Welcome to Second Level Curriculum Evening Primary 4/5, 5, 6, 7A & 7B

1. Welcome to Second LevelCurriculum Evening Primary 4/5, 5, 6, 7A & 7B Miss Alejandra Martinez (P4/5) Miss Alanna Phillips (P5) Miss Jennifer McMillen (P6) Ms Kasia Turek (P7A) & Miss Hannah Jones (P7B)

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 multi- sensory teaching strategies. • In addition to these, we also practise common words and revise any incorrect words from our jotters.

6. Example of spelling sound list in P5 …

7. 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

8. 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)

9. Stockbridge Counts Counting forwards and backwards 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… Number recognition Number after and before Combining and partitioning numbers & place value Sequencing and ordering; number lines; equivalences Multiplication and division; fractions, decimal fractions and percentages; ratio and proportion Addition and subtraction

10. 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 • P5 – Tobacco • P6 – Alcohol • P7 – Drugs Living and Growing talk • Dates TBC

11. 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

12. Home School Learning in P5-7 • 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.

14. 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: 21st and 22nd of October 7th and 8th January 4th May                              8th May (Holiday)

15. Second Level Outings/Experiences • P5 trips to the Botanics (Term 4) • P4/5 and P5 trip to Bannockburn and Stirling Castle (1st June) • P6 Inter-scholastics (Term 4) • P6 Holyrood Park Outdoor Learning Challenge (18th September) • P6 and P7 Skiing and Bike ability (dates TBC) • P7A Outdoor learning sessions (TBC) • P7B Trip to Omni Centre (13th November) • P7 Camp* (2nd – 6th December) *More info to follow • P7 Risk Factory (8th October) • More trips to be confirmed due to responsive planning

16. Thank you for listening! We look forward to meeting you at our Open Morning tomorrow from 8.30am to 8.55am.