Year 1 News
Hello, my name is Claire Lawson, mother of two, avid reader, film-lover, chocolate eater and tea-drinker! I’ve been teaching for over 20 years but only recently found that KS1 is the place to be and I now love being the teacher of your fabulous children who bring a smile to may face every day and make learning so much fun.
- 11/07/25
11/07/2025
This week in class we have enjoyed watching KS2 perform Annie and then took part in a dance session where we put together a routine to ‘Under the Sea’ from The Little Mermaid. In art, we have mixed primary colours to make secondary colours and produced a wax resist using wax crayons. In...Read Full Story - 26/06/25
27/06/2025
This week in class we have been asking: In History, are houses the same now as they were beyond living memory? In art, what colours do I mix to make green? In science, what animals are mammals? In computing, how do I use more than 1 command to move the Sprite? In Maths, how do I partition tens...Read Full Story - 20/06/25
20/06/2025
This week in class we have been asking: In art, what is a contour line? In science, how useful are cockroaches to the world? In computing, how do I use more than 1 command to move the Sprite? In writing, what do I need to include in a set of instructions? In Maths, how quickly can you count to 100...Read Full Story - 13/06/25
13/06/2025
This week in class we have been asking: In art, what is a contour line? In science, what animals have feathers? I computing, how do I make the Sprite move in Scratch? In Maths, what direction will I be facing if I make quarter and half turns? In writing, how do adjectives and verbs make my writing b...Read Full Story - 06/06/25
06/06/2025
This week in class we have been asking: in science, what does it mean if an animal is a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore? In Food Technology, why are our senses so important when we are eating? In RE, what is the special bread called that is on the Shabbat table? In Maths, how do I find a quarter? I...Read Full Story - 23/05/25
23/05/2025
Y1’s Weekly Class Blog This week in class we have been asking: in PE, how do I control a ball? In music, how can I use the glockenspiel to make a rhythm? In DT, how do our senses affect what we eat? Flashback 4: 1. Today in Phonics: what words use the u_e sound? 2. This/la...Read Full Story - 16/05/25
16/05/2025
This week in class we have been asking: in science, which senses do I need for taste and smell? In geography, is Kenya like Keyingham? In Jigsaw, what makes me a good friend? In RE, what special objects are needed to bring in Shabbat? In Music, why are there different sized notes on the glocken...Read Full Story - 09/05/25
09/05/2025
This week in class we have been asking: in RE, how might some Jewish people get ready for Shabbat? In geography, where is Kenya and what is it like? In science, what are all of the 5 senses and why do we need them? In music, how can I use the glockenspiels to improvise? In Jigsaw, what physical...Read Full Story - 02/05/25
02/05/2025
This week in class we have been asking: in Science, what senses do I need to see and hear? In geography, what can I use a globe for? In Computing, how do I add and remove text? In Food Technology, what equipment do I need to grate and ribbon vegetables? In Jigsaw, how can I be a good friend? In...Read Full Story - 25/04/25
25/04/2025
This week in class we have been asking: in RE, what is Shabbat for members of the Jewish community? In Science, how many body parts can you name and find? In Geography, what are the 7 continents called? In Computing, what do I use the programme Word for? In PE, what can help me to play tennis? In Wr...Read Full Story - 04/04/25
04/04/2025
This week in class we have been reviewing the following learning from this term: in Jigsaw, how do I keep healthy? In RE, who do Christians believe made the world and how can we protect it? In writing, how do I write a letter? In music, how does music make the world a better place? In DT...Read Full Story - 28/03/25
28/03/2025
This week in class we have been learning: In history, how has car design changed over time? We had an amazing time at the Streetlife Museum helping Dotty the Conductor find the right vehicle. In RE, what does science teach us about how the world began? In DT, what joins should I use to make my...Read Full Story