Fun in the rain

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The Ducklings have been enjoying learning outdoors even despite all of the rain this week. They have had fun jumping in the puddles, painting and mixing colours in the puddles and manoeuvring the bikes in and out of the puddles. It has also been very good practise for them putting on and taking…

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 24 September 2019

Category: Ducklings

outdoor learning

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Who's the Baby?!

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The Ducklings have been enjoying matching the baby photo to each child or teacher in our class.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 24 September 2019

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History Understanding the World

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Biff, Chip and Kipper

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We have been using our new reading characters to tell our own stories.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 24 September 2019

Category: Ducklings

reading Speaking and Listening

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Pouring and measuring

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The Ducklings have been pouring and measuring the baby 'milk.'  They have been encouraged to use vocabulary such as full, half full, empty and nearly full or nearly empty. 

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 23 September 2019

Category: Ducklings

capacity Physical development activemaths

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Cutting and spreading

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The Ducklings have been practising their cutting and spreading skills with a knife during snack time when preparing their yummy toast!

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 23 September 2019

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Physical development healthy snack time

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Our Reading Book Family

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We have been introduced to the Robinson family from our reading books, ready to read our first reading books very soon. We have been playing matching games matching the characters to their names.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 23 September 2019

Category: Ducklings

reading

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Bathing the babies

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The Ducklings have loved bathing the babies outside in the sunshine today. They will make lovely mums and dads when they grow up!

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 16 September 2019

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Physical development

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Dressing the babies

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The Ducklings have been using their funky fingers to dress the babies and do up all of the tricky poppers.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 16 September 2019

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fine motor Physical development

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Finding out what a baby needs

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The Ducklings have been finding out all about what a baby needs and sorting them accordingly.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 16 September 2019

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Understanding the World

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Our Young Visitor

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We were very lucky to have a visit from baby Elliott and his mummy today to help us to find out more about babies and how we grow and change. Thank you.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 16 September 2019

Category: Ducklings

Understanding the World

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Junk Model Houses

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The Ducklings have been creating their own junk model homes using different materials and tools.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 14 September 2019

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DT Creative learning

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Cutting with a knife and fork

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We have been practising using our cutting skills with a knife and fork. We used our fine motor skills by rolling out play dough sausages for us to cut up.

Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:67 on 14 September 2019

Category: Ducklings

fine motor Physical development

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