Welcome to Class 1 2020/21. The Class Teacher is Mrs McMahon and there are currently 21 pupils in this class.
This class is supported by Miss Hughes who teaches every Monday and Mrs Shield, who is our Teaching Assistant.
About Me
My name is Mrs McMahon and I have been teaching at Consett Junior School for many years now! I love music and play several instruments and also like to sing. I love being out and about. I have two young children so through the last few months I have been exploring the local woodland, visiting the park and having fun at the National Trust sites.
I’m really excited to meet the new Class 1. I’m looking forward to hearing about what you’ve been up to during lockdown and also getting to know you! I’m excited for the year ahead as we have lots of lovely new topics that I’m sure we’ll have fun learning about.
English
Our English work this term will be based on the books ‘Gorilla’ by Anthony Browne and ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura. We will be using ‘The Fantastics’ (ideas for writing), ‘The Grammaristics’ (tools for writing) and ‘The Boomtastics’ (techniques for writing) to help us with our writing.
Maths
In Maths this term we are going to be developing our numeracy skills using the White Rose scheme. We will focus on place value, addition and subtraction and multiplication and division. We will also start Times Tables Rockstars after the half term, which will help develop our quick recall of our multiplication and division facts.
Science
Our science topic this term is Animals including humans. We will be looking at what we need to survive and how our skeleton works. There are some fun investigations too.
History
Our science topic this term is Animals including humans. We will be looking at what we need to survive and how our skeleton works. There are some fun investigations too.
Art and DT
In Art will be finding out and exploring techniques used in prehistoric art. In DT this term we will be looking at different structures in our Castles topic.
Music
We will be learning about different sounds in music we will be practicing Christmas songs.
ICT
In ICT we will become more familiar with our online learning facility Purple Mash. Our topics include coding, online safety and spreadsheets.
French
We will introduce the children to greetings, asking and saying their name, counting, colours.
RE
This term we will learn how Hindus worship and will then learn about how and why Advent is important to Christians.
PE
We will be outside as much as possible this half term and will developing our athletic skills and will also be developing out relaxation skills in yoga. PE will be on a Monday and Thursday and children can come to school dressed in their PE clothes until such time that PE bags can be brought into school.
Class Timetable
Class 1 Timetable September 2020
Our Class Gallery
Coming Soon…
Work Packs (7th) during the school closure due to Coronavirus – Class 1 (Year 3)
Challenge Time…
2020 year book challenge!
Lockdown Time Capsule
Hopefully before the end of term we will bury the time capsule in the school grounds. The capsule is part of a project run by Mark Wilkinson Photography. Photographs Mark has received will be printed and placed in the time capsule which will be buried for ten years. To accompany the photographs we are asking the children to write a letter and place it in a sealed envelope. The letter can be about time in lock down, things children did, how they felt, anything they feel relevant. We do want the children to include the date, their age, their class teacher and their first name. But they must not include surnames, phone numbers or their address.
In 2030 we will dig up the capsule and all contents will form part of a history event for our future CJS children.
Mr Dixon’s Summer fun activities (1)
Year 3 Last 2 weeks of term activities
