Blog by Mrs Catterall
Blending to read
The Ducklings are growing in confidence to blend sounds together to read words.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 7 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
reading reading buddies phonics
Nativity stories
The Ducklings are enjoying drawing and writing all about the first Christmas.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 7 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Practising our catching skills
Today we have been practising our catching skills in the sunshine.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 7 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Outdoor fun in the rain
Even on a wild and wet day the Ducklings had lots of fun - splashing and wading through the puddles, jumping over the puddles, mixing different coloured paints in the puddles, jumping along the letters to read words and investigating which objects float or sink in the flood!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 7 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Printing robots
We have been printing robots using 3D shapes.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 7 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Nuts and bolts
This week the Ducklings have carefully placed nuts and bolts to create their own Metal Mike robots.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 5 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
fine motor Creative learning Funky Fingers
Reading captions
The Ducklings have been showing off their phonics skills this week by applying their knowledge of the sounds that they know to read simple captions independently! Super star readers!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 5 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Robot technicians
The Ducklings have enjoyed joining and fixing the different parts of the robots together using the special nuts and bolts.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 5 December 2020
Category: Ducklings
Mini engineers!
The Ducklings have enjoyed getting inside old electrical appliances and exploring what they can see. Future engineers and mechanics! They used the screwdrivers and pliers with care and control. We have also talked about how they mustn't do this at home and that these are old items and that they…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 29 November 2020
Category: Ducklings
Design and Technology Funky Fingers
Are we any better?
We have enjoyed exploring and handling household objects from the past. We have tried to guess what some of the strange objects are, the materials that they are made from and how they work. We also asked the question, 'Are we any better today?' We all agreed that having radiators to warm our…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 29 November 2020
Category: Ducklings
History Understanding the World
Shape Robots
In the sunshine last week the Ducklings enjoyed using the large glitter shapes to create their own robots. They are super at naming the 2D shapes now!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 29 November 2020
Category: Ducklings
Last day of remote learning!
Hopefully today will be the last day of learning from home for a while! Miss Hutchinson and I are so very proud of the Yellow Ducklings though for all of their efforts whilst learning form home. Today we had more super adding, amazing phonic skills on show and fanastic robot inventions. We can't…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:43 on 29 November 2020
Category: Ducklings