Welcome to Second Level Curriculum Evening Primary 45

Welcome to Second Level Curriculum Evening Primary 4/5, 5, 6, 7 A & 7 B Miss Alejandra Martinez (P 4/5) Miss Alanna Phillips (P 5) Miss Jennifer Mc. Millen (P 6) Ms Kasia Turek (P 7 A) & Miss Hannah Jones (P 7 B)

General Information School day: 8: 55 -3: 20 pm Fridays: P. E. 8: 55 -12: 30 pm with Mr Papa on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays – full P. E. kit required

Curriculum Evening Overview Literacy Maths Health and Wellbeing Assessment Home and Reporting learning Additional Information

Literacy Reading, writing, listening and talking skills are taught through: - novel studies - topic research tasks - group, peer and independently These are differentiated accordingly and further enhanced through IDL topic work, and more widely in and out of the school context.

What will Spelling look like? We follow our school progressive spelling policy. On a Monday the teacher will introduce the sound for the week. The children will have a differentiated spelling list but they will all learn the same spelling pattern. On a Tuesday, Wednesday &Thursday they will have the opportunity to practise the spelling pattern using multisensory teaching strategies. In addition to these, we also practise common words and revise any incorrect words from our jotters.

Example of spelling sound list in P 5 … Weekly Focus: - ou Support for /u/ country couple cousin double famous touch trouble young Core courage enormous enough nervous nourish rough tough youngest Challenge courageous dangerous encourage fabulous flourish generous marvellous roughest

Numeracy and Maths Skills progression based on the Curriculum for Excellence Benchmarks and Stockbridge Counts to develop mental agility (pre-assessed starting point, clear next steps) Pupils develop their conceptual understanding and practise the skills For example: Column method (standard algorithm) is taught only after a solid understanding of the concepts of place value and addition A mixture of teaching approaches: written tasks, using ICT (e. g. Sumdog to reinforce concepts), real life problems in various contexts, working independently and with peers

Conceptual understanding Using concrete materials teaching different strategies in various contexts Place value concept: zero holding place. partitioning Regrouping: exchanging 10 ones = 1 ten, 100 tens = 1000, 10 hundreds= 1000 Near doubles Empty number line (skip counting, jump strategy) Compensation and rounding Number bonds knowledge (0. 3 How much more to make 1. 0 ? ) Common misconceptions, e. g. 0. 3 + 0. 7 _____ 0. 10 BEFORE teaching standard algorithm (column addition)

Stockbridge Counts homework activities Decimals start at Second Level THIS TERM … 2. 3, 2. 5, 2. 7, 2. 9 … … 2. 30, 2. 50, 2. 70, 2. 90 … … 23 000, 22 500, 22 000, 21 500, 21 000… Counting forwards and backwards Number after and before Sequencing and ordering; number lines; equivalences Multiplication and division; fractions, decimal fractions and percentages; ratio and proportion Number recognition Combining and partitioning numbers & place value Addition and subtraction

Health and Wellbeing Mental and Emotional Wellbeing Building Resilience Programme (Whole school focus outlined in newsletter) Values: pupil-created Class Charter (school rules: SAFE. RESPECTFUL, READY) Substance Misuse P 5 – Tobacco P 6 – Alcohol P 7 – Drugs Living and Growing talk Dates TBC

Reporting We hold Parent Consultations twice a year and use Online Learning Journals to report to you on your child’s progress. We also use OLLJs to share learning activities undertaken in class. There will be a minimum number of comments per term which will be set out in our Reporting Policy

Home School Learning in P 5 -7 A home learning wall will be sent home each term. Spelling pattern and word lists will be provided and published on the school website. Spelling tasks will be included in the home learning wall. All children will have a chance to complete a long term project linked to a topic in class once or twice a year. They will be given a deadline for completion and the sharing of this learning. By the end of each term, aim to complete at least one box from each coloured section. Home learning journals should be brought into school on a MONDAY.

Additional information Parent helpers for trips – liaise with class reps Parent ‘experts’ Parent Pay (no cash) Mobile Phones – must be turned off before the bell goes and kept in bag till the end of the day Medication – please keep us up to date (cough sweets with a note) In-service days: 21 st and 22 nd of October 7 th and 8 th January 4 th May 8 th May (Holiday)

Second Level Outings/Experiences P 5 trips to the Botanics (Term 4) P 4/5 and P 5 trip to Bannockburn and Stirling Castle (1 st June) P 6 Inter-scholastics (Term 4) P 6 Holyrood Park Outdoor Learning Challenge (18 th September) P 6 and P 7 Skiing and Bike ability (dates TBC) P 7 A Outdoor learning sessions (TBC) P 7 B Trip to Omni Centre (13 th November) P 7 Camp* (2 nd – 6 th December) *More info to follow P 7 Risk Factory (8 th October) More trips to be confirmed due to responsive planning

Thank you for listening! We look forward to meeting you at our Open Morning tomorrow from 8. 30 am to 8. 55 am.