Blog by Tag: duckling
Mark Making
This afternoon in Ducklings to encourage everyone to mark make and practise their pencil grip we made marks on a large piece of paper today.
The boys started us off by making a race track which turned into a jungle and later a treasure map for pirates! Some other children joined in and started…
Category: Ducklings
Catching
Ducklings are practising their throwing skills this week. We had Rostand with our legs apart and knees slightly bent while we threw the ball. When we were catching we had tried to bend our knees slightly. Remember to LOOK at the ball all the time. If we could throw it already we had to…
Category: Ducklings
Finger Fitness
Finger Fitness in the Ducklings. Try having a go at home using the video on you tube; "finger Fitness Exercises for Kids". It's a great challenge and will help your child learn how to isolate their fingers and strengthen their muscles. All really useful when it comes to writing.
Category: Ducklings
Catching and Throwing to each other
In Duckilngs we were doing our PE outside again to make the most of the lovely weather. We were catching and throwing today. we talked about how to stand with our legs a shoulder width apart, how to throw with our hands under the ball pushing it up and forwards and how to catch by moving our hands…
Category: Ducklings
Green Ducklings Sports Person of the Week
Erica and Alfie were chosen as the star of the day today for their great effort in PE. they always try their hardest and listen to instructions on how to improve their skills. Congratulations!.
Category: Ducklings
Catching outside
Today the weather was beautiful so we practised catching and throwing outside. We stood in the hoops to make sure we were the right distance away. Then we threw underam to our partners making sure our opposite legs were forward and it was at the right height for our partners to catch. If we were…
Category: Ducklings
Blossom Trees
Our fingers need exercise to strengthen them just like our big muscles. This week we have been ripping, tearing and scrunching tissue paper to make spring blossom trees. Some of us found it really hard to scrunch the paper into small blossom pieces. Why not have a go at home making a tear and…
Category: Ducklings
*Outdoor PE
Mrs Moss and Miss Watmough have been setting up obstacle courses outside and helping us develop our skills of hopping, skipping, kicking and balancing on benches and following a line. Everyone gets a turn at being outside in the fresh air and practisning our skills in different ways.
…
Category: Ducklings
Dear Zoo PE
In PE we are doing our “Animals” topic and focusing on the story Dear Zoo by Rod Cambell. For our warm up we move around like the animals in the story while listening to the song on youtube. Why not watch and have a go at home?
Our fundamental skills are developing really well and we are…
Category: Ducklings
#Handwriting Patterns
Large patterns on the floor are a fantastic way to train our brains and hands how to do the perfect handwriting patterns. Start off really large with scarves and ribbons in the air and then large patterns on the floor before you move to small patterns on paper.
Category: Ducklings
Funky Fingers with peg boards
We used all our fingers to make peg board patterns. We found using "baby small" with our thumb was the most difficult. What about you?
Category: Ducklings
Ducklings 'Chinese New Year' open afternoon
Category: Ducklings