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Wow, what a real treat in Bluebell Class today. We got our first cuddles with the ducklings. The children were so gentle when touching and holding the ducklings. We talked about rules to make sure the ducklings are cared for.  Now we need to think of some names. What shall we call them? 

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The children discovered that we had some eggs that had hatched, but what came out of them? We had lots of suggestions like a chicken, a snake, dinosaur and even that they had been left from the Easter bunny.

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This was a clear favourite. The children were so excited when the props were revealed slowly to them. They were able to tell us that supertato was a superhero and evil pea was the bad guy (villain).

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We had great fun drawing and labelling the giant.. The children were keen to help draw all the features and clothes the paint had that he gave to the animals to help them.

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Today, we had lots of props for our new story. The children were able to talk about them, but we're unsure of what the story could be about? Some children were also able to hear some rhyming words like goat - boat and house - mouse. 

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Today, we explored making porridge for the bears and acting out the story. They used different voices for the three bears 🐻.  They repeated phrases from story that they had learnt.

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Clare read the story of Easter to the class. Lots of children were able to talk about the story.  Some children told us they go to church making links to the story.

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We teamed up again with Luton borough Council for the great spring clean-up. The children were provided with gloves and tongs to help tidy up our local community. 

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Today, we got to go to the local park for some physical fun. We had so much fun climbing the frames, swinging high on the swings and having a good run around.

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Bluebell Class have been working really hard on their perfect pencil grip in preparation for letter formation. They have been working on the sounds we have learnt so far in phonics and their name writing. Amazing job Bluebells.

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Today we had all the sounds we have learnt to date. The children had to find an item and place it next to the correct initial sound. The children were also asked to sign the sound to show their awareness.

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Bluebell Class took part in National Downs Syndrome Day, which was celebrated worldwide with wearing odd socks.

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The children were all keen to join in and help make Easter nest cakes for our Easter party.

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Today, the children made porridge that tasted just right...so they ate it all up. Inspired from our story of Goldilocks and the three bears.

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The children had the opportunity to take part in some butterfly printing with their families.

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We had such a lot of families that came into the nursery to take part in our Easter crafts.

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Some of our families came in to celebrate a mothers Day.

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Today, we celebrated Eid with our families. We had lots of activities for the children to explore and some food to taste.

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Bluebell class love to act our current stories. They have really enjoyed acting out Goldilocks and the three bears. They have been able to use all the phrases from the story to sequence what happens next.

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Today we had all the sounds we have learnt to date. The children had to find an item and place it next to the correct initial sound. The children were also asked to sign the sound to show their awareness.

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We love bubbles in Bluebell Class you can always find someone asking for the bubble machine to come especially in the garden. Today we had a go at experimenting with making giant bubbles. The children took turns to sit on the log and we used the hoop to make large bubbles.... Could we get it up and over the children. It was so exciting to watch what would happen next.

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We explored writing with different items. Today was feather writing some children found this harder to do. While others still worked on their grip. Others simple enjoyed making marks on the paper.

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Bluebell Class have been working really hard on their perfect pencil grip in preparation for letter formation. They have been working on the sounds we have learnt so far in phonics and their name writing. Amazing job Bluebells.

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Splashing in puddles is so much fun... Bluebell class love to find a puddle.

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The children had said they wanted another movie in Bluebell Class. So we choose three Julia Donaldson films and the children took turns to vote for which film they would like to watch. After each child had voted we counted the corks to find out what we were going to watch. The children were able to tell me which was the biggest number. They then wanted to vote on what they were going to eat while watchin the movie.

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The children talked about their findings of mixing colours this time using food colouring.

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Experimenting with different colour water and flowers 

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Experimenting with different colour water and flowers 

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Bluebell Class have been exploring colour mixing using various items. Today they used their hands. they also made a poster to show when you mix two colours this is what you make. The children were confident to talk at parliament time about the colours they could make and what they needed.

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Today we did the skittle experiment before we started we talked about what items I had in front of me. We then talked about colour mixing. I then asked the children what they thought I needed to do before carrying out the experiment.

Millie knew what to do. She said " Claire lets put the sweets round the bowl and pour the water in the middle of the plate." I asked her what she thought might happen next?". She replied "magic". We then carried out the experiment like she said. Niamh shouted " I can see a rainbow happening." All the children gathered round to watch the colours from the skittles merge with the water.

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Bluebell Class had a wonderful time at our recent movie night. We watched the Gruffalo that the children had voted for. They ate pizza and relaxed on the pillow. Aryos said "This is the best movie ever". Saqib said " Claire look its a snake wow."

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During Science week we have been exploring the cause and effect form different experiments. The children have had many opportunities to make predictions on what they think will happen before carrying out the experiment. We had so much fun watching the what would happen when the mints were dropped into the cola. We had lots of screams of excitement when the lid was taken off the bottle. The children described as exploding like a volcano.

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Acting out Goldilocks and the three bears

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Acting out Goldilocks and the three bears

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Acting out Goldilocks and the three bears

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Acting out Goldilocks and the three bears

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We have had some fantastic acting of our current story of Goldilocks and the three bears. The children used a variety of different props to become the characters. The were very able to recall the story by using phrases from the book. The children used different voices to show which character they were from the story.

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Today we looked at another artist this time being Andy Goldsworthy. The children collected leaves from the garden first attempt them tried printing with the leaves to make their own patterns. The next time they decided to stick the leaves down and paint them using pastel colours.

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Today we looked at another artist this time being Andy Goldsworthy. The children collected leaves from the garden first attempt them tried printing with the leaves to make their own patterns. The next time they decided to stick the leaves down and paint them using pastel colours.

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The children have been looking at various artists today we looked at work from Kandinsky- the children described the patterns they said they could see circles. They choose to use a range of colours to recreate their own piece of work.

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The children have explored painting with flowers to see what different marks they make. They also talked about the colours they could make while mixing.

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Today we retold the story using props the children were so good at talking about the setting of our story, naming the characters and describing the objects from our story. The children were able to tell me what happened next in our story and they used different voices when acting like the different bears.

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This was our first book hook where the children were able to identify what the story was going to be from looking at the props. They were also able to talk about the characters. We then discussed the setting and the children were able to talk about a forest and they also used the word woods. Some children were also able to talk about stories that happen in the forest for example The Gruffalo.

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Voting at parliament time for a movie Night 

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Voting at parliament time for a movie Night 

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During parliament time the children voted for a movie. They had decided they wanted a movie night like we used to do. So we choose three options and each child individually voted for what they would like to see. We counted up the corks and wrote the numbers on the screen to see which one had the highest number. The Gruffalo won now to look forward to movie night.

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The children have been really good at identifying words that start with the initial sound i. They are able to follow the sequence and structure of the lesson. They have been working really hard on the letter formation too. Making sure they're using the correct pencil grip.

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From forks to fields... our little artists created golden wheat with the simplest tools. 🎨 

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The children loved creating their own little red hen. Exploring textures, strengthening fine motor skills, and bringing stories to life. 🐔 📖 

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The children cut elastic to size and then picked which coloured pasta they wanted to use.  They then threaded them onto elastic to make bracelets.

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The children had lots of fun learning how to make flapjacks. We read the recipe, checked our ingredients and worked together to add them to the bowl. We heated the butter and sugar and mixed them before pouring and spreading into a baking tray. We then cooked them and tasted when they had cooled down.

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Talking about germs and the importance of washing hands 

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Talking about germs and the importance of washing hands 

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Talking about germs and the importance of washing hands

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Talking about germs and the importance of washing hands

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At parliament time the children talked about play dough and how to make it. So we gathered all the items and the children said what they thought went into the bowl to make it. They chose how much of each item we needed. Once it was made the children realised it was sticky so I asked them what do you think we need to do? They said add more flour this worked. The next day the children wanted to have the ingredients on the table so they could make their own playdough.

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The children have been working on their fine motor skills and carefully using the plastic knives to cut up vegetables. The children were able to say the names of the vegetables, they talked about eating the vegetables and how to grow them.

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During group time Catherine retold the story using only the props. The children were so engaged and were labelling the characters from the story as they went along.

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Bluebell class have been very busy working and buying in our current grocery shop. They have had lots of opportunities to work on our mathematics with lots of counting and numbers being displayed. They have been using talk around money and guessing how many items they had in the shopping baskets.

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Through our current story we have been looking at vegetables and experimenting in different ways from drawing them, looking at them magnifying glasses, chopping them up, cooking and having a grocery shop in class. The children particularly liked drawing different vegetables taking note of what they look like, the size and colour of them.

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Bluebell class are working hard on their letter formation to help them to write their name. We are experimenting in many ways and using different tools to help us to do this.

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We have been working on turn taking and how to work together in Bluebell class. The children worked along side another child to try and complete some puzzles. Aryos said " were doing team work ". When they had completed the puzzle.

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Our maths curriculum day was based around the story from both Bluebell and Daisy class current stories - The little red hen and Owl babies. Our activities were designed with a maths goal to show our families how easy you can adapt everyday activities and relate maths at the same time. The activities had learning questions and intents to show the purpose behind the activity.

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The children love stretching the lycra to our songs. We see how much we can stretch the lycra by leaning in and out to the music. We have found a new song that the children like called wibble wobble as it starts off slow and gets faster as it goes along.

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Today, we explored the claves to bright sparks music. The children experimented with sound, making it loud or quiet. They also learnt how to tap to the beat. The children really liked moving round the circle to the train Song. 

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The children loved playing with the parachute. We took turns to go under the parachute while we sang zoom zoom zoom..  we also placed a teddy on top to see if we could bounce him high into the air without him falling off.

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The children were making winter wands using twigs.  They decorated them using glue to stick ribbons, glitter and sequins of their choice.

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At group time Catherine did an experiment to see if the children knew what would melt the ice- the children choose a range of different things that we put to the test. We tried flour, salt, cold water, hot water, vinegar. We tried each one at a time but the children discovered it needed to be hot. So we talked about what else we could use? A hair dryer would be good- said Christian.

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The children are really good through our read write sessions they are able to think of items starting with that sound. They can recall the last wreks sound and items. We are trying really hard with Fred talk - the children love it when Fred the from comes out to see them. 

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Today we learnt our new sound d. The children were invited to come up to the screen to write our new sound. The children held the pen with their perfect pencil grip. The children said the saying as they wrote " around his bottom up his tall neck and down to his feet".

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Today the children had to free the animals from the ice. They chose to use the Hammers  from tap tap. The children chose to discuss this activity at Parliament time as they wanted to look at the animals they freed from the ice. We looked at what they like to eat and where they live 

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Today, we all looked at new props to support our new book hook. This led to lots of great talk from the children discussing what the items were and what they were used for. We talked lots about what the characters could be making and how they think they will do it. 

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Little hands, big learning 🥕 . Our children chose to bake a carrot cake while exploring our vegetable topic. Inspired by The Enormous Turnip, we talked about measuring ingredients step by step and of course, enjoyed tasting all their hard work! 

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The children loved exploring the small world farm set. They acted out the story by using the characters. It led to some lovely talk about the farm animals. The children were also recalling the story saying the turnip still wont budge.

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We had such great fun acting out the story. The children had to dress up like the characters. They were telling the story as we acted. They were able to say which character came next in the story and what they did.

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This afternoon we looked at the objects from our story, we named them, talked about what they are used for, and planted a seed in a jar so they knew what we had to do. There was lots of repeating of key words. The children helped me to line the characters up to pull the turnip out of the soil.

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Using props to retell the story. The children were able to name the people and the animals in the story. We talked about the vegetable he was trying to pull up from the ground. The children were able to tell me about vegetables that they like to eat. We talked about planting and what seeds need to grow. The children have said they would like to do some planting too!

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After we had done our sound box we played Kims game with the objects for this game we had a monkey, moose, mirror, man and mop. The children closed their eyes and an item was removed from under the blanket. When the blanket was removed the children had to try and work out which item had been taken. They were so good and guessing which item was missing that we took two items at once and they were still able to work out what was missing.

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What have we got in the sound box today? 

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What have we got in the sound box today? 

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We have learnt our new sound 'M' Maisie mountain mountain. The children were able to recall what items were in the box from our first Read write inc phonics session. Some children were able to mention other items that start with the initial sound 'm'. We had words like Mountain, mirror, mouse, moon, man, monkey, mop and money.

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During todays Talking box session the children sat really well giving great engagement. We explored a sequence of events starting with bucket, learning new key vocabulary with signing included. The children listen to a story and finish with a matching activity. We sang hello and goodbye to learn each others name.