Blog by Mrs Catterall
Finding the colours of the rainbow
The Ducklings have been exploring in the garden to try and find a natural item for every colour of the rainbow!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 5 July 2021
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Exploring colour mixing
The Ducklings have been investigating colour mixing by overlapping coloured cellophane sheets and shining light through them.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 5 July 2021
Category: Ducklings
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Painting Rainbows
It has been lovely to see the Ducklings exploring their creative side using the colours of the rainbow.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 5 July 2021
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Road Safety
Today we started our Right Start Child Pedestrian Training or road safety.
We talked about the need to always hold a grown-up's hand when near a road and the children know that if they can't do that, that they can hold onto the handles of the pram or an arm if the grown up is carrying shopping…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 11 June 2021
Category: Ducklings
Physical development Road safety PSED
Gymnastics
The Ducklings have enjoyed doing gymnastics in PE. We started with balancing. moving along apparatus carefully and jumping from two feet and landing on two feet with control.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 8 June 2021
Category: Ducklings
Marine Talk Visitors
On Friday the Ducklings and Little Chicks were very lucky to have a visit from marine biologists Mrs Wilson and Miss Brookfield. They learnt all about strandlines and the marine creatures that are washed up on the beach and left behind. They also got to see live crabs and feed them but they…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 24 May 2021
Category: Ducklings
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Sights of the seaside
This week we are learning all about the seaside past and presnt. The Ducklings have been working together to make their own Blackpool Tower out of art straws.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 24 May 2021
Category: Ducklings
Reading Tricky Words
What super readers we have in the Ducklings! Look how many tricky words the Ducklings can read in 1 minute!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 24 May 2021
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Making 10
The Ducklings are becoming confident at recognising pairs of numbers that total 10.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 24 May 2021
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Reading games
The Ducklings have been playing games to practise and apply their phonics. They are super at reading words that have two consonants at the start and end.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 24 May 2021
Category: Ducklings
Exploring number bonds to 10
The Ducklings are exploring finding pairs of numbers that add together to make 10.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 24 May 2021
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Finding Treasure
The Ducklings have been programming the Beebots around the island to find the treasure.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:33 on 24 May 2021
Category: Ducklings