watched in amazement as the materials began to bubble. They spotted the different colors as they appeared. They also though the vinegar was very smelly.

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Understanding of the world curriculum day

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Understanding of the world curriculum day

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We explored lots of different elements today such as planting, growing, families, different cultures and different materials. We experimented with ice play and salt, We planted our own cress seeds, we drew our own portraits, looked at our profile books with our mummies and so much more!

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To start off science week we had a little bicarbonate and vinegar experiment. The children love to watch the science and are amazed by what happens when we mix the ingredients together.

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The children are learning all about patterns. They are learning about spots and stripes.

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The children wore comfy PJ'S or their favorite book character to nursery. We explored our favorite books such as Owl babies, going on a bear hunt and walking through the jungle. We also read "Oh dear" one of the children's favorite books from home.

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The children wore comfy PJ'S or their favorite book character to nursery. We explored our favorite books such as Owl babies, going on a bear hunt and walking through the jungle.

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In spring we have started to piece more words together and build our confidence. We learn new concepts such as fast/slow and loud/quiet.

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Some of the children decided to have their own lesson of learning patterns whilst they were playing. Matching patterns on socks with spots and stripes. We also explored what other patterns we could find on our clothes. We have also looked at animal patterns to.

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Lots of jumping, running and bike riding happens when its very cold outside. Keeping us fit and warm!

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Tasting fruits and African chin chin biscuit's 

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Tasting fruits and African chin chin biscuit's 

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We also tasted some juice orange and chin chin biscuits from our story baby goes to market. The chin chin biscuits were a hit !

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We have tasted and explored a coconut that was featured in our story this week. The children tried to use a hammer to crack it open which was really tricky! Once we got it open we tasted it in group time and some children thought it was delicious.