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Pins I Love Part 1

Just thought saying as I use it a lot more id share the things I love on the blog. Hope they can create ideas and be of some help!

The first is an idea I am planning to use for our ICT day at the end of term to be displayed in the entrance way of the school. The second pin is an idea for our 3 Little Pigs topic in art, a nice collage of materials.

For these and more be sure to follow my pins below using the button :)

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Tag : 2013 , board , Children , Classroom , computers , ICT , Interactive , Little Pigs , pin , pinterest , Teacher , topic

Buried Treasure

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This is a fairly familiar game for most Early Years Teachers and one that is very popular with the children. The focus here is to sound out, read, sort in to real and fake words and discuss meaning of words. This is a very useful game in Year One leading up to the Phonics Screening Test and a discrete way of introducing those fake words.

Personally and excellent resource is PhonicsPlay which has a different game for each of the sounds meaning you don't always have to be thinking of words with today's sound. This particular game is free on Phonics Play but subscription is only £12 and I highly recommend. Below is a flash video of the game :) Enjoy!

Alternatively, you can download from Twinkl a custom version of the game that a group of children can work on or be set up as an independent activity.

Or to be even more impressive, get into character, grab a few resources and dress up as a pirate and get the children involved for some role play!

Tag : blog , Children , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , Jolly Phonics , Letters , Letters and Sounds , literacy , Mr Thorne , NQT , Parents , Phonics , PhonicsPlay , School , Sounds , Technology , Twinkl , Twitter , Year One

Triptico

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Some ICT resources for the masses!

This has been a recent discovery of mine and very time saving in the classroom. From previous experience it takes time making lollipop selectors, setting random groups, setting a group tally. Well this app, for your computer does it all with very little setup.

"A simple desktop app, packed full of innovative resources to enable you to quickly create engaging interactive learning." Triptico

One of my favourites in this app is the student selector, which with a swipe of the screen selects a random child. Very effective in a plenary to select a random piece of work! Also pretty helpful is the circle timer (does what it says on the tin), group scoring app and student group selector which quickly splits your class into groupings of your choosing! Very useful app from a fellow teacher, top work!

It is completely free to download the Triptico Plus app from this site. Many of the resources on the app are completely free for everybody to use, but there are some which are 'bonus resources' for Triptico Plus subscribers. Also you don't have to register! :)

Tag : 2013 , App , Children , class , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , New , Parents , School , Software , Video , website , Whiteboard , Year One

Jolly Phonics Actions

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Widely used in schools this poster may be of use to parents and other educators in order to match sounds to movement. Very useful for children at an early stage of development.

Give these guys a look up on their webpage or on twitter for further information.

Tag : 2013 , Actions , Children , class , Classroom , Interactive , Jolly Phonics , Letters , Letters and Sounds , literacy , Mr Thorne , Parents , Phonics , Teacher , Year One

Small Steps

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Just a quickie...

I have just passed 1000 views for the blog and as the title says its small steps to what I want to achieve. Here is to all that have helped and shared with the world!

Thanks again!

Tag : 2013 , blog , Children , Classroom , ICT , Phonics , Teacher , views , website , Year One

Purple Mash

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Back Again!

Decided after the light of the BETT Learning Technology Event at the weekend I want to make you all aware of a piece of cloud software I have loved using in the classroom.

Became aware of this software a few years back as an individual CD-ROM through 2Simple To Create A Story which I have used in a Year One class to create a class story. Now this and much much more has been put online as a cloud software meaning schools can purchase for around £600 and access a wealth of applications which will cost much more on CD-ROM. Lets face it, its the way most ICT is heading nowadays!

"2simple was started in 2000 by teachers and IT professionals with a common mission: to make software that really helped children learn. Their software is simple, easy to use and relevant.

Their first program, the Infant Video Toolkit, was written specifically to help children from the ages of 4 to 7 develop basic core computer skills. The suite of six programs contains simple painting, publishing, counting, graphing, direction and branching database programs that are now used in schools across the UK as well as internationally. Since the release of the Infant Video Toolkit they have created many more programs based on the same principles."

From 2 Simple Software

I recommend this software to anyone and I am looking into fundraising in order to purchase for our school. I particularly love the 2 Publish app, very good for basic computer skills in typing, mouse control and paint.

My only downside is that the font can sometimes be confusing with the Arial font - the 'a' bringing the most confusion as we tend to write it differently.

All in all an excellent piece of software!!

Enjoy

Tag : 2 Simple , 2013 , App , BETT , Children , class , Classroom , ICT , literacy , Purple Mash , School , Software , Story , Teacher , Technology , Year One

All Things Phonics #4 Parents

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Hey

Recently we decided in school over the Christmas holidays to send home some phonic resources to parents. This included a letter explaining about what we do, a phase appropriate sound mat and a set of tricky words. I figure this is the best place to start blogging, so giving it to the world!

What is Phonics?

from www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Phase 1 - 5 Sound Mats (www.twinkl.co.uk)

Combined Phase 2 & 3 Sound Mats - Sound Mat, Letters and Sounds, DfES Letters and Sounds, Phase 2, Phase two, Phase three, Phase 3, Foundation, Literacy, Mnemonic Images

Tricky Word Bookmarks (www.twinkl.co.uk)

Phase 4 Tricky Word Bookmarks - Bookmark, Phase 4, phase four, Tricky words, writing aid, DfES Letters and Sounds, Letters and sounds, bookmark template, gift, present, reward, achievement

Enjoy

Tag : 2013 , Children , class , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , Letters and Sounds , Mr Thorne , Parents , Phonics , PhonicsPlay , School , Teacher , Twinkl , website , Year One

Avatar Ani-me!

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Hey

Just wanted to share this, been looking at these for ages and really wanted one for myself. Those folks over at Twinkl have these avatars on their blogs and now they have an Avatar Creator! YAY!

Check me out! Now go and create your own!

Will be posting a lot more over the coming weeks from the folks at Twinkl. An excellent resource site for all Key Stages!

Enjoy :)

Tag : 2013 , Avatar , Children , class , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , New , Picture , School , Teacher , Year One

All Things Phonics #2 Planning

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Okay

This one is for all the teachers out there, but hey if you are a parent and this is useful, feel free to make use. Just thought I'd provide some sample planning that I use in my classroom. In Year One we do Phonics on a daily basic in quick 20 minute sessions. Usually takes place after registration in the morning. We make use of our shared TA but using her for a support group of children consolidating Phase 3 sounds, while myself and the other Year One teacher work on our Phase 5 group.

Below I have share an example of Phase 3 and Phase 5 group planning for the week.

Phase 3 Planning

Phase 5 Planning - Split Digraphs

Tag : 2013 , Children , class , Classroom , Interactive , Introduction , Job , Letters , literacy , NQT , Parents , Phonics , Sounds , Teacher , Year One

All Things Phonics #1 Introduction

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Howdi

Think I am goings to do a bit of focus on Phonics. Being just qualified phonics was quite difficult to teach with very little input given at university other than a little theory. But what once was a little difficult I am now beginning to shine. Big focus being in Year One with the new reading test in Summer term, but alas it has made me see how children learn phonics and put it in to phonics.

Of the next few posts ill try to post some of the things that have helped me along the way, bit of planning and useful places to have a look. Feel free to get in touch with any suggestions!

Anyone else just have this book thrown at them?

Happy New Year!

Tag : Children , class , Classroom , Degree , Introduction , Job , Letters , literacy , NQT , Parent , Parents , Phonics , Sounds , Teacher , Twitter , University , Year One

End Of An Era

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Well this term has been my last as a Newly Qualified Teacher and I'm pleased to say that I have passed! YAY! It has been such a great year and a half based in two different schools and I can only praise all the staff, parents and children that I have had the pleasure of working with.

Of course there have been ups and downs throughout the year but it wouldn't be teaching without them. I feel that my biggest strength that has shone out during my time in schools is my relationships and the way children embrace my style of teaching.

Thank you to all that have helped in the past year and look forward to 2013 a new year and a fully qualified me! Happy Christmas everyone!

PS. Grandad says hello....

Tag : Children , Christmas , Classroom , Grandad , NQT , Parent , Relationships , School , Teacher , Teamwork , Year One

Christmas!

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Well Folks

Christmas is finally here again and the panic has begun. I expect most parents are doing last minute shopping and preparations for the kids big day! I can't wait for that excitement! The past few weeks have been mental as I'm sure most teachers can agree! We have been rehearsing for Carol concerts and Nativity and children have done us all proud with an excellent performance on both occasions.

I'm actually blown away by all my gifts I have received from the children! They are such a lovely bunch of kids and make it worth my while getting out of bed every morning!

Tag : Carols , Children , Christmas , class , Concert , Gifts , Nativity , School , Teacher

After The Storm...

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Today I would like to share an application that I have picked up this year that has been fantastic for behaviour management. It is called Class Dojo and best of all it is FREE!!! :)

This is a demo taken from YouTube but shows the features. I personally like it because you can set your own behaviours and children see it as a visual prompt and interactive. I have it on my Smart Board all the time. Plus name me a child that doesn't like monsters!!!

I have also found that you can incorporate the themes of Class Dojo into your everyday classroom using the monsters for name pegs, certificates and extra reward incentives. Recently the report feature has been added allowing progress to be shown to parents and senior staff. And to top it all of there is an app for your mobile so you can give praise wherever you are!!

Today's blog is brought to you by Mumford & Sons and After The Storm.

Tag : After The Storm , Behaviour , Children , Class Dojo , Classroom , Interactive , Mobile , Mumford , Negative , Parents , Positive , Reward , School , Teacher , Whiteboard

One Day Like This...

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Towards the end of the year we had a visitor in school and got to get my hands on the Olympic Torch! This is a once in a lifetime experience and everyone was really excited!

To commemorate our school did a lap of the school with all children holding hands and passing the torch around aiming to have as many people touch it as possible!

The torch was brought in by Samantha Grundy, one of the torch-bearers in Wakefield nominated for her charity work. Below is a little description from the official torch site.

"Sam has a son Daniel with Cerebral Palsy and Downes Syndrome age 10 - when he was 3 she started a charity called SNAPS (Special Needs & Parent Support) in Leeds - this went from strength to strength with her raising all the funds to run various projects, swimming lessons for children with special needs - hydrotherapy, dance classes, summer schools, speech & language workshops - Snaps now provides services to over 200 children with special needs!"

Below is some of the pictures of me I have instagrammed :)

Today's blog post is brought to you by Elbow and One Day Like This.

Tag : Bearer , Children , Experience , Grundy , Leeds , Olympics , Samantha , School , Teacher , Torch , Visitor , Wakefield

Don't Forget Me...

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As it is my first post I want to reflect on this year of teaching. Its been manic leading to completing my first two terms of NQT (Newly Qualified Teacher status). I have loved my job so much and it has been a rewarding year getting to know the children in my Year One class as well as staff members and parents. The feedback has also been special and enhances my effort to be a really awesome teacher.

Been very sad to leave this bunch of children and I hope they now go on to bigger and brighter things having a successful year in Year 2 with their new teacher.

I have decided to name my blog posts after song titles. Today's is brought to you by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Tag : Children , Dont Forget Me , Job , New , Parents , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Teacher