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What a baby needs
The Ducklings have been talking about growing and changing since being a baby and finding out what it is that a baby needs.
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Writing our names
The Ducklings have been busy practising writing their names. Aren't they getting good at it?
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Funky fingers dress the babies
The Ducklings have been busy strengthening their finger muscles, ready for writing, by dressing the babies and doing up all of the poppers on the baby grows.
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Long or Short
The Ducklings have been sorting objects according to whether they are long or short.
They also went on to sort a group of objects in order of their length, using the vocabulary shortest and longest.
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Practising our Physical skills
The Ducklings enjoy practising skills such as hopping and jumping, which they learn in PE, whenever they are outside.
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Adventures Outdoors
Little Chicks and Ducklings have been looking at the Outdoors we found many different plants and trees.
We found berries and mushrooms we discussed the reason why we do not to eat them.
We looked at eaten apples and how they could of got on the school field.
What season we are in and what…
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All about me similarities and differences
This week Little Chicks will be looking at how we are different and how we are similar.
We began by looking at how we are different and the same in one another.
Little Chicks discussed the differences in Charlie and Jayden.
Similar …
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Body Percussion
Today we have been seeing what different sounds we can make using our bodies. We used our feet to stomp, stamp and tap.
We used our hands to clap and tap, our fingers to click with (that was really hard!). We found we could make sounds using by tapping our hand to our mouths as we breathed…
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Weight and Capacity
In Maths this week we are thinking about weight, size and capacity. The children are given a range structured and open ended learning opportunities to develop their mathematical language and reasoning.
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Comparing big and small
In Maths this week, the children are comparing size, weight and capacity. The children are sorting and comparing a range of objects into big and small, discussing their choices and reasons for their choices.
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Welcome to P.E!
Our P.E lessons are now fully fledged in Ducklings. We have worked hard to manage our full kit, find a safe space in the hall, know the importance of warming up our bodies, listen carefully to instructions, learn some new Fundamental Skills, use equipment correctly and cool down our…
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Getting dressed and undressed
Getting dressed and undressed for PE covers so many life skills...independence, organisation, fine motor skills, and as we can see in this photo, being nurturing and helping others.
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