Blog by Mrs Catterall
Deaf Aware
It has been lovely to see the Ducklings playing 'teachers' and asking to use Amiee's radio aid to help her. They were all using their BSL knowledge too to sign during the play.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 18 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Creating Patterns
In maths this week we have been learning to create our own more complex patterns, including symmetrical patterns.
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We worked with our talking partners to create a symmetrical butterfly pattern.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 18 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Outdoor PE
The Ducklings have enjoyed having their PE lessons outside so far this term and the weather has been very kind to us. They have been practising their throwing and catching skills, working cooperatively with a partner.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 18 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Aaaarrgghh, Spider!
Mrs Catterall isn't keen on spiders, but she was very brave when we found one in the classroom and she caught it for us, for a little while, to observe! We counted that the spider has 8 legs and is therefore not an insect. We saw its large abdomen where it stores the eggs and we saw its two palps…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 18 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Odds and Evens
The Ducklings have been exploring which numbers are odd and which are even. They have used practical objects to see if there is an odd one left when you share the number between two.
Once they had explored the pattern of odds and evens, some children were able to go further and apply this…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 18 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Painted Lady Butterflies
The Ducklings and Little Chicks were so excited to see the butterflies that had emerged from thier cocoons. They enjoyed spotting all of the different parts of the butterfly's body and loved watching its curly tongue (proboscis) drinking.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 18 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Life cycles Understanding the World
Healthy Living Week
We have learnt lots this week about how to look after our bodies and minds and how to keep healthy - healthy eating, exercising, keeping clean, staying safe in the home, sun safety and dental hygiene.
The children have loved preparing and creating their own fresh fruit kebabs for snack time.…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 5 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Physical development Healthy eating
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
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We have celebrated the Platinum Jubilee in lots of different ways this week. We have been making bunting, chalking and painting flags, making crowns to wear, role playing afternoon tea parties in the home corner, finding out facts about Queen Elizabeth, sharing family memories about past jubilee…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 5 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Understanding the World Jubilee Celebrations
The Butterfly Life Cycle
The children have been using different types of pasta to represent each stage of the butterfly life cycle and then labelling the different stages.
They are excited each day, to observe the caterpillars and see how they have changed! They had all turned into cocoons just before we broke up for…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 5 June 2022
Category: Ducklings
Life cycles Understanding the World
Butterfly life cycle
We are loving having our own caterpillars in the class to watch grow and change. We have been learning the life cycle of how a butterfly grows and changes. Ask them to tell you the big, long, new word beginning with 'm' that describes growing through big changes.
They have been ordering and…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 16 May 2022
Category: Ducklings
Life cycles Understanding the World
Our Bean Investigation
A few weeks ago we planted some beans and have been growing them under different conditions to find out what plants need to help them grow the best. We gave all of the beans soil. We gave no water but light to one bean. We gave water and soil, but no light to another and then one of the beans…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 16 May 2022
Category: Ducklings
Understanding the World Growing plants and seeds
Rocking and Rolling in PE
The Ducklings loved learning new ways to roll in PE last week and some of them were quite tricky to do and took a bit of practising! They learnt how to do a pencil roll, forward roll, table roll, barrel roll and a teddy bear roll. Well done!
Look at the gallery here...
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:17 on 16 May 2022
Category: Ducklings