Blog by Tag: PSED
Working together on our own interests
It has been so wonderful to observe many of the children come together and initiate their own learning this week. Each day a team of Ducklings have planned, communicated with one another beautifully and built a fantastic (and very colourful!) dinosaur land.
Such purposeful and busy building.…
Category: Ducklings
DT Speaking and Listening communication PSED
Den Building
Yesterday afternoon we were out in the rain den building.
The children used poles which they joined together using connectors, ropes, plastic sheets and tyres.
Within this activity the children are learning:
- how to transport equipment safely
- how to join pieces together
- how to work…
Category: Little Chicks
construction Physical development PSED
Tremendous Thursday
The children all joined Miss Taylor in singing finger rhymes.
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Who can make the longest train?
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One of our old Little Chicks' teaching a new Little Chick how to play a maze game on the computer.
Category: Little Chicks
How do you feel today?
As part of Children's Mental Health Awareness week, we have been talking about how we are feeling each day, what might be making us feel this way and what we can do to help us feel differently. We have also talked about the different things that make us feel happy.
Category: Ducklings
Children's Mental health Awareness Week
We have spent a little bit of time each day participating in different activities that help to create positive mental well-being. We have enjoyed listening to classical music, trying meditation and yoga, doing mindfulness colouring and moving to music. The children all said that they enjoyed doing…
Category: Ducklings
Road Safety
Today we started our Right Start Child Pedestrian Training or road safety.
We talked about the need to always hold a grown-up's hand when near a road and the children know that if they can't do that, that they can hold onto the handles of the pram or an arm if the grown up is carrying shopping…
Category: Ducklings
Physical development Road safety PSED
Playing 'Fish'
This week we have read the story The Rainbow Fish. Following on from this the Ducklings learned how to play a memory game called 'Fish.' They had to turn over two cards, one at a time to see if they could find a matching pair. They needed to watch the cards even when it wasn't their turn to see if…
Category: Ducklings
Mindfulness Den building
It was so lovely to see some of our Ducklings building mindfulness dens at home as part of our Children's Mental Health Week. Regardless of age, it is important to have a calm place to go, relax and think.
Category: Ducklings
Express Yourself
Josh has enjoyed creating some art work to express how different parts of his body are feeling. In our live assembly time at the end of the day, the children shared and talked about their work together.
Category: Ducklings
class assembly PSED World Mental Health Awareness Day
Making new friends and having fun
The Ducklings have continued to have fun making new friends, sharing and playing nicely together in their first week at school. We are very proud of them all.
Look at the gallery here...
Category: Ducklings
Putting our puddlesuits on
The Ducklings have been learning how to put their puddlesuits and wellies on and finding out where they belong when we are not wearing them.
Category: Ducklings
Friends from a distance
It was lovely to see this photograph of some of our ducklings showing how it's still great fun to be with your friends even when keeping a safe distance.
Hopefully see you all very soon!
Category: Ducklings