Blog by Mrs Catterall
Our bodies
This week we are finding out more about the different parts of our bodies, what they are called and what we do with them.
The children will be reading and writing labels for the different body parts, comparing how they are the same or different to their friends and being creative by making…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
How have we changed?
We have loved looking at all of the baby photographs that the children have brought in. It was fun trying to guess who the baby photo belonged to. We have been talking about the different ways in which we have grown and changed.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
Big or Small
This week the Ducklings have been sorting objects according to their size.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
Enjoying PE
The Ducklings are getting changed a little quicker each week for PE now. They are loving these active lessons and are showing the ability to listen to and follow instructions carefully.
This week they have been jumping for distance and practising their hopping.
Keep practising getting dressed…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
What a baby needs
The Ducklings have been talking about growing and changing since being a baby and finding out what it is that a baby needs.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
Writing our names
The Ducklings have been busy practising writing their names. Aren't they getting good at it?
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
Funky fingers dress the babies
The Ducklings have been busy strengthening their finger muscles, ready for writing, by dressing the babies and doing up all of the poppers on the baby grows.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
Long or Short
The Ducklings have been sorting objects according to whether they are long or short.
They also went on to sort a group of objects in order of their length, using the vocabulary shortest and longest.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
Practising our Physical skills
The Ducklings enjoy practising skills such as hopping and jumping, which they learn in PE, whenever they are outside.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 4 October 2021
Category: Ducklings
Matching and Sorting
In mathematics the Ducklings were matching and sorting objects according to a range of criteria such as colour, size and shape.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 28 September 2021
Category: Ducklings
Alliteration
The Ducklings have been listening to the first sounds of different objects and sorting them into different groups accordingly.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 28 September 2021
Category: Ducklings
Building homes
The Ducklings have been using different construction toys to create a home for their family.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:28 on 28 September 2021
Category: Ducklings