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Spiky friends
The Ducklings have been finding out about animals that get ready to hibernate in autumn. They have used their funky finger fine motor skills to create some prickly pear hedgehogs.
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Learning about Harvest with Mrs Hicks
Today the Ducklings got to venture into our amazing vegetable garden. We shared our knowledge of harvest with Mrs Hicks, who in turn told us all about how we harvest the vegetables in school, wash them, cook them and eat them as part of our school dinners!
We were amazed with just how much…
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outdoor learning Speaking and Listening Understanding the World
Meditation superstars
In Ducklings this week we have been talking about midfullness, meditation and yoga. We have been making time each day to relax and be calm after a busy day.
Look at this amazing yoga pose!
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Hopping
In PE we have been focussing on our hopping skills as well as practising our jumping for distance skills that we have recently learnt. The children are really good at remembering what to do at the different active stations. They listen to and follow instructions really well.
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Chopping vegetables
This week we are developing our chopping skills to chop up fruits and vegetables. We have got to consider holding the vegetable in a safe position and moving the knife forwards and backwards to chop carefully.
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Making Hedgehogs
This week the children are using their funky fingers to chop pears using a knife and add matchstick spikes to create their very own hedgehog.
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Scissor Skills
The Ducklings have been using their scissor skills to create harvest scarecrows.
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Sketching Harvest Vegetables
The Ducklings have been celebrating harvest time by sketching harvest vegetables with oil pastels.
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Making Patterns
This week in mathematics the Ducklings are looking at patterns. They will be busy describing patterns, continuing patterns, spotting mistakes within patterns and creating their own.
We have also noticed that there are patterns around us in the world everywhere.
The children are realising…
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Mark making outdoors
After learning about the different parts of our bodies, the children decided to draw around each other outside. Great mark making practise!
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PE Fridays
The Ducklings are loving their PE Fridays. They are learning about the importance of warming up at the start of the lesson. This week we danced to the Skeleton dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e54m6XOpRgU
The Ducklings are learning to jump for distance and have been practising this in…
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Amazing handwriting!
The Ducklings love using the Clever Touch board on which to practise writing the letter of the day. All of the practise is paying off!
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