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During the week, the children at DUCKS have been focusing on Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The children at DUCKS enjoyed a day of free learning launching their new theme of Discovery. 

The children of DUCKS have been immersed in a free learning STEAM Week.

The sun finally came out and nature bloomed as Mental Health Awareness Week took root across the College community.

On Tuesday the children and staff of DUCKS participated in creative wellbeing workshops led by the director of Art & DT Sue Mulholland.

Families collected a piece of fruit at drop off today for the DUCKS walker's breakfast.

On Monday the children of DUCKS came to school ready to walk the red carpet in launch of their summer theme Lights, Camera, Action.

On Thursday 22 April DUCKS came dressed in green and blue in celebration of World Earth Day.

On Thursday 25 March, children from the Kindergarten and Infants' School met virtually to celebrate each and every birthday at DUCKS.

Last week Reception children enjoyed exploring the life cycle of a frog and discovering fantastic froggy facts.

As part of our ‘Ready, Steady, Grow!’ topic, Year 1 children have been busy planting cress seeds and keeping a factual cress diary to make predictions and record our findings.

Last Friday, the Food & Nutrition leadership group met for their final virtual meeting of the term.

Last week, the Eco Warriors met remotely and completed a Learning Environmental Review of DUCKS.

The first Year 2 participants were greeted by grey clouds, wind and rain that seemed to get greyer, harder and stronger as the 25-minute timer slowly made its way to zero.

DUCKS prefect, Josh Theaker, announced the winners from each House as well as our overall competition winner.

On the afternoon of World Book Day, we enjoyed a virtual visit from author and illustrator, Lynne Russell.

On Monday afternoon the children at DUCKS were invited to attend a wellbeing creative workshop with Sue Mulholland, Director of Art and Design.

We are conducting an experiment to find the best growing conditions for cress.

Following a rather chilly couple of weeks, we chose to use the changes in the weather to our advantage.

The children in Reception, Year 1 and 2 came together virtually to celebrate House Day, representing their Houses wearing yellow for Elm, green for Willow, blue for Chestnut or red for Oak.