Blog by Mrs Catterall
Junk Dinosaurs
We have had great fun using junk materials to create our own dinosaurs.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 26 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Creating Giant Dinosaurs
The children have enjoyed working together to create giant dinosaurs. They had to talk to each other and listen to each other's ideas for how to plan out the dinosaur and decide what they would use.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 26 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Reading Silly Questions!
The children have enjoyed applying their phonics and reading skills to read silly questions and to answer them correctly!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 24 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Measuring Dino Footprints
We have been drawing our own dinosaur footprints and selecting different materials to measure them with.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 24 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
2D Shape Dinosaurs
We have enjoyed using the 2D shapes to create our own dinosaurs.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 23 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Yellow Ducklings and the Dinosaur Man!
We loved our visit by Alex 'the man who knows all about dinosaurs' from Bolton Museum. We got the chance to handle lots of dinosaur fossils and to use our knowledge and questioning skills to figure out what they were. We enjoyed playing games, singing,dancing and pretending to be be different…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 23 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Measuring Dinosaurs
We have been using unifix cubes to measure the length and height of different dinosaurs
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 22 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Ordering Dinosaurs
We have been comparing and placing dinosaurs in order according to their height and their length.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 20 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Using our phonic skills
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We are using our phonic skills really well to write words and sentences all by ourselves.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 12 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Positional Language
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We have been learning lots of different position words in mathematics. We then took some of the polar animals outside and hid them! We had to use the correct words to describe their positions!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 12 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Finding out about Islam
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This week we have been learning about how wearing a uniform shows that you belong. The children have brought in special clothes that they wear, such as Rainbow uniforms and football kits. We have talked about how wearing a hijab shows that you are a Muslim. The Ducklings were very lucky to have a…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 10 February 2017
Category: Ducklings
Skittles subtraction
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The Ducklings have been learning to subtract by playing skittles. They have been saying a number story by saying how many skittles to begin with, how many are knocked down and finally how many are left.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:98 on 29 January 2017
Category: Ducklings