Mrs L McMahon
Welcome to Class 1 2026/27. The Class Teacher is Mrs McMahon and there are 24 pupils in this class.
This class is supported by Miss Oselton who teaches every Tuesday afternoon and Mrs Haney and Miss Marsden, who are our Teaching Assistants.
About Me
My name is Mrs McMahon and I’ve been at Consett Junior School for many years now. I have two children and spend most of my weekends watching them play football and swimming. I also have a cockerpoo called Teddy. When we have free time, I love to visit Durham, Beamish or Gibside. I also love music, especially singing and playing in Orchestras but I don’t get to do that as much now. I like to go and watch musicals at the theatre, one of the things I’m looking forward to this summer is going to see Wicked in London. I have to say, watching the productions that we put on at school is always one of the highlights of my year I’m looking forward to next year. I had a great day meeting all the new children in Class 1 and can’t wait for the year ahead. We have some lovely topics and experiences lined up for the year and I’m looking forward to sharing them with the children.
English
In English we will start by looking at the Place Value of Grammar, then completing some Autumn Senses poetry just before the half term. After half term we will move onto ‘The Twits’ which we will read and complete work linked to the book.
Maths
In Maths we will 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. If you want to start you could refresh your knowledge of the 2,5 and 10 times tables ready for coming back in September.
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.
PE
For the first half term the children will be taking part in Ball Skills and Fundamentals- improving their basic PE skills, then after the half term we move onto Dance and Gymnastics.
Other Subjects
History and Geography
We will be learning about the Stone Age through to the Iron age in History then after the half term we will start our topic ‘Exploring the UK’.
Music – We will be developing our singing techniques, singing like Vikings then we will be learning the songs for our Christmas show.
French – We will introduce the children to greetings, asking and saying their name, counting, colours.
RE – The children will learn about How do Hindu’s worship and how and why Advent is important to Christians.
PSHE – We will be covering the topic ‘Being me in my world’ and ‘Celebrating Difference’ which coincides with Anti-bullying week.