Category: Ducklings

This week the children have been demonstrating that they know positional vocabulary such as between, behind, inside and next to.

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!

The Ducklings have been listening to the first sounds that objects begin with and then sorting them accordingly.

The Ducklings and Little Chicks have enjoyed scooping pumpkins out.

The ducklings have been ordering autumn leaves according to their size.

The Ducklings have been creating their own homes for hibernating hedgehogs out of junk materials.

The Ducklings have been practising writing their letters with flicks in and out with their cursive handwriting.

The children have enjoyed using different tools such as the hole punch and scissors to thread wool and string through the Autumn leaves.

The children have been collecting signs of Autumn outside of school and around the school grounds. We are using these for investigation, discussion, size ordering and in our topic. 

This week in Maths we are ordering Autumn objects according to their size. The children will be using mathematical vocabulary such as smallest, biggest, tallest, shortest and longest. 

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…

We are very proud of how independent the children are becoming at getting themselves dresses and undressed for P.E and how well they listen to and follow instructions in the hall.