Welcome to Cairn

GormPrimary 2 and Miss McGowan

Curriculum for Excellence

• Principles – giving children opportunities to; - progress at a rate which meets their needs and abilities - draw different strands of learning together- experience challenging and motivating tasks• Children will develop skills through the ‘Experiences and Outcomes’• Learning Logs – Experiences and Outcomes are broken down into ‘I can’ statements

Active Learning Approaches

• Opportunities will be provided for children to engage their thinking within tasks• AiFL strategies used:- Lolly sticks- Self Assessment encouraging children to think about their next steps- Whiteboards- Traffic lights - Fist-to-five- Thumbs- Peer Assessment

• Teachers and Classroom Assistants will be available to support independent tasks

Numeracy and Maths

• Work will be set at an appropriate level for each child• Active learning approaches will be used to support written tasks and activities• Number processes • Learn Its

Literacy

• Continue to improve Phonics • Children will also be developing Handwriting skills • Tools for Reading and Writing – Broken down in Learning Logs• Literacy lessons will eventually intertwine with our class topics – developing our talking and listening skills, writing skills and organising and using information

Topic

• Our class topic will be - announced to the children on Friday - exciting! • P1 and P2 working together on some Topic activities – cross stage challenges• Topic will allow opportunities for children to make links between various curricular areas of a Curriculum for Excellence

P.E.

• Tuesday, Thursday and Friday• Health and Safety Rule – if a child has their ears pierced, they should tape up their ears • Re-establishing P.E. Routines• Developing various skills and techniques through Games• Gymnastics

Master Classes

• Master Classes will take place on Monday afternoons • Term 1 – Drama with Mrs Finlayson and Dance with Miss McGowan • P.E. kits for Dance

Science

• Science will take place on Wednesday afternoons• Extending Eco mini topic of Minibeasts • Term 1 – Planet Earth – Focusing on: Living things and food chains

Community Groups

• Wednesday afternoons • Primary 2s will work as a Class Community Group • Focus on various themes

Learning to Learn

• End of each week• Class discussions• Numeracy, Literacy and other curricular areas• Children’s responses - Lolly sticks

Health and Wellbeing

• Thursday afternoons • Miss Graham will take the class for this

Spanish

• Children will be able to develop and extend their Spanish learned in Primary 1• Mr Morton will take the class for Spanish

Expressive Arts

• Drama, Music and Art & Design lessons within Topic• Taught within Master Classes• Dance within P.E. Blocks / Topic• Art & Design – teaching and developing skills

Homework

• Structured tasks• Phonics • Reading (reading records provided)• Numeracy• Common Words• Topic related – children will be issued with various homework tasks throughout the topic• Correspondence folders • Homework diaries

Library

• Once a week • Opportunity for children to take out books • Quiet reading time

Quality Contract

• Class Charter discussed, agreed and signed by the children • Focus on the Rights of the Child• Aiming to create a positive working environment• Quality audience• Quality lines• Giving children responsibility for their own learning – Class Jobs

Golden Time / Golden Rules

• Traffic Light System – every child starts each day with a Green card• Children can earn up to 30 mins of Golden Time each week• Children who do not follow the rules will be given a warning, followed by a yellow and then a red card • Red card is equal to -5 min• Golden Rules – Children can earn Golden Tickets giving them the opportunity to gain a reward at the end of each term

Class Dojo

• Behaviour / reward system • Recognising positive behaviours• Used daily • Reward at the end of each week

General School Information

• Children arriving at the school from 9.05am will be recorded as late• Please notify staff if there are any changes to medical information • Parent Helpers – please let me know if you wish to add your name to the list!• Learning Conversations – September 9th • Class Newsletters provided each term

Worries and Concerns

• Each child in the class will be issued with Correspondence folders • These will be sent home daily alongside Homework Diaries with any letters etc. • Homework/letters will be put inside these• Please feel free to add any notes etc. into these folders

If you have any worries or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me -

no matter how small!

Thank you!