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CURRICULUCURRICULUM EVENINGM EVENING
Primary 1Primary 1
Eaglesham Primary SchoolEaglesham Primary School
September 2012September 2012
ROUTINES
• Gym days are Mondays and Fridays• ICT choices on Wednesday and
Thursday• Homework folders taken in every
day – completed homework removed and letters added
• Homework handed out daily • New sounds added on Thursday
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?
• Check homework folder each night for letters/homework (Monday – Thursday)
• Ensure your child completes homework and has a suitable environment to do so
• Reinforce sounds using ‘sounds folder’• Ensure child is holding pencil correctly during written
homework tasks – tripod grasp• Ensure PE kit is in school
– Indoor - t-shirt (if not wearing polo shirt to school), shorts and gym shoes
– Outdoor - joggers, sweatshirt, waterproof jacket, suitable outdoor shoes (trainers)
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?
• Pack child’s snack in front pocket of bag
• Name on all items of clothing, bags, etc!!
ACTIVE LEARNING
• Active learning is learning which engages and challenges children and young people’s thinking using real-life and imaginary situations. – spontaneous play– planned, purposeful play– investigating and exploring– events and life experiences– focused learning and teaching.
ACTIVE LEARNING
• Our aim is to make learning as active as possible in all curricular areas
• Expect fewer jotters with less formal written work (instead - photographic evidence, larger scale collaborative work, outdoor learning)
• Movement between classrooms and open area allowing children choice and a broader selection of activities – some teacher led, others independent or collaborative
• Some homework tasks will be active to extend this type of learning to home, e.g. ‘Teach an adult to...’ or ‘ Find 3 things at home that begin with ...’
OUTDOOR LEARNING
• ‘A Curriculum for Excellence’ recognises Outdoor Learning as key to every Scottish child’s education, offering opportunities to deepen learning and provide contexts for linking learning across the curriculum in different situations
• Learning in all curricular areas can take place outdoors and includes learning in the school grounds, local area, day trips and further up the school, a residential trip
• Please ensure your child has suitable clothing for participating in Outdoor Learning
LITERACY
• Reading and Writing introduced using Jolly Phonics
• Multi-sensory - each sound has a song and an action
• Letters introduced by their sound• Four sounds a week. Note: sounds not introduced
in alphabetical order• The basic skills for Reading and Writing are:
1. Learning the letter sounds 2. Learning letter formation 3. Blending
4. Identifying sounds in words 5. Spelling the tricky words
• Reading books will be introduced when your child is ready after all initial sounds have been taught and will then become nightly homework
• We work on Talking and Listening skills across the curriculum and have opportunities to play listening games and make oral presentations.
NUMERACY• Children have already been and will continue to
learn; – Number, Money and Measure– Shape Position and Movement– Information Handling– Problem Solving
• Mathematical language -calculations not sums - comparative language• Will be moving on to adding and subtracting. When
looking at number families / bonds it is extremely important that these are practised regularly.
CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS
• Our first topic is ‘Our Community’
• Teaching is skills based and not subject orientated so could be taught through a choice of many topics and activities
• Child-led learning – following their interests. We have a plan of suggested activities but may or may not complete all of these depending on what the children are interested in finding out
Big Writing!• Big Writing is a whole school approach to develop
children into independent and expert writers.
• This approach is based on child centred, interactive learning with a focus on the four core targets or key aspects of quality writing: Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation (V.C.O.P).
• Children work with a variety of texts throughout the school to gain greater knowledge and skills on how to improve their own writing. They read to write and write to read.
• Activities including Kung Fu punctuation, the use of a ‘posh voice’ and up-levelling all help to develop children’s ability to write fluently and expressively. They are great fun too!!
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