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We can spell simple words!
Even though the Ducklings have only learnt a few letters in phonics so far, they can already use this knowledge to help them spell simple words. Amazing!!
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Letter formation outside
Even in this wet and windy weather it is lovely to see the Ducklings practising their letter formation.
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Whose tower is the tallest?
Following on from our learning in maths, the Ducklings were keen to build towers and use comparative vocabulary to compare their height.
They used language such as tallest, shortest, taller than and shorter than.
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Comparing and ordering length
Today the Ducklings (those who were brave enough to venture outside in the wind and rain!) put their maths knowledge into practise by ordering objects found in the garden in order of their length.
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Capacity
The Ducklings have been learning all about capacity and how much a container can hold. They have been thinking about which containers hold the most or least.
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Funny Bones
Learning about the different bones in our bodies and their names has been fun. These Ducklings have worked together to make their skeleton and label it.
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Making Faces
We have been artists, using lots of different materials, of our own choosing, to create our faces! Do you like them?!
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Egyptian Death Masks
Over the week we will be working hard to create our own death masks.
This afternoon, we prepared our resources, cut out our mask shape, added some outlines and began creating our pattern. We are very excited to see the masks when they are finished!
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Our bodies
This week we are finding out more about the different parts of our bodies, what they are called and what we do with them.
The children will be reading and writing labels for the different body parts, comparing how they are the same or different to their friends and being creative by making…
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How have we changed?
We have loved looking at all of the baby photographs that the children have brought in. It was fun trying to guess who the baby photo belonged to. We have been talking about the different ways in which we have grown and changed.
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Big or Small
This week the Ducklings have been sorting objects according to their size.
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Enjoying PE
The Ducklings are getting changed a little quicker each week for PE now. They are loving these active lessons and are showing the ability to listen to and follow instructions carefully.
This week they have been jumping for distance and practising their hopping.
Keep practising getting dressed…
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