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East Craigs Primary School Curriculum Information Session

Join us on Wednesday, 19th September 2018, to learn about our curriculum design, policies, and future plans for a brighter educational journey. Discover the Building Resilience program, Homework Policy, and our commitment to Better Relationships, Better Behaviour, Better Learning.

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East Craigs Primary School Curriculum Information Session

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  1. East Craigs Primary School Curriculum Information Session Wednesday 19th September, 2018

  2. Aims for the session • Overview of the curriculum for session 2018-19 • Introduce the Better Relationships, Better Behaviour, Better Learning Policy • Introduce the “Building Resilience” programme • Introduce the Homework Policy • Opportunity to ask questions

  3. Our Curriculum – How was it designed? • Considered the importance of the progressive development of Core Skills in Literacy & English, Numeracy & Mathematics, Health & Wellbeing • Considered the demographic of the East Craigs context • Considered what topics work well at particular stages • We created a rationale for our new curriculum • A Curricular Framework for Inter-disciplinary learning (IDL) which ensures breadth, depth, progression, personalisation and choice, challenge and enjoyment, coherence, relevance • Discrete progressions for:- Literacy & English, Numeracy & Mathematics, Health & Wellbeing (includes Physical Education), Music, Science & 1+2 Modern Languages (N-P7 French, P5-7 German)

  4. Our Curriculum - Example of the First Level Curricular Framework

  5. Our Curricular Framework for Your Child’s Stage • Ensures appropriate coverage of Curriculum for Excellence Experiences & Outcomes • Allows opportunities for linear learning e.g. whole-school topics New Beginnings, Equalities, Financial Education, World of Work and Community Learning Teams • Allows for teachers’ response to external context e.g. Global events, pupils’ interests • More general topic headings e.g. Ancient Civilisations rather than “The Romans” • The curriculum is equitable but not uniform

  6. Our Curriculum - What Will My Child Be Learning This Term?

  7. Our Curriculum - What next? • Part of our School Improvement work for this year includes a review of our curriculum • Staff will look at how to redesign the curriculum to ensure its fitness for purpose towards Developing the Young Workforce • Staff will embed the Careers Standard 3-18 into the curriculum • Staff will ensure that skills progressions are explicit and embedded in the curriculum • Staff will ensure that the curriculum provides learners with everything they need to prepare them for their future careers

  8. Better Relationships, Better Behaviour, Better Learning

  9. Class Charters and Weekly Targets

  10. Every day is a new day…keep track of your daily points Add them up at the end of the week and move your star up the mountain…

  11. Have something to aim for… Work together to reach that goal…

  12. What are we still doing? Maybury Team EC Nominees House Points Barnton Almond

  13. Launch of new CEC Health and Wellbeing Programme – “Building Resilience” • Developed by CEC Growing Confidence Team based on current pedagogy and practice in the successful promotion of emotional wellbeing • Already in use across many Edinburgh primary schools • Three year programme launching in line with our Better Relationships, Better Behaviour, Better Learning policy

  14. The River of Life Sometimes we can describe the ups and downs of life as being like a river. The river of life takes everyone on a different journey, each one full of expeditions and adventures.

  15. We can’t control what life throws at us Everyone will enjoy times in the calm waters Sometimes we will all find ourselves in difficult waters Do you know? This is a normal part of life

  16. Skipper is the captain of his boat sailing along the river of life. Just like you, Skipper experiences a range of ups and downs everyday. He is learning how to navigate his boat around the obstacles and has even got better at coping when his boat gets into difficulties. We are learning how to navigate the river of life I am resilient Hi, my name is Skipper

  17. We can all learn ways to cope better with the river of life Together we are going to learn about the things that Skipper uses to help him to navigate the river of life Do you know? These things will help you the next time you hit a difficult patch of water

  18. Skipper has found that these ten things help him to cope with the river of life

  19. Homework Policy • New policy was formed… • Taking account of feedback from parent, pupil and staff surveys conducted last session • To allow greater flexibility for the completion of homework given the increasing wider achievement agenda for pupils • To allow greater choice in how pupils demonstrate their learning

  20. New Approach to Homework • Spelling and Maths – weekly • Set reading for P1-3 • Reading for Enjoyment for P4-7, recorded in a journal – weekly • Choice element – additional activity from H&W, IDL or Science – every four weeks • Homework will be issued mid-week: Tuesday or Wednesday. • All Homework returned by the following Monday – but can be handed in any time before then.

  21. Homework in P3 - Spelling • Spelling will be issued on a Wednesday for return on a Monday

  22. Homework in P3 - Spelling • Each Monday your child will complete a spelling challenge focussing on the words they have been learning for homework.

  23. Homework in P3 - Spelling • When the jotter is sent out again on a Wednesday you will be able to see how your child got on in their spelling challenge. • Please complete any corrections (marked with a dot) at the front of the jotter along with that weeks words.

  24. Homework in P3 - Numeracy • This will be issued on a Wednesday (commencing after the October Break)inside the homework jotter for return on a Monday • This will be in a grid format from which you should select a task to complete each week.

  25. Homework in P3 - Reading • As mentioned in the yellow reading diary • Reading will be issued on a Tuesday for the following Monday. • Reading books, bag and diary should be brought to school Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday. • Reading will be collected in on a Monday. • Continue to use yellow diaries, however, these are not looked at everyday so more urgent notes should be written separately. • Similar format to last year however as your child progresses to longer books and chapter books there is no need to re-read the same pages on repeated nights. • Feel free to supplement your child’s reading with other texts.

  26. Homework in P3 – IDL Choice Element • This will be issued on a Wednesday inside the homework jotter for return on a Monday • This will be in a grid format from which you can select a task to complete each week if you wish • The grid will be updated every 4 weeks

  27. Other Info About P3 • PE will be on Wednesdaywith the class teacher and Tuesday with Mr Cheung PE specialist. • We will also have Science on a Tuesday with our Science Teacher. • Please label all items of clothing • We will be using Text books such as Key Comprehension, Nelson Spelling, Scottish Heinemann Maths, Tee-Jay Maths.

  28. Thank you for reading. Any Questions can be answered on parents night

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