Blog by Mrs Catterall
Ducklings remote learning 12/1/21
The Ducklings have been having fun outdoors with natural objects to help them subtract. They have also been using toys from around their homes to help them too. Today they have been learning to read and write the letter y. Some super letters have been written to our alien visitor filled with ideas…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 12 January 2021
Category: Ducklings
X -tra ordinary work!
The Ducklings have been learning to read and write words and sentences with the letter x in. Look at all of the different creative ways the Ducklings have found to practise writing the letter x.
We have seen some super writing about the alien space goo. Lovely sentences with a capital letter,…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 11 January 2021
Category: Ducklings
The Latest Newsflash
Mr Josh has made an amazing news report, detailing all of the latest information on the recent spacecraft crash landing that happened on our school field.
Watch out BBC's George Alagiah! Someone is after your job!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 7 January 2021
Category: Ducklings
Ducklings remote learning 7/1/21
Another busy day!
Today we have been learning all about the letter w in phonics. We have seen some beautiful handwriting again. The children are becoming so confident when asked to 'quick write' a word. They can chop up a word, hear the different sounds and write it quickly.
We have…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 7 January 2021
Category: Ducklings
Ducklings Remote Learning 6/1/21
Today the Ducklings both in school and at home have been extremely busy!
In Phonics they have been learning how to recognise, read and write the letter v. They have been busy hunting for today's letter when out on their walks and in books and magazines around the home. They have been reading…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 6 January 2021
Category: Ducklings
It's Party Time!
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The Ducklings had a great time today - making party hats, dancing, singing, playing games and the best bit of all eating Christmas biscuits and drinking hot chocolate! Yummy! Even the cheeky elf had his sparkly suit on today especially for the party.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 14 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Positional vocabulary
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In Mathematics this week we will be learning all about prepositions or positional vocabulary. We worked with our talking partners today to put our bears in the correct position when the teacher called out a position word such as behind, beside or above.
Our cheeky elf is also finding himself in…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 14 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Christmas fun!
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This week sees us doing lots of fun activities and learning all about Christmas - making play dough mince pies, decorating party hats, cutting, sticking and writing toys in stockings, acting out the nativity story and writing lists and letters to Father Christmas to name just a few.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 14 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Tremendous tricky words
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The Ducklings love practising writing the tricky words.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 14 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Estimating
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We have been learning what estimation is in maths. We tried to estimate the number of Christmas baubles and then checked by counting. We discovered that it is easier to estimate when there are fewer objects.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 14 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
The stable in Bethlehem
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The Ducklings have been busy creating their own stables in Bethlehem.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 7 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Christmas Creative learning Nativity
The Nativity
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The Ducklings have been using the Clevertouch board to illustrate the story of the first Christmas.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:42 on 7 December 2020
Category: Ducklings