Our focus story for this week and next is ‘The Ugly Duckling’. We have linked the story to understanding of the world and found out about the life cycle of a duck, the children then cut out and completed a life cycle and added captions or sentences to explain it. We also linked this with signs of spring and new birth.
In PSED we discussed why the Duckling felt so sad at the beginning of the story, and talked about how we should treat others.
Next week we will focus on the story structure, complete a story map, act out the story and have a go at writing it out in our own words. The children will also be decorating their own Eggs, taking part in a duckling egg hunt and learning the Ugly Duckling song.