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In this section you will  find useful links to important information regarding your child's education at Slaley First School.
 

Summer 2009 Topics
Foundation Unit – This half term's topic is ‘space’. We will use the story “Whatever Next” as a starting point, talking about space travel, the planets and aliens! We will also spend a little time thinking about “flight” and ways of travelling through the air. Weekly cookery / baking sessions will take place on Friday mornings and daily outdoor activities are planned (to take advantage of the good weather!) These will include planting potatoes and seeds as well as exploring our new outdoor area which is almost finished.
 
Year 1 / 2 - This half term topics focus on plants, with practical activities and experiments, using our new outdoor area. Literacy is linked to topic activities, with an emphasis on different recording methods. Maths will also develop recording and data skills. This will include collecting data, recording in graphs and interpreting findings. Number and money are continuous elements. Children will be involved in designing garden equipment and playgrounds in their DT work. In RE we will focus on the Jewish faith and the custom of Jewish people. The children will continue to increase their understanding of E-Safety as they use a number of web sites to explore plants. Another busy half term packed with lots of outside work, so fingers crossed the sun will shine on our gardens!
 
Year 3 / 4 - This half term topics are DT: Designing, making and decorating a money container, including learning basic stitches and joining fabric with different fasteners. RE: Topic based on ’How we know about Jesus’, using Bible stories, research, and resources, including art work. Science topic: this includes team teaching with Mr Hugh Beattie joining us on Friday mornings, (CMS Science teacher,) to work on ‘Solids, Liquids and Gases.’ ICT: web site work and development of school web pages. Art: Completing ‘Dream Scenes’ with Ms Roff.. Numeracy will focus on angles of turn, position and direction, division, addition and subtraction, including problem solving and for year 4 more formal methods for calculations. Literacy will focus on non-fiction skills including persuasion, articles, reports and methods to organise writing. Reading in literacy groups will use related non-fiction texts and extracts.