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  • What's going on in Year 1?

    Published 05/12/22, by Katie Sturman

    We had a GREAT trip to Loughborough to watch The Sleeping Beauty pantomime (OH YES WE DID!). All children in Year 1 were so well-behaved and represented our school, and class, extremely well. It was a delight watching their little faces light up throughout the performance. Click here for some wonderful photos of us at the panto!

    When we returned to school we made Christmas angel decorations to hang on our school tree. You will have a chance to see these decorations at the Christmas fair on Friday (3.30-5pm). 

    As the end of term draws closer, we are starting to wrap up our Autumn 2 learning in Keller class. 

    Over the next couple of weeks we will be making our Sleeping Beauty hand puppets in DT, baking Christmas cookies, and building an absorbent and strong shelter for the fourth little pig. 
    If anyone is able to offer a helping hand for our sewing lesson on Thursday 8th December from 1.30pm please give me a shout! 

    Everyone tried really hard on their end of term maths assessments - well done Year 1! The assessments have shown some areas that still need a bit of work, so please make sure that your child is keeping in the green zone doodle maths as I am adding some extra challenges to help them develop confidence in these areas. 

    PE
    If it is not raining, it is possible that some PE lessons will be outside over the coming winter months. Please ensure that your child has appropriate winter clothing in their PE kits, so they can participate comfortably in these sessions. 

    We have some fun and exciting activities coming up over the next few weeks, so be sure to take a look at our 'What's coming up?' blog so you don't miss the dates. 

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  • Exploring the streets

    Published 21/11/22, by Katie Sturman

    We had a great week last week in Keller class! Anti-bullying activities, Diwali celebration, our local area walk AND Children in Need day.

    We took a field trip around Keyworth village on Wednesday and explored what physical and human features can be found in our local area. We saw lots of human features such as shops, churches, houses, buses and more than 18 cars (we counted)! In our next geography lesson we will be identifying the human and physical features we can find around our school grounds. As a challenge at home, ask your child to count all of the physical and human features they spot on their way to school! I have attached some more home-learning ideas at the bottom of the blog for you to try out at home. 

        

            

          

      

    In RE last week we had a Diwali celebration in the classroom (in our spotty non-school uniform!). We made our own rangoli patterns out of coloured rice, created lanterns and danced to the sounds of Diwali celebrations. It was wonderful getting a taste of how other religions celebrate their important festivals. Between now and December 21st, we will be talking about Christianity and how/why Christmas is celebrated! We have started making our class advent calendar ready to kick off the countdown celebrations next week. 

        

        

     

     

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  • What have we been doing in Keller class?

    Published 15/11/22, by Katie Sturman

    Year One have got back into the full swing of learning, and we have had a great start to our new topics Street Dectectives: Our Local Area and What is it made of?

    Last week, we started practising our sewing skills. The children found this activity lots of fun - if you have the opportunity to practise this at home that would be fantastic (we have been using plastic needles and big pieces of string). A big shout-out to our helpers who gave up some of their time to help with this activity!

                                                                            

    In Jigsaw, we started looking at celebrating differences, and discussed how amazing it is that we are all different and unique. This linked in nicely with our anit-bullying week activities we completed on Monday. We made a beautiful class display around the theme Reach Out.  
    Click here to watch this year's short film about how and when to reach out if you spot a bullying incident. 

       "We are special and we are loved!"

         

           

    All children have settled back in to their phonics and maths routines! Over the past couple of weeks, we have been looking at number bonds to 10, adding more and using number lines to help solve addition problems. This week, we will be starting to look at subtraction. Please keep in the green zone on doodle maths to help consolidate the learning taken place in school. 

        

         

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  • Welcome Back!

    Published 01/11/22, by Katie Sturman

    Welcome back Year 1! I trust that you have all had a lovely break and are ready for our next half-term. 

    Our next topic is called Street Detectives, and we will be finding out about our local area. Please find attached the topic letter for more information of the curriculum coverage in this half-term. 

    Dates for your diaries:

    We have got lots of exciting activities planned between now and Christmas, and I am looking for some volunteers to help out with some of these dates. 

    • Thursday 10th November (afternoon) - supporting pupils with initial sewing skills
    • Wednesday 17th November (afternoon) - Our local area walk around the village
    • DATE TBC (this will be one afternoon towards the end of November/start of December) - DT afternoon making hand puppets
    • Week beginning 19th December - Baking Christmas cookies

    If you are available to support on any of these dates, please get in contact with Mrs Buttery or myself and I will provide more details about timings etc. 

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  • Information from the phonics parent's meeting

    Published 12/10/22, by Katie Sturman

    Earlier in the term we held a phonics parent's evening outlining everything we have in place to support early reading in school and some ways you can support at home. I have attached the presentation slides containing information which was shared at this meeting. 

    We follow the ReadWrite Inc phonics scheme so if your child joined us in F2, they should be familiar with this.

    In June 2023, all children will take a statutory phonics screener where they will need to apply their phonics skills to decode real word and nonsense words. This is something that all Year 1 children across the country will be taking part in. Further information about this will be shared closer to the time. 

    If you have any questions regarding anything to do with phonics and early reading, please catch me at pickup or drop off.

    Thank you!

    Miss Sturman

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  • Our visitor from the past

    Published 06/10/22, by Katie Sturman

    What an amazing visit from Tommy TopHat!

    We had a fantastic day exploring the toys from the past, finding out how they worked, what they were made of and how old they were. 

    We started off the day by exploring playground toys such as a hoop rolling, quoits, ribbon sticks, marbles... we had great fun running around testing our skills with these games. 

    We then returned to the classroom and explored some of the toys children may have at home. We really enjoyed playing with the table top bagatelle and metal spinning tops!

    After lunch, we finished off our visit with some fun parlour games (games families used to play after dinner parties!). We loved playing 'poor kitty', 'the minister's cat' and 'what are you thinking?'.

    Most of the toys we played with were either made out of wood, metal or string and they were push and pull toys. Some of the toys we explored looked very similar to the toys we may have at home but were made of different materials. 

    Please check out the gallery to see some happy faces from today's visit - we did play with so many more toys (ones that are so old, you cannot buy them in the shops!) but we were too caught up in the fun to take pictures!

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  • What we have been doing in Year One

    Published 30/09/22, by Katie Sturman

    We have had a busy and exciting first term in Year 1!

    I'd like to start off by saying a big well done to those who have been keeping up with your reading at home. It is also great to see lots of you in the green zone on doodle maths! It is having a positive impact on your learning in school. Keep up practising our letter and number formation - it is getting better!

    So far this year, we have been on a woodland walk identifying the deciduous and evergreen trees around school, have placed toys from the past and present in chronological order and have been introduced to algorithms in our computing lessons. 

    One of the highlights for me so far this term (and I think a lot of the children's!), was watching everyone share their favourite toys with their classmates. They shared the information about what their toy was made from, it's function and whether it had any exciting features like movement, sound or flashing lights! When they weren't sharing, the children sat and listened to their friends wonderfully. I felt very proud!

     

                           

                  

    In art this half-term we have been looking at the works by photographer Irving Penn and painter Paul Cezanne. We have replicated their work by taking our own still life photographs (see above) and completed observational drawings of fruit. This week, we had a lovely arty afternoon where we explored mixing colours and used our new skills to paint a fruit bowl. 
    Lots of teachers around school (including Mrs King) have commented on how fantastic their art work is. I am so excited to share the finished product with you before half-term!

    Dates for the diary:

    • Friday 7th October - KS1 Movie night 
    • Monday 10th October and Wednesday 12th October - parent's evening
    • Thursday 6th October - Historical artefact visitor**
      **We will communicate with you on Monday whether we have had enough parental support to allow this to go ahead. Please be assured that we only ever aim to offer experiences which would really enhance your child's understanding and enjoyment of a topic. This would not be something we would be able to offer in school which is why we have invited a special expert visitor to come and work with us. If you have any questions about this day, please catch me on Monday morning. Thank you. 

      

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  • Phonics parent meeting

    Published 20/09/22, by Katie Sturman

    We are hosting a phonics parents meeting on Thursday 22nd September at 3.30pm. 

    Find out more information about the meeting on our reading blog here. 

    The meeting will take place in the main school hall, so please enter the building via the school office. 

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  • History Visitor 6.10.22

    Published 13/09/22, by Katie Sturman

    On Thursday 6th October we have got a special visitor (Tommy Top Hat!) coming in to school to tell us all about toys from the past. 

    We will have the opportunity to play with lots of indoor and outdoor toys throughout the day and Tommy will tell us how they were made, what they were made out of, and how old they are!

    In the afternoon, we will play some parlour games and have the chance to ask Tommy lots of questions about the toys. We will then discuss the difference between toys from the past and toys from the present, and have a vote about which toys are our favourite!

    As Tommy Top Hat is an external visitor (and he is bringing lots of special toys for us to play with), there is a small cost of £10 for each child to take part. Please pay this on Eduspot by Monday 26th September.
    If you have any issues with making payments on Eduspot, please speak to Mrs Buttery. 

    Please send your child into school in their school uniform, we want to represent ourselves beautifully to our visitor!

    I am really excited, and I am sure your children cannot wait to meet Tommy and see his fantastic range of toys from the past. 

    Eduspot link: https://login.eduspot.co.uk/public/portal/parent/?app=schoolmoney&source=website&version=20190314

     

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  • Our 1st week in Year One

    Published 12/09/22, by Katie Sturman

    We have had a great start to the year! 

    Last week we were lucky enough to watch the cyclists race past for the Tour of Britain! Take a look at Mr Cresswell's blog to see a glimpse of KPNS on the news!

    We enjoyed looking at our friends' baby photos when we learnt about the stages from childhood to adulthood in history. Thank you for sending your child in with these they really helped enhance our lesson. a reminder: your child may bring their favourite toy in to school for our history lesson this Thursday. I just request that you refrain from sending your child in with electronic devices.  

    I have been really impressed at how quickly your children are settling in to our Year 1 routines and how beautifully they are playing with each other. They should be very proud of themselves. 

    I'm sure you will enjoy taking a sneak peek at some of the photos I have taken over the course of the week. Check out our gallery here. 

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  • Spellings and handwriting in Year 1

    Published 07/09/22, by Katie Sturman

    Spelling
    Our spelling quiz's on a Friday involve your child writing out their spellings.

    There are lots of fun ways for you to help your child practise their spellings! I have attached a mat of ideas which you can use to help learning fun and interactive! 

    In school, we use 'Fred fingers' to help children spell words. The routine goes like this:

    1) Say the word to your child and ask them to repeat it. 
    2) Ask your child to count how many sounds are in that word and show this number on their fingers (for example the word sniff has 4 sounds s-n-i-ff so they will show you four fingers). 
    3) Ask your child to say each sound and pinch their fingers as they go. 
    4) They should now write this down. 

    Handwriting
    Don't worry if at this stage your child's letters are a little wobbly, we are working hard as a whole class to improve our handwriting! 
    We will have handwriting sessions every Friday before spellings where we will focus on two letters a week. 
    This half-term we will be mastering the letters: m, a, s, d, t, i, n, p, g, o. 

    I have attached a sheet which details how these letters are formed (including the rhymes they learn in school!). Please take some time to practise these with your child at home.

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  • Welcome to Year One!

    Published 22/08/22, by Katie Sturman

    Hello Keller Class!

    I hope you have all had a fantastic summer break, and enjoyed your very first day in Year One! 

    With it being the first week back there is a lot of information I wish to share with you. Please take a moment to read through the details below and let me know if you have any questions. 

    Our first topic in Year One is all about Childhood Toys! Please see the curriculum map attached below to see what we will be learning.  

    For this topic please bring in:
    While we strive to provide all resources to support your child's learning, our topic this half-term will be enhanced by your child bringing in some resources from home. These will be kept safe and returned as soon as they have been used in the lesson. 

    • On Thursday 8th September please send your child in with 3 photographs (them as a baby, toddler, and child).
    • On Wednesday 14th September we will be looking at some of our favourite toys. For this day only, please could you send your child into school with their favourite toy from home. Please could you avoid sending your child in with electronic devices - I'm sure they have other toys they would love to bring in!

    School expectations:

    • Read to an adult at least three times a week. Please sign your child's home school diary to show they have done this. Diaries will be checked on Fridays. Please speak to me if you have any issues with reading three times a week.  Find out more about Reading Lair here.
    • Stay in the green zone on Doodlemaths.
    • Practise Year 1 weekly spellings ready for our spelling quiz on Friday afternoons (list attached).
    • PE kits should be in school on PE days - these are Monday and Tuesday.

    Important information

    • We do not use tapestry in Year One, so all communication will be made via this blog, messages home, or you can catch me on the door before and after school. 
    • Please ensure your child brings their bookbag into school everyday.
    • As mentioned, our PE days will be Monday and Tuesday, and we will also be taking part in drumming lessons on Tuesdays. 
    • I will not be in the classroom last lesson on a Monday and all of Tuesday afternoon. On Monday Miss Waugh will be taking the children for PE and on Tuesday, Mrs Lees and Miss Robinson will be taking the Year 1 and 2 children for PE and drumming. 
    • Please check out our new behaviour and attendance policy if you have not already done so. 
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