Blog by Mrs Catterall | Carleton Green Community Primary School

Talking about our favourite toys

The children have enjoyed bringing in their favourite toys to talk about. They could tell their friends what materials their toy is made of, whether or not they can move or make a sound and use words to describe them, such as hard, smooth, soft, cuddly.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 28 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Paying for our snack

We have been using 1p and 2p coins to pay for our snacks. Some of us have been able to add up the cost of milk and a piece of fruit and pay for it correctly!

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 28 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Sorting Toys

We have been finding out about the different materials that toys are made from and why. Some of us have sorted the toys according to what they are made from.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 25 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Reading silly captions

The Ducklings have been using their phonic knowledge to read silly captions independently! We can check their understanding by looking at what they have drawn to go with the caption!

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 22 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Making words

The Ducklings are becoming confident with segmenting words into their different sounds. They can then use this to help them spell!

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 22 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Retelling stories

The children have enjoyed using props to act out and retell the story of 'Kipper's Toybox.'

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 22 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Making story telling props

The boys got creative and made a 'Sock Thing' to use in retelling the 'Kipper's Toybox' story.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 22 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Subtraction with skittles

We have been exploring saying subtraction stories using skittles. It has also helped with practising our kicking and aiming skills.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 21 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

No snow snowmen!

We had to manage with white sparkly play dough, instead of real snow, to follow instructions and make our snowmen!

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 15 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Making Igloos

We have been working together with our friends to make igloos. We had to listen to each other and share ideas. Great team work!

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 15 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Creating snowmen

We have selected lots of different materials to create snowmen with.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 15 January 2016

Category: Ducklings

Winter Welly Walks

Enjoying a hot chocolate to warm us up after our winter welly walk!

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:108 on 14 January 2016

Category: Ducklings