Blog by Mrs Catterall
The Jungle Book
The children had a lovely end to the half-term by watching a theatre group perform The Jungle Book.
Baloo the bear came to meet them afterwards too!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 21 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
Initial sounds
The Ducklings have been listening to the first sounds that objects begin with and then sorting them accordingly.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 21 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
Scooping Pumpkins
The Ducklings and Little Chicks have enjoyed scooping pumpkins out.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 21 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
Ordering by size
The ducklings have been ordering autumn leaves according to their size.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 21 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
Making a home for a hedgehog
The Ducklings have been creating their own homes for hibernating hedgehogs out of junk materials.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 21 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
Letter Formation
The Ducklings have been practising writing their letters with flicks in and out with their cursive handwriting.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 21 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
letters Physical development Handwriting
Leaf threading
The children have enjoyed using different tools such as the hole punch and scissors to thread wool and string through the Autumn leaves.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 21 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
fine motor Physical development Funky Fingers
World Mental Health Awareness Day
Today we talked about how we keep our bodies healthy physically, but also mentally too. The children came up with some lovely ideas such as making somebody laugh, giving them a smile or a hug and asking a new friend to play with them.
We looked at some basic yoga to help with relaxation and…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 10 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
PSED World Mental Health Awareness Day
Blending
We maintain only know a few letters and sounds,but already we can blend them to read simple words independently! Amazing reading!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 7 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
Our families
The Ducklings have been making lolly stick houses complete with their families inside. Aren't they lovely?!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 7 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
Using the keyboard
The Ducklings have been using the keyboard to enter text and type their names.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 7 October 2019
Category: Ducklings
Our families
All week this week we are finding out how families a are the same or different. Today we looked at ourselves in our families and had to decide if we were the youngest, middle, oldest or only child in the family. We made a pictograms with our photographs. Most children in our class were the…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:65 on 7 October 2019
Category: Ducklings