Blog by Tag: Ducks

This week in Duck class we have been learning about maps! We have previously looked at maps  and how these could help us to look around our local area. We have now started to make our own maps. Firstly we used a template and drew pictures of the different places we have found in our local…

This week we have been looking at our Local community in the past, there is so much we have looked at! We started with discussing the bottle kilns as this was the children's favourite thing to talk about. They loved looking at old images and videos of how the bottle kilns were used and how…

After learning all about our local community and what is in the community we moved on to learning about the people who help us in the community. The children have loved talking about the different job roles they already knew from their experiences and learning about new ones. We looked at the…

This week we have been learning about our Local community. We have discussed what is in our community and special places to us. The children have loved talking about their homes, local parks and shops that they go with their family. They have been drawing pictures, writing captions and…

This week we have began our learning of 'communities', we have started with out school community. We discussed what a community is and how the school has its own community, consisting of the people in the community, the activities we have and special places around the school.

We loved going…

This week we have continued our learning of Winter, we went on a winter walk to observe the environmental changes we have discussed in class. We could see some of the signs of winter, such as no leaves on the trees, we saw some evergreen trees and we felt how cold it was! We were wrapped up in…

Welcome back reception class, I hope you all had a wonderful half term and a Happy New Year. I am so proud of the children, they have come back to school with a great attitude to learning and settled back into our routines easily. This week we have loved discussing all of the exciting things we…

What a busy week we have had in Duck class. It has been a perfect end to a busy half term and I am so proud of everyone. We have had lots of laughs and happy memories this term and I am already looking forward to next year with you all. I would just like to thank everyone for your continued…

This week we have been reading 'The Nativity Story'. The children have been working so hard on their nativity performance and reading the story has helped us to understand the characters and key events in the story. We have learnt that the story belongs to a religion called 'Christianity'. The…

This week we have read the story leaf man to end our topic of 'Autumn'. The children have a good knowledge of seasonal changes and celebrations that take place in Autumn. The story has helped us to see the journey of a leaf during Autumn and to recap the environmental changes.

The children have…

This week in Duck class we have dived deeper into Autumn and focused on the animals that hibernate. The children showed a big interest in this area and have learnt so much about hibernation. Firstly, we know that hibernation is when the animals go into a deep sleep and the children have been…

This week in Duck class we have been learning about Autumn. The children know we are in Autumn and we are learning about the different signs to look for and the changes in our environment. Over the next few weeks we will dive deeper into our topic and exploring hibernation, migration and…