Blog by Mrs Catterall
Playing and Exploring
The Ducklings and Little Chicks have loved exploring and problem solving in the water tray during this lovely weather. They constructed and figured out a way for the fish to travel between the water trays by talking and working together.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 26 April 2021
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Weaving
The Ducklings have been having fun in the sun learning to weave with lots of different materials including paper, ribbon, grasses and felt.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 26 April 2021
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Under the Sea Dance
The Ducklings enjoyed their PE dance lesson on Friday. They explored moving like different sea creatures.
Look at the video here...
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 25 April 2021
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Playing 'Fish'
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This week we have read the story The Rainbow Fish. Following on from this the Ducklings learned how to play a memory game called 'Fish.' They had to turn over two cards, one at a time to see if they could find a matching pair. They needed to watch the cards even when it wasn't their turn to see if…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 25 April 2021
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Reading Silly Questions
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These two busy Ducklings have been reading silly questions and deciding if the answer would be Yes or No. They have used their knowledge of tricky words and the different phonemes or sounds that they know to help them read independently.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 20 April 2021
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Sorting 3D shapes
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This week we have been revisiting 3D shapes again but this time with a focus on describing and recognising the properties or features of each shape. Today, outside in the sunshine, the Ducklings were working with their friends to decide upon different ways to sort the shapes according to some of…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 20 April 2021
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A Plastic Problem
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The Ducklings and Little Chicks were welcomed back to school with a surprise waiting for them!
The world's sea creatures have asked for our help and left them a letter. There is a real problem with plastic waste getting into the oceans and seas and harming the marine creatures. They left us…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 12 April 2021
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Pattern fun
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The Ducklings have been exploring making repeating patterns in different ways today.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 12 April 2021
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Spelling cvcc words
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This week the Ducklings are learning to read and spell cvcc words. These are words with a consonant, a vowel and then ending with two consonants. It is quite tricky to make sure that we include all four letters when spelling each word. The third letter is often the trickiest.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 12 April 2021
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Applying our phonics skills
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The Ducklings are becoming more confident to apply their knowledge of phonics and tricky words to help them read sentences independently.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 12 April 2021
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Indian Dance Workshop
The Ducklings have thoroughly enjoyed the Indian Dance Workshop today as part of our learning all about the Hindu spring festival called Holi. Manisha our dance teacher was very impressed with how all of the children picked up the different moves so quickly. We have a class full of amazing little…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 22 March 2021
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Mini Paleontologists
The Ducklings are enjoying being dinosaur experts. They have been discovering fossils, digging for dinosaur bones and describing and exploring what different dinosaurs were like.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:36 on 17 March 2021
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