Class One (Year 1 and 2) 2025-2026

Welcome to Class One! We are a mixed year 1 and year 2 class and are taught by Miss Lazenby. Mrs Chisholm covers PPA time on Wednesday afternoons. 
Pop UK Project
 
We have had a fantastic first day back in school today. We have been very lucky to have started our Pop UK project with Rachel where we are learning some songs to record and perform. Class One and Early Years were brilliant at learning the chorus of the songs and the actions to match. We are very excited to even sing some songs in Spanish. 
Maths - Autumn 1
 
We have made a very strong start to our learning in Maths this half term. We are building our knowledge of place value and using numbers up to 10, 20 and even 100. Throughout some of our lessons, we have been using the practical resources to help us embed and understand different concepts. 
RE - The Lost Son
 
We have started our Autumn 1 topic of 'What do Christians believe God is like?' To help us, we have started by looking at the parable The Lost Son, and have been able to think about what the hidden meaning of this story is. In small groups we sequenced the story and then acted the story out for the rest of the class.
Maths - Autumn 1
 
In Maths this half term we have been expanding our knowledge of place value and addition and subtraction. We have used a mix of practical lessons to help us consolidate concepts whilst using bigger numbers. 
Art - Autumn 1
 
In Art this half term, we have been developing our understanding of drawing materials, texture and tonal shading. We used the Early years outdoor area to think about the different textures that different objects have and used chalks and pastels to create some texture rubbings. 
Daily Mile
 
In Class One, we love to complete the daily mile. We use our fantastic track to complete at least 3 laps in the afternoon to help us with a learning break. Some of us are super speedy and finish these laps as quick as a flash!
Police Visit
 
This week in PSHE, we had the local PCSO come and talk to us about seat belt safety and why it is important to be wearing our seat belts when travelling. He talked to us about where the seat belt should sit on our body and about the use of car seats. He showed us a fabulous video about Northumbria police and measured us to see if we should be in a car seat or able to to a seat belt with booster seat. 
Wear Yellow for Young Minds
 
This week and throughout our PSHE lessons, we have been looking at feelings and emotions and different strategies we can use to help us if we are feeling overwhelmed, sad or angry. On Friday 10th October, to show our support to the Young Minds charity, we came to school dressed in yellow. Some of us had yellow accessories, clothes and even socks!
Science - Autumn 1
 
In Science this half term, we have been exploring the weather. We have looked at the different seasons and how the weather changes throughout the year. We have a good understanding about the equator, northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere and that we live in a temperate climate where we have four seasons. We have become weather experimenters and this week created a rain cloud in a jar to show how and why it rains.
English - Autumn 1
 
In English this half term, we have been looking at labels, captions, lists, recounts and instructions. To help us during our instructions lessons we have been creating different descriptions for our very own disgusting sandwich. We have thought carefully about product descriptions and slogans before we start to write a set of instructions on how to make our sandwich. When creating our catchy slogans we started by thinking about other brands and what their slogans on that make us want to buy or eat there. 
History - Autumn 1 - The Great Fire of London
 
In History this half term, we have been learning about the Great Fire of London. We have explored when the Great Fire of London happened, what it was like in 1666, how the fire spread so easily and the impact that the fire had on the future. 
The Good Samaritan Dance Workshop
 
To finish off our half term of learning, we had a fabulous workshop creating a dance based around the parable of the Good Samaritan. We used lots of different movements and partner work to recreate the story. We enjoyed thinking about our own movements and transitions.