Welcome to the final half-term of Year 1!

Our topic focus this half-term is a history unit all about transport. Our lessons will be based around the question 'How and why has transport changed over time?'.  We compare transport from the past and present and discuss how these have changed. We will also learn about the exciting inventions of the Wright Brothers and George Stephenson and explore how they changed travel around the world. You will find the knowledge organiser for this unit at the bottom of the page. 

In science, we will continue to learn about the four seasons and their features. We will create our own Anning weather station where we will observe and record the weather conditions and end the topic by comparing our Keyworth weather with sunny Spain!

Here are the other subjects we will be covering this half-term:
Literacy: The Adventure of the Queen's Hat, instructions
Maths:  Place value to 100, money, and time
Science: Seasonal changes
Art: Seasonal collage, watercolour skies
DT: Weather station equipment
Music: Vivaldi's Four Seasons, making rhythms and beats
Jigsaw: Changing Me
RE: Jewish Stories

On Friday morning, children and staff at KPNS will be celebrating the Queen's platinum jubilee. 

Our morning will consist of a range of fun activities including a special jubilee assembly, fun craft sessions and a whole school picnic on the field!

Year 1 and F2 children will be joined together to complete two craft activities with myself and Mrs Inglis. We will be making our own crowns and flags to bring to the picnic. I know that they will be so excited to show you what they have made after school. 

As we are having a picnic outside, please may we ask that you send your child in with a packed lunch. 

To celebrate the jubilee with an extra special sparkle, we encourage your child to come to school wearing their best red, white and blue clothes!

Find out more information about this special event here. 

Miss Sturman 

Year 1 have had a lovely start back to school after the Easter holidays. We are doing really well with our Doodle Maths so keep it up! 

Class Assembly
I am excited to invite you to our Anning class assembly which will be taking place on Friday 20th May at 2.50pm. I know all children are excited to share their knowledge of Mary Anning with you on this day and we would be delighted if you could attend. 

Beatfeet
Our class enjoyed taking part in a Beatfeet dance session on Thursday and are very excited to participate in another class this week. Take a look at the photos from our session here.  

See you tomorrow!

Miss Sturman

We have reached the end of our second term in Year 1, and we have had a really fun time. 

The highlight of our week was the egg rolling and egg decorating competition! Take a look here for the eggcellent (I had to do it!) entries. 

This week we also had the pleasure of visiting St. Mary Magdalene church and we were able to ask the questions we have been exploring in RE. The children enjoyed the visit and really enjoyed drawing features of the church when we returned. Thank you to all of those who joined us on the trip and made it possible for us to go. Take a look at the photos from our visit here. 

Over this term we have learnt all about old and new toys, how to categorise animals based on their features and diets and how to make paint prints just like Andy Warhol! In maths we have continued learning how to add and subtract within 20 and are now able to count all the way up to 50! We are starting to master counting in 2s, 5s AND 10S all the way to 100. When we return after Easter, we will be finishing our weight and capacity unit then starting to learn how to multiply and divide. It would be great if you could continue to work on your Doodle Maths as I will be setting some extras to keep your maths minds working. 
Check out Miss Hopwood's maths blog to see how you can sign up for our Easter doodle challenge. 
 

Our topic for Summer 1 will be Splendid Skies, and we will be exploring the seasons and weather around the world in more detail. To prepare your child for this topic, please take a look at the home learning ideas attached to the bottom of the blog. 

Please continue reading with your child over the Easter holidays as this will help them prepare for the phonics screener which will be taking place towards the end of Summer 1 (more information on this will be shared with you when we return).  I have also sent your child home with a learning pack today, and it would be fantastic if you could find some time to complete a few of these activities.

Wow! What a fun and busy week we have had in Year 1.

On Monday, we celebrated science week by exploring what makes an insect then we went and designed our own new insect species. We have been looking for insects in our playtimes and will take a stroll in the woodland area over the next couple of weeks to search for these creepy crawlies in their natural habitat. 
Photos of science week will be uploaded to the blog soon. 

In History, we started learning about toys from the past and toys from the present. The children had a great time playing with toys from different decades and were surprised at how much fun simple, wooden toys could be! We took a vote on our favourite toy (old and new) and, surprisingly, the toy with the biggest vote was a simple Victorian spinning top! We decided that toys didn't need lights, buttons or batteries to be entertaining.   
Thank you to those who let us borrow your precious toys, we looked after them with great care. 

I am very happy to inform you that on Thursday 17th of March we will be going on a school trip to Wollaton Hall! 

After what has been a very tough couple of years, the ease in COVID-19 restrictions means that we are now able to provide exciting learning opportunities for our children outside the classroom. 

For our trip, we will be heading to Wollaton Hall to see the bones of a real T-Rex! We will also have the chance to meet Mary Anning and help her identify some really cool fossils. The purpose of this trip is to help enhance the learning we have been doing in our science unit - Animal Planet. It will also help your children really understand why Mary Anning was a significant person and hopefully place a little more meaning into why we are called Anning class! 

A letter has been sent home this week providing you with all the details of this trip including cost, uniform expectations and a brief overview of our day. A copy of this letter is attached to this blog. 

If you have any further questions, or would like to volunteer to assist with the trip, please do let me know.

I know your children are all very excited for this day!