Kirsty Hartnup

Heron Class Teacher - mixed reception and year 1 💚

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

“The fun of KS1 — ‘Mrs Fraser, I am going to draw your portrait.’
‘Oh, amazing! I want to look fabulous,’ I said.
‘Okay, I will change your face,’ was the reply!”
😂💚🙋‍♀️
@Pawlettprimary

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Today we found 18 little caterpillars that had arrived in our class.
To make sure we looked after them, we cut them out a leaf to eat.
We have predicted what might happen next.
We can’t wait to show you!
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

We love it when the daisies come out!
What beautiful smiles and a beautiful bunch of tiny humans you lot are.
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Presenting our maths knowledge as mini teachers was a fantastic hook, allowing us to develop our oracy skills to present.
We are fantastic at facing the speaker and showing how to listen.
The next generation of teachers blossoming in Heron!
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

A garden arch and some greenery has brought together a beautiful reading nook!
We just love it when a plan comes together.
💚🍃📚
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

I’m not sure there has been a better outfit this term to do our maths in…
Looking stylish while bossing maths!
@Pawlettprimary

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

The freedom of wooden blocks and loose parts is fantastic in developing spatial relationships and mental rotations.
Endless opportunities that not only build on our mathematical skills but, allow opportunities for the children to share their narrative.
@Pawlettprimary

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

The best team on Number Day!
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[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Using our knowledge of tens and estimation, our year one team had great fun putting these skills in to practice, finding the length of the lines using a meter stick.
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[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Free play phonics!
Blending and letter formation practice building confident readers and writers.
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[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Congratulations to our Learning Champions and #HotchocFri winners. @Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Cheese straws today, fairy cakes yesterday.
Measuring and then finding 2 equal parts, exploring heavier and lighter.
It is so important to highlight maths in our day to day and the children were fantastic at recognising the different concepts.
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Is there a better way to reinforce your mathematical concepts of partitioning than making your own pizzas!
We applied are knowledge whilst practicing important life skills.
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Even our youngest friends had the most wonderful time during positive noticing day.
The children worked very hard to record qualities about their friends, swapping and sharing with fantastic effort.
We all felt wonderful!
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Year one were exploring greater than and less than with giant playing cards today. We built numbers and used rulers as a visual cue to aid our understanding.
We were so excited to put our learning into practice with this one!
@Pawlettprimary
@SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

Today, in pairs, the children presented their retelling of ‘Can’t You Sleep Little Bear’ to the class.
The retelling shows beautiful teamwork, listening, responding and key phrases that represent the structure of the story.
What a fantastic job!
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

As a school, we attended St John the Baptist church today for a Harvest service.
We were able to share this with friends and family and took the time to reflect and give thanks.
What a wonderfully engaging service.
Thank you for having us!
@Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

@LBlythPPSA @Pawlettprimary @SJeffriesPPSA Receptions choosing to use their new phonic skills!
The freedom in these sessions gives it so much joy! 💚😍💚

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

English has been busy for our year 1 team this week.
We sequenced the story and decided what happened in the begining, middle and end.
Then we wrote our own sentences to retell the story in the correct order.
What phenomenal work.
Can you guess the story?!
🐻🌕
@Pawlettprimary

[Kirsty Hartnup @MissSingleton8]

In Heron we ensure that if the children display an interest in something new and independently takes their learning elsewhere, we then build on it then and the next day.
Offering opportunities to engage and explore, in a way that hooks them in!
@Pawlettprimary