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2025 - 2026
St David's day- We made Welsh cakes, painted with leeks, collaged a flag, had a daffodil sensory tray, explored leeks and had two castle sensory trays.
As part of our topic work we have done a butterfly printing activity, explored a sensory bag with The Very ungry Caterpillar foods in and made fruit kebabs.
French Day! We did lots of amazing activities. In registration we listened to the days of the week and weather song in French. We then made croissants and tried French baguette at snack. We then had a 'French Bakery' playdough activity, used our photos for Picasso art, collaged a French flag and explored colours in French. Following this we did art and had a sensory tray linked to the artist Matisse and made an Eiffel tower using straws.
Introducing our new topic Minibeasts. We had sensory trays, looked at books and did a wonderful colouring using dabbers.
Fun in the snow!
Chinese New Year. We had a money tray, a a noodle tray, glitter mark making tray, a horse printing activity and collaging a lantern. We also tried some Chinese foods.
flower colour exploration
As part of our work with colour we have done lots of sorting activities, looked at colours on light up boards, completed jigsaws and engaged in sensory learning
Our new story is the colour monster- our focus emotions/colours have been yellow for happiness and blue for sadness. We have investigated these in sensory trays, created our own colour monster and painted with different tools such as flower stems.
multi-coloured ice-cream and popcorn maths!
Ducklings' finished their work with Elmer the Elephant. We banged drums with coloured sequins on, used pipettes to paint, sequenced the story using symbols in a sensory tray, painted with yogurt, looked at books about colour and had multi-coloured petals in water
Exploring teeth brushing
Exploring number with the frog number rhyme, practical activities and using numicon
We have done lots of fine motor skill activities linked to Elmer. We have made edible rainbow slime, used sponges to print Elmer, made an Elmer suncatcher, and other mark making activities
Elmer activities
Ducklings' have started having short walks in the community
Lots of great practical activities to explore 2D shapes
We have had a great time exploring the colours of the rainbow with a range of sensory activities.
Exploring colour in the multi-sensory room
Our topic for this half term is colour. We have got off to a great start and we have all enjoyed our new story 'Elmer'
Chrsitmas dinner
Christmas party day!
Putting the decorations on the tree
Making our Christmas hats
Sensory tray and Christmas light painting
Making props for the nativity and decorating Christmas Tree's
St Andrew's Day- We collaged a Scotland flag, had a porridge oat sensory tray, tried porridge, designed our own kilt and made shortbread.
Lancashire Day- We did lots of amazing activities including a collage, printing of roses, sensory trays linked to roses and made Chorley cakes.
As part of our space topic we painted on tinfoil then used the markings to print to create our own planets. We also made 'space slime' and put in light up ducks. Ducklings' had so much fun with these activities
Children in Need. Ducklings had a fantastic day- we had a variety of sensory activities and all the children really enjoyed them. We also did a collage of Pudsey, added spots to his bandana and made Pudsey shortbread. A super busy and fun day!
Investigating 'Space' through mark making, large planet floor mats and reading books
Using our collaging and painting skills to create '5 little men in a flying saucer'
Remembrance day activities
Space maths! We did the number rhyme '5 little men in a flying saucer' and had a tray linked to it and a rocket one
Our first day back following half term was Bonfire Night celebrations. Ducklings did lots of amazing activities including a firework 'splat' painting, a variety of sensory trays, making hot chocolate and edible sparklers.
Exploring cause and effect in maths. This week our focus number rhyme has been '5 speckled frogs'. Ducklings really liked turning the handle and making the frog pop up out of the lily pad.
Ducklings' having an amazing time in Multi-sensory!
Woodland hunt for 'Brown Bear'
People who help us
In English we have continued our work on brown bear. Children have enjoyed listening to the story and searching for the animals using binoculars.
Turn taking and sharing....
Our new story in English is 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear .What do you see?' This week we have listened to the story, explored the different animals, had sensory trays, printed a bear face, completed a matching activity and coloured in the animals. We will continue our work on this book next week.
Music! Ducklings really enjoy making music, a definite favourite are the keyboards.
We made bears with rice cakes, dairy free chocolate spread and bananas. They tasted yummy!
In Maths we have had a focus on colour this week. We have explored colours using our senses, sorted colours and counted them. It has including lots of fun sensory trays, a multi-coloured A frame, visits to multi-sensory, painting with ice and printing with pears and bright colours.
We explored turn taking with a variety of sensory trays, toys, games and remote control cars
More 'Bear Hunt' exploration! We have used a large paw print roller to make the bear footprints and we went on our own bear hunt in the Woodlands area. Super work by everyone!
Exploring shapes and colour....
Working on our cause and effect skills. Ducklings did an amazing job at pressing switches to activate the interactive bears
In understanding the world we have focused on recognising our photo and dressing up
Exploring big and small
Practising our gross motor skills ....
Ducklings are really enjoying exploring the sensory elements of our story in English
Making Bear biscuits. Ducklings did a fantastic job of decorating biscuits to make them into bears. Super concentration and engagement.... and a yummy treat at the end
We have started our sensory story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. Ducklings have done some wonderful listening and exploring the elements of the story.
Our first PE lesson and Ducklings did amazing! Balancing, crawling through the tunnel and stepping across stepping stones
We have had a fabulous first week in Ducklings and all the children have settled in so well. Look at all the amazing things they have all done!
