Ducklings
Weaving with our Funky Fingers
We have been busy developing our fine motor skills this weeks with a weaving activity. This activity also takes a lot of focus, concentration and control. Look at these super ribbon weaves!
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Instrumental Sounds
As part of their Early Phonics, the Ducklings have been exploring the different sounds that musical instruments make. It was great fun!!
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Pencil Grip
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As part of our getting to know you activities, we have been observing the children to find out which hand they write with and what stage they are at for gripping their pencil.
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Our first PE lesson 2022
On Friday we went into the hall for our first PE lesson. We just put our PE pumps on this week and practised taking our shoes off and putting them back on again. We talked about having good looking and listening skills in PE lessons and the importance of a warm up and a cool down.
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Painting Portraits
As part of our Amazing Me topic, we have been exploring our similarities and differences by painting self-portraits.
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Getting ready to learn outdoors
As part of settling into school, we have been learning how to put on our puddle suits and wellies ready to go and learn outside.
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Our Golden Rules
Danny, our class Duck left us a letter. He needed our help. Someone had been in our classroom and had left a big mess!!
Danny wanted us all to think of some Golden Rules of how we should behave and how we should look after our toys and each other in the classroom.
We came up with our class…
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Our First Week at School 2022
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We are really proud of all of our new Ducklings and how they come into school each day and settled so well. They are becoming more familiar with all of the different areas of the classroom to play and learn in, the daily routines and are starting to make new friends.
Well done everyone!
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Our School Lunches
The Ducklings are enjoying their new yummy school lunches. They can choose from a choice of three different meal options each day and will soon become familiar with the menu and get to know what they like and don't like.
The children have been great at carrying their lunch trays, using their…
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Queen Elizabeth II
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Little Chicks and Ducklings gathered together to commemorate Queen Elizabeth 1952-2022 We watched Newsround which showed the Queen's reign and what she achieved in her lifetime.
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the…
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Getting ready for the rain
With today's rainy weather, we had an opportunity to practise putting on our puddle suits and wellies with independence, and of course, some guidance. A great start for the colder months ahead!
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Danny Duckling needs our help!
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We were shocked to find that Danny Duck had made a big mess in the classroom this morning! We had lots of questions and found the answers in a letter to the children from Danny Duckling himself. We helped to make some class rules so that visitors into our room know exactly what we expect from…
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