Class One (Year 1 and 2) 2024-2025

Welcome to Class One!
 
We are a mixed year 1 and year 2 class. Class One are taught by Miss Lazenby.
PSHE - Autumn 1
 
We started our learning this term by thinking about the Zones of regulation. We started by looking at the green zone and the different feelings and emotions related to this zone - happy, proud, focused and calm. We enjoyed showing all the different faces for the emotions and feelings. 
Maths - Autumn 1
 
We have got off to a great start with our Maths this half term. We are learning about place value in year 2 and numbers to 20 in year 1. We had great fun using lots of different resources to show how we can represent numbers. 
Choosing our Class book
 
In Class One we like to read books together. We had a choice of two different books and decided to have a vote. We used cubes to vote for the books we would like to read together. Our winning book for this half term is Fantastic Mr. Fox. 
Computing - Autumn 1
 
Our computing topic for this half term is looking at technology around us. We started our learning by checking our understanding of what we mean by the word technology. We were brilliant at sorting some objects in the correct place in the table - technology and not technology. 
PE - Autumn 1
 
We really enjoyed our first PE lesson this week. We were exploring balance, stability and landing safely. 
Year 1 Maths - Autumn 1
 
In Maths today, we have been exploring the number 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. We worked with our partners to show all the different ways we could represent these numbers and even worked on saying how many tens and how many ones in each number. 
History - Autumn 1
 
This week in History, we have been exploring gas masks. We have been learning about how everyone needed to wear these when the gas bombs were dropped and how the children needed to practise putting these on just like we do when we have a fire drill. 
Gas Masks
 
One of our pupils brought in an actual gas mask that had been used during World War II for us to look at. We were lucky to see how they would actually have been worn and how heavy they were! 
English - Autumn 1
In English this half term, we have been looking at instructions. We started by looking at what instructions are and what makes a good set of instructions. This week we have been looking at chronological order and why this is important in instructions. To help us understand this better we made a set of instructions to make some jam sandwiches and then made our own. We got to eat them afterwards and thought they were delicious. 
History - Evacuation
 
In History this week, we have been exploring what happened during the time where children were evacuated from the cities to the countryside. We enjoyed looking at two suitcases that were loaned to us from Bailiffgate museum. One was for a boy and one was for a girl. We looked through the different artefacts and talked about how they didn't take much with them and how they might have felt being away from their family. 
Woodhorn Visit - November 2024
 
We were very lucky to be able to finish our learning about World War II with a visit to Woodhorn Museum in Ashington. We enjoyed learning about how mining helped the war effort and were able to really show off our knowledge of home life during the war. 
PE - November 2024
 
In PE this half term we are developing our sending and receiving skills. This week we have been looking at rolling using our hands towards a target. We really enjoyed working as a team to roll our ball to the hoop. We really enjoyed being dragons too, flying high and low, forwards and backwards. 
Christmas Wishes - November 2024
 
Mrs Arkle always makes us the best Christmas lunch. Today she was making the Christmas puddings and allowed us to put in our Christmas wishes for this year! 
Santa Dash -December 2024
 
Today we took part in our annual Santa Dash. We loved wearing our festive head wear, with lots of variety!
Computing - Autumn 2
 
In Computing this half term, we have been exploring how to create digital paintings using iPads. We have started by exploring the different tools on the sketches app and how we can use these to draw. We have also created a piece of art in the style of Piet Mondrian using the iPads. 

Geography - Autumn 2 
 
In Geography this half term, we have been exploring what geography is and our local area. To help us we have been using google earth to help us explore. We really enjoyed using the street view mode to help us find what is in our village, such as the church and village hall. 
Our Christmas Nativity - Whoops A Daisy Angel
 
Our children were absolutely fantastic in performing our Nativity this year. They had loud, clear voices and sang beautifully. We are all so proud of the children in Early Years and Class One. 
DT - December 2024
 
This half term in Design Technology, we have been looking at structures and have been creating our own windmills. We thought out the uses of windmills and then tried to make our own out of paper cups and straws. We really enjoyed learning that they need to have a strong structure base to hold the sails or rotor blades up. 
Computing - Autumn 2
 
In Computing this half term, we have been creating some digital media in the form of paintings. We have looked at two artists such as Piet Mondrian and Henri Matisse. This week our focus was creating a painting in the sketches app, in the style of Henri Matisse. 
EYFS and KS1 Christmas Dinner Day - 16th December 
 
Mrs Arkle made us a delicious Christmas lunch today! We all enjoyed some Christmas music, some crackers and even a singing turkey!
Gymnastics - January 2025
 
In PE this half term, we will be learning some gymnastics. We started by learning gymnastics shapes and creating a routine with our partners. 
Science - Materials Hunt
 
In Science we have started to learn about everyday materials. We talked about different types of materials and then went on a hunt around our school to see what we could find. 
Art - January 2025
 
In Art this half term, we have been exploring using paints and mixed media. We have start our learning by looking at the primary and secondary colours and how we can mix colours to make others. We used play dough to help us see how mixing primary colours makes secondary colours. 
Maths - January 2025
 
In Maths this half term we have started to learn about money in year 2 and place value to 100 in year 1. We have been using lots of practical resources to count money - pounds and pence and also partition different numbers up to 100 into tens and ones. 
Computing - January 2025
 
In Computing this half term, we have been exploring creating digital writing. We have been using google docs to create missing posters and using different buttons from the tool bar, such as, bold, italic and underline. 
RE - February 2025.
In Class 1 we are currently learning about what it is like to be a Muslim. Miriam and Enis came from the Islamic Diversity Centre to tell us about their religion and how they live their lives.
History - February 2025
 
In History this half term, we have been learning about Grace Darling. We have been looking at what she did to become famous and have been comparing what her everyday life was like compared to our own today. We acted out some of the different jobs she had to do each day. 
Children’s Mental Health Week 
 
In PSHE this week, we have been looking at what children’s mental means to us and how we can help ourselves to stay happy and healthy. We created some memory boxes and put inside different memories that make us happy. 
Class Charity - RNLI Cake Stall 
 
We held our cake stall this morning in school, parents and caregivers were invited to our termly open morning and we also given the opportunity to purchase from our cake stall. The children really enjoyed buying and selling some cakes and traybakes. We raised a whopping £170.20! Well Done Class One!
Art - February 2025
 
In Art this half term, we have been exploring colour using painting and mixed media. This week we have been creating some Clarice Cliff plates. We used our knowledge of primary and secondary colours to create our base, before using straws and black paint to create our trees. 
We celebrated World Book Day at Lilidorei and had great fun, we took part in the World Book Day parade, heard a story in the story telling area, we had to search the forest for clues to make our own stories and then we got to play on the play area before returning back to school. What a fabulous morning we had. 
PE - Yoga
 
In PE this half term, we have started to learn some yoga. This week we have been learning some different under the sea poses such as dolphin, seal, jellyfish, turtle, starfish and boat. We have been practising these poses and using the calming music to help us. 
Design Technology - Puppets
 
In DT this half term, we will be making puppets. We started off our topic by looking at the different ways in which we can join our fabrics together. We explored with safety pins, staples and glue to see which was the easiest and which was the hardest to use. The safety pins were very tricky!
Geography - Coasts
 
This half term we are looking at coasts and where they are. This week our focus was on Bournemouth and why people might enjoy visiting there for a holiday. 
Spring 2. 
PE - Target Games 
 
This half term we are developing our understanding of the principles of defending and attacking for target games through throwing, rolling and striking towards a target. They will apply these skills individually, in pairs and in small groups and begin to organise and self - manage their own activities. They will understand the importance of abiding by rules to keep themselves and others safe, learn how to score points and use simple tactics. 
Grace Darling Museum and St Aidan's Church 
 
Class One has a brilliant trip to the Grace Darling museum and St Aidan's church in Bamburgh. We took part in some drama, acting our the story of Grace's heroic rescue, looked at some amazing artefacts and the boat she used in the rescue too. We sketched her beautiful memorial and looked at the stunning stained glass window in St Aidan's. We had a busy but fantastic day!
Early Years and Class One were very lucky to receive some first aid training by Ashleigh from Northern Training Partnership. We found out that shouting for help is important and the number we might need to call if we are the only person with an adult who needs help. We learned how to open someone’s airway and put them in the recovery position. We also had the opportunity to put bandages on pretend wounds. We had great fun putting the bandages on the teachers too! Thank you so much to Ashleigh!