Blog by Mrs Catterall
Under The Sea Dance and Music
The Ducklings have enjoyed creating under the sea dances and exploring accompanying the dance by playing percussion instruments.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 9 May 2021
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dance Creative learning music and movement.
The Pirates Attack
The Ducklings and Little Chicks loved acting out a pirate attack on another ship with Captain Dan Tastic.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 9 May 2021
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Trying on the Treasure
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The Ducklings have loved trying on all of the pirate treasure this week! Pirate Dan explained to them how some pirates used to wear lots of luxurious clothes and precious jewellery so that other sailors would think that they were wealthy folk and not pirates at all.
They are certainly loving…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 9 May 2021
Category: Ducklings
History Understanding the World Role-play
Magnetic or not?
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The Ducklings have been exploring to see if the objects washed up on the beach are magnetic or not. They have then sorted the objects according to what they found.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 5 May 2021
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investigation Understanding the World
Spelling CCVC words
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The Ducklings have been busy spelling words beginning with two consonants.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 5 May 2021
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Drawing treasure maps
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The Ducklings have enjoyed creating treasure maps this week.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 5 May 2021
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Pirate phonics
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Ahoy shipmates! This week the Ducklings have gone pirate crazy even in our phonics activities. Reading the CCVC words to see if they are a real or nonsense word.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 5 May 2021
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Spelling CCVC words
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The Ducklings have been looking at how to segment and spell words that have two consonants at the start. The trickiest part is the second letter. Mrs Catterall kept making silly mistakes and the Ducklings helped to correct the spellings!!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 3 May 2021
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Plastic Pollution Talk
We were very lucky to have a visit from Mrs Haigh today. She works for the Environment Agency and she told us all about her job looking after the rivers and seas. She told us about the only things that should be flushed down the toilet - the three P's. I am sure that the children will remember…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 27 April 2021
Category: Ducklings
Understanding the World environment
A visit from Nibby
Today the Ducklings were very lucky to have a visit from Rupert's dad Nibby who is an illustrator. He talked to them about his job and they had an opportunity to ask him questions too. The children then described an imaginary sea creature to Nibby who then drew it for them. They are going to love…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 26 April 2021
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Writing ccvc words
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This week the Ducklings are learning to spell words that have two consonants at the end. Look at this super writing!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 26 April 2021
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Reading ccvc words
This week the Ducklings are learning to read and write words that have two consonants at the start. The Ducklings love achieving a coloured lolly stick as a part of their rainbow challenges!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:35 on 26 April 2021
Category: Ducklings