Rolling, rolling, rolling!

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The Ducklings have been practising all of the different kinds of rolls that they know - pencil roll, rock and roll, teddy bear roll, barrel roll and egg roll. They have have also been taught how to do a forward roll correctly and safely this week.

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P.E.

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Little Red Riding Hood

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After reading the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the Ducklings enjoyed making playdough cakes for grandma, weaving baskets, making their own baskets to take to grandma and testing them out to see how much they could carry and writing a list of what they would take to give to her.

     

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traditional tales

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Children's Mental Health Week

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During this special week, we have talked about the special people we have connections with in our families, with our friends and with our adults at school that are always there to help us. We read a lovely story called The Invisible String together all about this.

We also talked about the ways…

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PSED

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Keeping safe online

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As part of Safer Internet Day, we talked about what to do if ever you are playing on your iPad and you see something that you feel isn't quite right or if someone is being unkind. You put it down and always go and tell a grown-up. If messages come up that you are not sure of, you don't ever click…

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Comparing length

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With our talking partners, we drew around our feet and compared the length of each foot. We used comparative vocabulary to describe them, such as longer and shorter, longest and shortest.

We also compared the length or height of different objects in the classroom together.

    

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measure maths

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Climbing

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The Ducklings have been exploring climbing along and through the large equipment in P.E.

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P.E.

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Measuring- long and short

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In Maths this week the children have been measuring length and height in different ways around the classroom. Today we were comparing the length of our feet! 

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maths

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Peace Out Meditation

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As our weekly meditation continues, the child's techniques to relax, breath and unwind improve and progress. They are great at finding a comfortable way to sit or lie and use their imaginations to follow a relaxing story. What a great way to end a day!

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Physical development PSED

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Special Holy Books

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The Ducklings have brought in some of their special 'holy' books to share with the class. We looked at a bible and some special pages from a Qu'ran. We talked about where these special books might be kept and how they are treated with respect.  

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R.E.

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Throwing

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The Ducklings were learning to throw beanbags, balls and shuttlecocks. They were practising their over and underarm throws.

 

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P.E. Throwing

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House of Sticks

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Following on from reading The Three Little Pigs, these girls decided that they wanted to collect sticks and build a house with them. They gathered all of the resources together that they needed and worked as a team to create their stick house.

        

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fine motor traditional tales Physical development Creative learning

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Bird Watching

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This week, the Ducklings have been looking out for the different birds that might visit our school garden.  They have seen pigeons, blackbirds and magpies. We see lots of seagulls on the school field too.  One bird did its business right on the bench next to Mrs Catterall!! We tried to think which…

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big bird watch Understanding the World

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