Blog by Mrs Catterall
Making 'lemon and limeade!'
The Ducklings were enjoying some messy play fun in the sun, squeezing lemons and limes to make some potions.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 13 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
fine motor Creative learning Messy play
Symmetrical patterns
In maths this week we have been looking at making more complex patterns and some of us have made symmetrical patterns using natural objects that we found in the garden.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 13 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
Road safety Part 1
Today, the Ducklings started the first part of their road safety training to help them to be a safer pedestrian. We have talked about how to always hold an adult's hand when out and about near a road ot to hold onto a pram or shopping bag, if the adult's hands are not free. We have learnt about…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 12 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
A Science Visitor
On Friday we were lucky to be able to end our fantastic science week with a visit from Mrs Haigh. She works for the Environment Agency and was able to tell us about the different jobs that her and her colleagues do and how we can help to look after the environments around us. Thank you very much,…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 10 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
A message by boat
As part of science week the whole school are doing investigations to pass on a message. The Ducklings explored sending their message across water. They had to create a boat and think about the materials they would need for this and how to get their boat to move. Once across the water a friend…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 8 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
investigation Understanding the World Science week 2023
From field to fork
Today, in science, we have been talking about where our food comes from and how it is grown and gets to our plate.
We watched a video about broccoli and how it is grown and what happens to it before it gets to our supermarkets.
We went to our school garden and looked at all of the plants…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 8 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
Growing plants and seeds Science week 2023
Bits and Bobs
The Ducklings have been using magnets to find out which bits from the tool shad are magnetic or not and sorting them. They have also been using their funky fingers to match the right nut to each bolt which was quite tricky and fiddly!
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 7 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
Understanding the World Funky Fingers Science week 2023
Floating and Sinking
The Ducklings have been investigating materials that float and sink in preparation for creating a boat that can transport an important message for science week.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 7 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
Travelling Investigation
Some of the Ducklings have been investigating what happens to the cars when they travel down the ramps. They changed the surfaces of the ramps to see if that made a difference to how far they travelled. They found that when there was grass or bubble wrap on the ramps, the cars didn't travel as…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 7 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
Nature Detectives
The Ducklings have loved talking about the different habitats we might find around our school and what we might find living there. They looked under logs and rocks, in our pond, on the field and in the flower beds to see what living things they could find. They found worms, earwigs, spiders, ants,…
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 6 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
science outdoor learning Understanding the World Science week 2023
Bird Man Visit
The Ducklings and Little Chicks loved our visitor Alan Ames (AKA The Birdman) today. He brought with him a hawk, a barn owl and the most spectacular bald eagle. They listened well and learnt lots of amazing facts. Ask them to tell you what they have learnt.
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Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 5 June 2023
Category: Ducklings
science visitor Understanding the World
Dino play
Thank you to George's mummy for our lovely new small world play table. The children have loved using it with the dinosaurs. Lots of story telling, speaking and listening and working cooperatively together.
Posted by /blog/author/mcatterall/page:2 on 5 June 2023
Category: Ducklings