Blog by Mrs Catterall
A Great Idea for Home learning!
What a great idea! One of our Ducklings loves completing the weekly lolly stick challenges so much that he is going to carry it on with his home learning! Well done!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 23 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
African music and dance
The children have loved listening to and watching different African music and dances this week. They have then gone outside on the stage and created their own. Ask them to show you at home!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 18 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
Programming Handa 'bot'
The Ducklings have been programming our bee bot to take it from Handa's house and collect the different fruits before going to Akeyo's house. No cheating allowed! A few children wanted to pick the bee bot up and turn it around!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 18 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
Paying with coins
The children have paid for the fruit in Handa's basket by reading the prices and finding the correct coins for each one.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 16 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
My mum is...
Today we read a lovely book called 'My mum is fantastic.' Afterwards we all shared how fantastic our mums are and came up with our own words to describe our mums. The children then went on to write about each of their mums.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 16 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
Tasting Tropical Fruits
This week in snack we have been tasting some of the tropical fruits from the Handa's surprise story. They were yummy! We couldn't find a guava, so we tried some guava juice instead! We wrote about what we thought of the different fruits.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 11 March 2020
Tasting Tropical Fruits
This week in snack we have been tasting some of the tropical fruits from the Handa's surprise story. They were yummy! We couldn't find a guava, so we tried some guava juice instead! We wrote about what we thought of the different fruits.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 11 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
Subtracting by counting back
The Ducklings have been exploring how to count back to help them subtract. They have been solving different subtraction problems with Handa's basket of fruit! They put the number of fruits in the basket to start with in their heads and then count back as they take the fruits out!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 9 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
Handa's surprise
The Ducklings have been working with friends to act out and retell the story of Handa's surprise.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 9 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
Making baskets
The Ducklings have been weaving with paper to create a basket for Handa. It is good for getting our funky fingers moving!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 9 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
Using ICT to create a picture
Today the Ducklings have been creating pictures of Handa's basket of fruit on the Clever Touch board.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 9 March 2020
Category: Ducklings
Meeting a real Masai Warrior
Today we had the amazing opportunity to face time Miss Wilson's mum who is on holiday in Tanzania. She had arranged for her guide to talk to the children about life in Tanzania. Kanaya told the children a true story about a time he got lost in the wild for eleven days. During that time he became…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:58 on 8 March 2020
Category: Ducklings