Curriculum Evening

1. Curriculum Evening Senior Infants and First Class

2. Agenda • Welcome • The school day • Absences • Curriculum Areas • Learn together. • Lunch • Communication

3. The School Day • 8.40 am- School Door Opens • 8.50 am-School Starts • After 9 your child will be marked late. • 9.30 am- Any child who arrives after this time is marked absent on the roll. • Senior Infants pick up time 1.30 • First class pick up time 2.30

4. Absences • Children should be in school every day unless they are ill. • Appointments to outside agencies should be made for after school times where possible. • The school cannot give permission to take children out of school for holidays. • A note of explanation must be given to teachers detailing reason for absence. A phone call will not suffice as a written record is needed.

5. Curriculum Areas

6. Literacy Oral Language Reading Writing

7. Oral Language • What a good speaker looks like, what a good listener looks like. Opportunities to speak: • My news - recount my news using who, what, where, when how. • Show and tell. • Drama Reading • Comprehension – read a piece of text and answer questions about the characters, plot, setting. • Reading with expression, paying attention to punctuation. • Comprehension Skills- Predicting, Visualisation, Think Aloud, Making Connections, asking questions Writing • Grammar and punctuation • Handwriting. • Spelling strategies • Recount, Report, Narrative, Term 1 procedure. • Free Writing

8. Reading The Oxford Reading Tree Scheme is available to all children. When reading the books the emphasis is not only on the child’s ability to read the words, but also on being able to comprehend what has happened in the story. An emphasis on punctuation and expression should be encouraged when reading. • Books are changed once a week • Class library: Children are encouraged to take library books home to read for enjoyment. • 1st class will begin a Novel in term 3.

9. Gaeilge

10. Gaeilge • Éisteacht (Listening) • Labhairt (Speaking) • Léitheoireacht (Reading) • Scríbhneoireacht (Writing)

11. Téamaí • Mé Fein Myself • Sa Bhaile At home • An Scoil School • Bia Food • An Teilifís Television • Siopadóireacht Shopping • CaitheamhAimsire Past Times • Éadaí Clothes • An Aimsir Time • ÓcáidíSpeisialta Special Occasions

12. Mathematics

13. Mathematics • Number Classifying, Matching, Comparing and Ordering, Operations, Place Value • Algebra Patterns, Sequences, Number sentences, Odd,Even • Shape and 2-D Shape, 3-D shape, Angles, Symmetry Space • Measures Length, Area, Weight, Capacity, Time and Money. • Data Interpreting and understanding visual representation.

14. Mathematics • Mental Maths • Practical Maths Activities • Problem solving Skills • Mathematical Vocabulary • Standardisation of procedures available on website.

15. Physical Education • Children must wear comfortable clothes and runners.(no crocs, wellies) • Shoes need to be waterfproof and easy to move in.

16. Learn Together Programme Learn together is the religious education programme that is used in educate together schools. We 2.5 hours of the Learn Together program a week. The strands are: • Moral and spiritual • Equality and justice • Belief Systems • Ethics and the environment • November – Ethics and the environment : Energy • December – Journeys

17. Homework

18. Important homework points. • Homework folders must be handed up every morning straight away. • Homework is changed on a Friday for the following week. • It is imperative that folders are handed up on a Friday so that homework can get changed. • Please use existing folder given to your child as it is labelled. • Colouring is an important part of homework . Please ensure that your child draws a picture/colours in when required. • Please ensure that your child uses pencil in all written work. Colouring pencils are not a substitute! • It is important to empty homework folders of any little treasures that your child may have created. I suggest doing this once a week to avoid a congested folder !

19. Spelling Look Say Cover Write Check

20. Homework should be… • Completed in full every night • If it is not completed, it is done in Golden Time on Friday.  • Take 20minutes (Senior Infants ) 25 minutes (first class) • Parents can help by…. • Having a consistent time for homework • Quiet place equipped with everything they need (pencils, rubber, colours etc) • Checking homework is completed • Signing your child’s homework sheet every night

21. Lunch • Please ensure that your child has an appropriate sized lunch. • Yogurts and spoons. Yogurts that are child sizes and ensure child has a spoon. • Drinks- we cannot fill up drinks throughout the day. Please ensure your child has a drink or two if necessary. • All rubbish is brought home to be disposed of as per our green schools arrangement.

22. Communication with class teacher…. • I am here to talk to you about your child's learning. • Home worksheet. • Informally in the morning • Call Susan (our secretary) and arrange a meeting • Parent Teacher Meetings (November)

23. Communication beyond the teacher ….. • Class Teacher • Principal • Chairperson of BOM • Formal letter to the Board Link Below is a link to the schools policies. http://www.wexfordeducatetogether.ie/policies/

24. Thank you for listening !!!  • Any questions? • Or comments?

25. We are looking forward to a wonderful year !!