Welcome to Acorn Class
Academic Year 2019-20
Nursery Home Learning Summer 1
This half term we will be looking at Nursery Rhymes as part of our topic called 'Is it Time for a Rhyme?'.
We will look at some of our familiar rhymes and follow up with activities based around the themes in the rhymes.
Each week I will put a range of ideas and videos onto Tapestry to give you some ideas of how to share learning with your children.
Thank you for all of the pictures and vidoes you have shared with me, it is really wonderful to see how much they are learning with you at home.
Keep enjoying all of your nature walks, baking, crafts, stories and games at home and I will keep adding ideas for you all.
Best wishes
Mrs Redmond
Do look around the website for other resources, some you might find helpful are:
Worship at home - weekly resources from the dioscese.
Science resources - lots of ideas of fun experiments to try at home.
Nursery Home Learning
I have put some ideas into the below document to give you some ideas to support you in your home learning time. Please also look on our Tapestry pages for further ideas.
Is it spring yet?
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"I've found some buds!"
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We listened carefully in the log circle.
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We heard lots of birds singing.
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"Here is white blossom."
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Nature explorers
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Fresh green leaves
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Shoots coming up, "Is it grass?"
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Look what we found in the pond!
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It looks squishy.
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Frogspawn.
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Looking carefully.
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Can you see the animal home?
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Here is a rabbit hole.
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I wonder how many live here?
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Are Eggs Alive?
This week we have begun to explore eggs. We looked inside an egg and made some pancakes. We looked at the recipe and learned how to sieve, measure the milk and mix it up until there were no lumps. Everyone tried the pancakes and most of the children came back for more!
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First weigh and sieve the flour into the bowl
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Next we had a look inside an egg
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There is a yellow part called the yoke
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Next pour some milk
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Can we find a 3 to help us find 300ml?
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Pour it in
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Just right
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Mix it up
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Pour the milk in
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Mix it up to break the yolk
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"It is all lumpy"
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Keep mixing
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Whisk it until the lumps go
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Now to cook, the pan is hot so don't go near
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Bubbles appear
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Then flip to cook the other side
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Now to taste it, we loved it!
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Lets see...
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We all had a try
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Some liked it more than others
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Life Bus visit
Today Ellie visited us with the Life Bus. We enjoyed thinking about how we look after our bodies with the help of Harold the giraffe and some fun activities.
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We enjoyed meeting Ellie.
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First we warmed our bodies up.
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It was Harold's first day at nursery.
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We helped Harold to pack a healthy snack.
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We had a think about which foods were healthy.
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Strawberries are a good snack
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Chocolate goes in the 'just for treats' box.
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Cheese is a good snack.
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We all made good choices.
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At night our bodies rest.
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Harold is feeling much better about Nursery now.
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We said goodbye after a lovely visit.
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Lots of love for Harold.
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See you another time!
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Do Dragons Exist?
On our first day we had a surprise delivery. The postman brought us a parcel with warning labels on it! We wondered what it could be and thought about what might fit in the box.
Inside the parcel was a dragon! We were very surprised and wondered what the dragon would need.
We are now thinking about how to look after our dragon. This week we have made pictures to make him feel welcome. We have also been making up names for the dragon, we will pick one out for him at the end of the week. The some of the children made him blankets and eggs to make him feel at home.
Christmas Fun in Nursery
We have had great fun preparing for Christmas in Nursery. We enjoyed making gifts and cards for our families. On our party day we played games and made Santa snacks with strawberries, grapes, banana and marshmallows.
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Fruity Father Christmas faces!
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We found matching parts to make a card
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Pin the carrot on the snowman.
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This was harder than it looked.
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We enjoyed making cards and pictures.
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We made wrapping paper, cards and tree decorations
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We were excited to take them home for our family.
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We learnt the story of the first Christmas.
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We made pencil drawings of the story.
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Nativity Play
Nursery performed 'Everyone Loves a Baby' with Reception class. The children sang and danced their hearts out and we are all really proud of their hard work. We enjoyed exploring the story of the first Christmas through advent and dressing up helped us to think about the characters.
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Winter boots poem
We practised using our performance voices by speaking our poems in the outdoor area. We enjoyed stomping in our boots!
Frosty day exploration
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Mark making in the frost
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"Here is some more."
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"The grass is crunchy."
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Still a few leaves on the trees.
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Catching falling leaves!
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Can you find a leaf with frost all the way round?
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Crunchy fun!
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These leaves are still green...
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... So are these. I wonder why?
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Exploring 'What is shiny?'
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We have been exploring shiny items.
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Our dark tent helped us explore what was shiny.
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Helping Percy the Park keeper explore the seasons
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We went to explore changes outside
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Something was happening to the leaves...
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Some were still green.
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Crackle got us thinking
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We found some red hips
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We found piles of leaves
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We found sticky sap coming out of a tree
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It was really interesting!
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There were apples on the tree
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The leaves were different colours
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We found a toad in our garden
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We took him to the wildlife area to live
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Little black berries and purple leaves
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These leaves were still green and very prickly.
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Challenge to find 3 leaves of different colours
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This one is yellow AND green.
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We have been enjoying exploring all the new experiences avaliable in Nursery Class.
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Observing similarities
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Collaborating with friends
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Enjoying the outdoors
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Challenging our gross motor skills
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Controlling a pencil
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Fun outdoors
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What happens if...?
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Bubbles!
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Such fun...
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Rainy days are fun outside as well
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Puddles
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Sorting shapes
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Welcome to Acorn Class
Academic Year 2018-19
Am I Unique?
Look what my busy body can do!
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Busy fingers squeezing
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Careful counting
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Eating!
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Drinking
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Writing numbers
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Making music
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Drawing our family
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Clapping
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Bending
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Hopping
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Stretching
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Dancing
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Splashing!
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We are learning to be Scientists
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Thinking of questions to answer
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Looking carefully
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Observing carefully
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Answering questions
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Discussing our views
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Observing with all our senses
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Observational drawings
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Answering questions by testing
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Does it roll?
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Is it Time for a Rhyme?
We went on a spider hunt and found lots of webs
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
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We made walls for Humpty with Duplo
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We worked together to make walls for Humpty Dumpy
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Are Eggs Alive?
Pancake making fun!
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Cracking eggs
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What is inside?
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Measure
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Carefully...
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Pour..
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Looking at the egg.
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What can you see?
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In it goes...
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Oil goes in...
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Measure the milk
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Pour it in
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Mix it up
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Now time to roll it up.
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...And eat it up! Some of us loved them.
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How does that building stay up?
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We looked at some James Rizzi art to inspire us.
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We created James Rizzi buildings and windows
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Working hard holding writing tools
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What are our buildings made from?
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Can we make homes for the zoo animals?
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What kind of homes would we need in a cold place?
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"Warm and cosy."
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Winter weather explorers
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A little snow!
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Heavy frost, "it is so crunchy."
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Amazing patterns
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Exploring the frost
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We put water out overnight to see if it freezes
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"It is icy today, it is freezing."
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Frozen pom poms to explore
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What happens to the ice outside? "It might melt?"
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Snow foot prints
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It is very cold
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Mark making
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Patterns and shapes
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Cold fingers!
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Interesting marks
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"Its freezing!"
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"I'm making footprints."
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Tracks in the snow
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"He is going over here."
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Concentration!
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New building update- January
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Brick walls
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Roof
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Mixing
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Looking at the wooden roof
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Its interesting work
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Tiles
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Inside the new roof
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Outside the new roof
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"He is cutting."
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Tiles going on
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Wiring going in
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Doors and windows!
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A smart tiled roof
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How many colours in the rainbow?
The builders have arrived!
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Before we began.
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Some special vehicles.
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An amazing digger!
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It can change its scoop.
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Ready for foundations.
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Ready to tip!
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