Blog by Mrs Catterall
Remembrance Day
On the 11th November at 11 am we joined the rest of the school outside for a 2 minute silence. Earlier on, we found out about why people do this and why we wear poppies at this time of year. The Ducklings were extremely sensible and respectful.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 14 November 2021
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Hickory, Dickory Dock
The Ducklings have been exploring how to programme our robot mouse to run up and down the clock!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 14 November 2021
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
The Ducklings have enjoyed strengthening their finger muscles for writing by making twinkling stars like in the nursery rhyme.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 14 November 2021
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Finding the rhyming pairs
The Ducklings have been working with their friends to match the rhyming pairs, such as boat and coat and tie and pie.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 14 November 2021
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reading Rhyme Speaking and Listening
Fungi fun!
This wet autumnal weather has been the perfect conditions for fungi to grow in. The Ducklings have enjoyed spotting them in the damp areas of our garden. They used magnifying glasses to observe them more closely. We talked about the importance of not touching them and to be careful when you see…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 3 November 2021
Category: Ducklings
Rainy Day Fun!
The last week of the half-term saw some very wet weather. The Ducklings still love to learn outdoors no matter what the weather!
They were exploring mixing colours in the puddles, investigating bouncing balls and jumping in the puddles.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 3 November 2021
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Spelling simple words
The Ducklings are beginning to apply their phonics knowledge to help them spell simple words.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 3 November 2021
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Teachers of the Future!
Some of the Ducklings love our daily routines so much that they have been taking on the role of the teacher during their own role play! I may be out of a job soon!!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 3 November 2021
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Speaking and Listening Role-play
Spiky friends
The Ducklings have been finding out about animals that get ready to hibernate in autumn. They have used their funky finger fine motor skills to create some prickly pear hedgehogs.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 3 November 2021
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Hopping
In PE we have been focussing on our hopping skills as well as practising our jumping for distance skills that we have recently learnt. The children are really good at remembering what to do at the different active stations. They listen to and follow instructions really well.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 20 October 2021
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Patterns with natural materials
Outside the Ducklings have enjoyed using natural objects to continue, spot the mistakes in and create their own repeating patterns.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 12 October 2021
maths outdoor learning patterns
Scissor Skills
The Ducklings have been using their scissor skills to create harvest scarecrows.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:26 on 11 October 2021
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