Blog by Mrs Catterall
Shapes
The Ducklings have been exploring the features of shapes and describing them to their friends. They were beginning to describe the number of faces, flat or curved, whether or not the edges were curved or straight, the shapes of the faces and the number of vertices.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 18 April 2022
Category: Ducklings
Signs of Spring
The Ducklings have been on a welly walk to look for signs that spring has sprung! They were able to spot spring flowers starting to bloom, buds developing on branches and even a few tiny minibeasts!
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Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 18 April 2022
Category: Ducklings
outdoor learning spring Understanding the World
Egg and Spoon Races
As part of our easter fun and outdoor learning the children enjoyed taking part in egg and spoon races. They showed great control and coordination.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 18 April 2022
Category: Ducklings
Ducklings Open Afternoon
The Ducklings enjoyed sharing the afternoon with their families during our recent Easter and Spring themed open afternoon. The children loved sharing their learning with you. Thank you for coming!
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Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 18 April 2022
Category: Ducklings
Number bond party for World Maths Day
Today, it was World Maths Day. We decided to have a number bond party to celebrate! Number bonds are pairs of numbers that make a particular total. We had fun playing lots of games that make 10! We had to find a partner with a numbered party hat that would match with our own to make 10. We rolled…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 23 March 2022
Category: Ducklings
Holi Celebrations
This week the Ducklings have been learning about the Spring Hindu festival of Holi. It is celebrated with a colourful, messy surprise, throwing colourful paint at each other!! The Ducklings have been exploring spraying coloured paints outside and making colourful handprints.
Inside they have…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 23 March 2022
Category: Ducklings
New Physical Development Area
Our new physical development play area was opened last week by Mr Cadwallader. The children were very excited and have loved exploring it so far this week.
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Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 20 March 2022
Category: Ducklings
Sensational Seeds
The Ducklings have been finding out the answer to the question - 'Are all seeds the same?'
They have been looking at different seeds from fruits and vegetables as well as different gardener's seeds.
They have been planting cress seeds and will watch them grow and change.
They have used…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 20 March 2022
Category: Ducklings
science Growing plants and seeds
Humans growing
During science week we have been talking about how humans grow and change. We have also been trying to find out the answers to some of the questions we thought of....
Can people with bigger hands, hold more?
Are the tallest people always the oldest?
Do we all grow at the same rate?
Do…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 20 March 2022
Category: Ducklings
Science Week - Growing Frogs
Once again, frogspawn has made its annual appearance in our garden tough spot, just in time for our science week about the theme of 'Growth.'
The children will watch with interest over the next few weeks to see how it grows and changes. We have learnt a new word this week, 'metamorphosis.'
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Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 20 March 2022
Category: Ducklings
science Life cycles Understanding the World
Making 10
All week we have been exploring different ways to make 10. We want to know these so well that eventually we can just recall them. They are the number bonds that make 10.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 20 March 2022
Category: Ducklings
Science week - Trees
As part of Science week we went outside to explore the trees in our school grounds and to find the answers to the following questions:
How can you tell if something is from a tree?
Which objects are not part of a tree?
How many types of tree do you know?
What comes from a tree? Does…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:19 on 20 March 2022
Category: Ducklings