Blog by Mrs Catterall
Taking away
The Ducklings have been learning to subtract or take-away using pictures or real objects to help them count back. We have also learned how to write the number sentence or sum each time.
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Observing ice
We loved looking closely at the ice that we found in our school garden. We thought of lots of different words to describe it.
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Mark making in the frost!
The cold weather has brought us lots of lovely frost to practise our writing in!
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Our bird feeders
We have one pigeon who visits our school garden everyday! We think it is managing to eat most of the bird cakes we have made all by itself!
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Making igloos
Using sugar cubes to make igloos helps develop our fine motor skills, using our pincer grip.
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Building igloos
Working together, listening to each other's ideas, to how to make the igloo.
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Adding to make 10
We having been carrying on with our addition work by challenging ourselves to find different ways to make 10.
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Making more snowflakes
Using the Construct Straws to make snowflake shapes.
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The Snow Queen
The class have enjoyed the Snow Queen story and have been retelling it to each other using the puppets and puppet theatre.
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Mark making in the 'frost.'
We like to practise our mark making wherever and however we can!
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Making snowflakes
Using lolly sticks to make snowflakes and lots of shiny, glittery materials to decorate them with.
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Folding fir trees
Using our cutting and folding skills to make some fabulous fir trees for our Snow Queen display.
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