Muscliff Primary School

Curriculum Workshops2015

Aims of the evening:

• To show Parents what learning at Muscliff Primary School looks like

• To provide Parents with ideas and practical tips on how to help their child at home with:

Reading and PhonicsWriting and Spelling & GrammarMaths

Thank You for Coming!

Tonight’s Timetable

• 6:00 – 6:10 ‘This is Muscliff’…

• 6:10 – 6:25 Rotation 1• 6:25 – 6:40 Rotation 2• 6:40 – 6:55 Rotation 3

• 6:55 Take some time to look around the base

GroupsGroup 1 Group 2 Group 3

6:10 Reading Writing Maths

6:25 Writing Maths Reading

6:40 Maths Reading Writing

This is Muscliff….

Embedding the new curriculum

• The new curriculum was introduced last year for years 1, 3, 4 and 5.

• Year 2 and Year 6 introduce the new curriculum this year.

• The New Curriculum is concise and sets out only the core knowledge that pupils should acquire.

• It states that pupils need to be ‘ready for the next level of their learning at secondary school’.

• The New Curriculum does not specify approaches to teaching nor does it explain how to put the content into a teaching and learning sequence.

Our Underpinning Values

Be a Muscliff Mouse!

Behaviour

• Behaviour system was very successful last year!

Our Website

A day in the life of a Muscliff Pupil

• What does a typical day look like?

We are always here to talk If you have any questions or concerns about your child then please feel free to speak with us at a convenient time.

Gate After school Face to face Telephone Note in the Home-School Book Make an appointment

GroupsGroup 1 Group 2 Group 3

6:10 Reading Writing Maths

6:25 Writing Maths Reading

6:40 Maths Reading Writing

Enjoy the evening’s activities

year 5 & 6 spelling

• Spelling has been given more priority in the new curriculum, as has grammar.

• Why is spelling so tricky?

In theory, English is a stress-timed language (as opposed to a syllable-timed language – Italian, Spanish, French).

• Evolved from indigenous language (celtic) combined with the language of the invaders (Anglo-Saxon, Norse, Norman French) and later influenced by numerous foreign (loan) words, e.g orang utan, bungalow, yacht, robot, jacuzzi. Many sound-spelling relationships are a result of the diverse nature of English.

Year lists – which is year 5&6?

The SATs spelling test

• 20 words, read individually then in a sentence, that the children can also see, then repeated in isolation.

Spag in year 5 and 6

2 for the price of 1

• year 5 & 6 word:recogniseso also learn (and consolidate brain

pathways) withrecognised, unrecognised, recognition,

recognisable, unrecognisable(incognito?)Over to you to have a go…

Need a challenge?

• write out some base words from the spelling booklet (e.g booklet- necessary. Root word- need.)

• predict how many words your opponent will be able to spell (before you see the word).

• Read word and start spelling. • Score: 1 point if the speller gets equal or

more than challenger predicted. 1 point to challenger if less than predicted.

Explore the resources to promote spelling skills…

Over and out!

• Materials will be on the website by the end of the week.