Penguins have completed another super term this Spring, and it has been wonderful to see their confidence as Year 1s grow. 2 terms of Y1 now complete as we head into the summer term! Wishing you all a really happy Easter time with your families and friends and I hope you have a fun (and restful!) break.
Please keep a look out for the new information for the term ahead.
Mrs Jones
What a lovely afternoon we had today with Jenni from Wild Things, Keyworth! We were amazed by her knowledge and we all learnt something new today. We have listened to a hedgehog heartbeat and learnt that it is much faster than ours - except when hibernating and it lowers dramatically. She showed us some hedgehog spines and talked about the skirt they have. We found out that hedgehogs have tails, their feet are about 10cm long when stretched up in movement and that they walk up to about a mile each night, accessing approximately 10 gardens.
Despite the spring rain, we got outside and Jenni loved our forest schools area. We explored with her entry points for the hedgehogs under our tall fences and ways that we can improve their environment (really by doing a lot less tidying!). She is kindly going to replace the hedgehog house that we have as it isn't fit for purpose any more so that we can house them more comfortably.
When we return after the holidays, our first homework will be about checking our own gardens to see if there is anything we can do to help give the hedgehogs a safe, green highway. The children were very excited to come home and tell you lots of facts!
Jenni is on social media (look for Wild Things, Keyworth) if you are interested in having paths made through your garden. Keyworth has the longest hedgehog highway and your garden could be part of this, too! She is also able to offer a wealth of information and direct you on to other places should you need it.
Just to let you know that today we recapped about Pantysaurus in school. The children were all familiar with the website and the song from when we have talked about this before but please do follow up with your child and discuss these issues again:
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/pants-underwear-rule/
Following science week, base 1 used their creative skills to produce their own catapults in order to enter them into a competition. The children did an amazing job. Well done!
Hello,
We are excited to announce that our next history topic is 'Seaside Holidays'. We are going to be looking at seaside holidays today and in the past. This includes Victorian seaside holidays and holidays from the 1950s/1960s. We would love to have photos of your child at the seaside if you have them and also if you do have any historical artefacts (souvenirs etc) and photos, that would be great! Please send these in named and in a labelled envelope in the new term. We will photocopy these and display them in the classroom.
Thanks,
Mrs Jones
We have had a great Science Week in Year 1.
We have had a visit from a GP to tell us about her job. We investigated the wind and carried out our own experiment. We are also going to look at how unique our fingerprints are and next week we will have a visit from a hedgehog expert.
We all donned our Forest Schools kit and enjoyed a snowy playtime on the field. Penguins felt very much at home and had lots of snowy fun, we hope you did too.
What a super day dressing up as book characters! Well done Year 1 - we have all had a super day!
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