Blog by Mrs Catterall
Apple crumble
The Ducklings have used lots of different tools, with great care this week to prepare and make their apple crumble.
.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 15 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
fine motor Physical development cooking harvest
Underarm throw
The Ducklings have been learning how to throw underarm this week in P.E. It is really quite tricky to remember that the opposite leg to your throwing arm goes in front of you as you throw. We have been throwing at different targets.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 15 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
How does it feel?
The Ducklings have been using their sense of touch to explore and describe how different objects feel.
"The grass feels tickly and soft!"
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 9 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
countdown Speaking and Listening senses Understanding the World
Phoneme spotting
.JPG)
We love learning new phonemes (sounds) and spotting them and finding them around the classroom.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 9 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
Segementing to spell
We are beginning to be able to make or spell words by segmenting them out loud to help us hear the sounds/letters that are in them. We then put or write the letters in the correct order!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 9 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
Our helping 5
In PSED, we have been thinking about people who are important to us. We talked about how these might be people that we could turn to if we needed help. We each thought of 5 people who would be our 'Helping 5!'
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 9 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
Comparing length, weight and capacity
In maths the Ducklings have been comparing the length, size, weight and capacity of different objects and using some of the comparative vocabulary to order them. They have been using vocabulary such as longest, shorter, heavier, lightest, full, empty and so on.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 9 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
PE 7.10.22
In P.E this week we have been practising our hopping skills in a range of ways. Each station is set up to enhance a particular skill and our hopping is already improving, as is our skill of jumping for distance.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 9 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
Making binoculars
.JPG)
The Ducklings have been learning all about the sense of sight. In the creative area they have been making binoculars and then going off to explore what they can see through them!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 9 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
Grandparents Afternoon 3/10/22
We were very lucky to have our Grandparents join us in school this afternoon. It was lovely to share our learning with them, as a big thank you for all that they do for us. We enjoyed taking the opportunity to find out about what life was like when they started school. The children thought of some…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 3 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
Understanding the World Grandparents' Afternoon
Taste Testing
We have been having fun tasting different foods this week, to help us decide whether they taste sweet, salty, sour or bitter! I think the faces say it all!!!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 2 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
taste test senses Understanding the World
Our sense of smell
The Ducklings have been using their noses to try and guess the different smells in the 'Mystery Smelling Pots.' They guessed that they could smell coffee, curry, perfume or flowers, orange and flowers.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:14 on 2 October 2022
Category: Ducklings
.png)