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Baby Clinic
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The children suggested that they would like to work in a baby clinic, looking after babies and somewhere they could go to have a baby! The children worked hard to help to set up our lovely, child-initiated clinic. It has been wonderful to observe how seriously the children take on the roles at…
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Writing letters and sounds
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This week we have introduced our first letters and sounds in the Duckings. The children have been busy saying the sounds, finding them in words and having a go at writing too!
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Conker Counting!
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We have been counting conkers and matching the amounts to the correct numbers.
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Careful counting!
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The Ducklings have been working very hard at improving their counting skills, making sure not to count too quickly, moving the objects as you count them or rearranging them to help count and checking your counting twice.
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Listening to the first sounds
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As we are learning different letters and sounds, the Ducklings are encouraged to listen to the letters that different words begin with and to sort them. What else do you know that begins with a?
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Drawing our families
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The Ducklings have been using black pens to draw their family members. They look very effective. Come and see the display when they are finished!
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fine motor Understanding the World Creative learning
Using ICT
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We have been using the Clever Touch board to draw and label our families.
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A visit from the midwife
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We were very lucky to have a visit from Tracey the midwife today. She brought lots of things with her to show us that she uses in her job each day. She told us all about the job of a midwife and how they care for the mums and the babies. Ask the children to tell you all about it and what they have…
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Matching numbers to quantities
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In Maths this week the children are thinking about quantities of different numbers. The children are practising the skill of counting using one to one correspondence.
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P.E in Ducklings
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This week the children got fully dressed for P.E. We were very impressed with how some children managed to get dressed and undressed independently. When the weather is fine, P.E will take place outside. Today we were balancing and travelling in different ways.
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A visit from baby Albert
The Ducklings and Little Chicks enjoyed asking questions about baby Bertie and were very good listeners too.
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Speaking and Listening Understanding the World
Rhyming Pairs
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We have been listening out for words that 'sound nearly the same'and rhyme, words such as wall and ball, goat and boat and so on.
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