Parent’s Information Sharing Evening Thursday 10 th September

Overview of Our School Curriculum

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

Building Learning Power Skills 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

Literacy Numeracy Attainmen t Achievement = + + Totality of The Curriculum 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 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 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 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 Priority 1 All children will demonstrate improved application of numeracy skills from early to second level 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

Our Learning Contexts TermCurricular FocusContexts August – September Health and Wellbeing Marvellous me Mindfulness September – October Social Studies Literacy Reading Shaping our Nation (People in the Past) October - November Expressive Arts Health and Wellbeing Express Yourself:- Music DecemberRME Languages Christmas;-Enterprise Christmas in Europe JanuaryLiteracy (Talking and Listening) Scots Wha hae

Inspire - Aspire TermCurricular FocusContexts JanuaryLiteracy (Talking and Listening) R.M.E Scots Wa’Hae Diversity and Equality February– March Science and Social Studies Let’s Investigate:- The Power of our Planet ( biodiversity, erosion, water, volcanoes, earthquakes, renewable energies) 29 th March – 1 st April Numeracy (Money) You can bank on it 18 th April – 10 th June Art and Design Maths (Shape and geometry) Inventors, Architects and Designers 10 th June -Health and WellbeingMarvellous me Sports Choices and Changes

Context for Learning

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

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

How can you help us  Volunteering  Parents skill data base

Growth Mindset and Effort