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!

Wow! We have had such a lovely last day before the half-term holidays!

The whole class loved the party games. We had a dance and played lots of fun games including musical statues, colour corners and sleeping lions. Take a look at our photos here.

All the children have done great work this half-term, and I am looking forwards to seeing you all on the 21st of February.

You think this half-term has been fun... just wait to see what I have got planned for you when we come back! 

Science
We are learning to explore the world with our senses. Last week, we looked at the senses sight and touch and this week we explored our sense of taste.
We tried a range of salty, sweet, sour and bitter foods then described the flavour and if we liked it, or didn't like it! Most of us loved the milk chocolate, but we were not fans of the dark chocolate! We were divided on whether we liked or disliked the lemon and most of us enjoyed the sweet taste of pineapple. 

We know which body parts are linked with all of our 5 senses, and we are starting to realise that if one of our senses stop working, our other senses work twice as hard.