Parent’s Information Sharing Evening

1. Parent’s Information Sharing Evening Thursday 10th September

2. Overview of Our School Curriculum

4. Thinking Skills Across Learning • Remembering:- involves such activities as recall, recognition or locating information • Understanding:-might involve activities such as describing, explaining, summarising and translating • Applying:-requires the learner to use or apply their knowledge and understanding in different contexts • Analysing:-requires learners to break down information into component parts and search for relationships • Evaluating:-involves making an informed judgement about something, for example an issue or method. Activities such as comparing, appraising, prioritising, rating or selecting, could involve learners in evaluating • Creating:- happens when learners are required to generate new ideas and products through activities such as designing, creative writing, planning, reconstructing, inventing, formulating, producing and composing

5. Building Learning PowerSkills for learning, life and work Personal and Learning skills :-these enable individuals to become effective lifelong learners Literacy and Numeracy:- Focus on applying the skills in a range of contexts The Five Core Skills:-communication, numeracy, problem solving, information technology and working with others These are skills that can be developed by all learners, whenever and wherever they are learning

6. Totality of The Curriculum Attainment Literacy Achievement Numeracy = + + Priority 4 95% of children will be able to engage in a dialogue focussed on their learning progress with staff, pupils, parents and carers peers Priority 1 All children will demonstrate improved application of numeracy skills from early to second level Priority 3 Children’s learning demonstrate a smooth progression and increased pace of learning through CFE levels building on prior learning with targets and next steps identified Priority 2 All children will display improved standards of written work from early to second level in all curricular areas • Continue with Big Maths • Encourage children to articulate strategies and numeracy skills being used • Numeracy Focussed Learning contexts • New Handwriting Policy • Launch of our Pen licence for P4 children • Improvements to teaching of spelling • Focus on mistake tracking • Changes to reporting to parents ensure that children have regular opportunities to discuss their learning journey with their parents/carers • Reflection time will be embedded into daily classroom practice • Children will complete a profile of their learning journey to be shared with peers, parents and staff • Children are aware of learning targets in Literacy and Numeracy • Children track progress towards these learning targets • Learning Walls in classrooms clearly demonstrate what skills the children are developing as part of the learning context • Links are made between home and school

7. Our Learning Contexts

8. Inspire - Aspire

9. Context for Learning

10. What Can Parents Do • Support children in reflecting on their achievements in and out with school and how these link to previous or current learning • Supporting children in making explicit links in their learning is key to their success • Opening children’s eyes to how they can apply their knowledge and skills • Celebrate their successes

11. Meet the teacher Reporting to Parents Open Afternoons /evenings Parents evenings Podcasts Report cards Standards and Quality Report Your Child Pupil Profiles Showcase events Contexts for learning

12. How can you help us • Volunteering • Parents skill data base

13. Growth Mindset and Effort