Echline Primary Curriculum Evening

Welcome Mrs Robertson Monday – Wednesday Mr Moir Thursday – Friday Talk about yourself in this section

Overview of the year Scottish Wars of Independence – Trip to Bannockburn Visitor Centre on 13.12.17 Assembly – Friday 23rd February 2018 P4, 4/5 and 5 show – week beginning 14th May 2018 Camp – Wednesday 13th – Friday 15th June. Talk here about big things that are happening. Annual calendar things, e.g. big topics, sailing, camp, trips assembly, shows etc.

Routines P.E will be on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Mrs McLoughlin will teach Art on a Wednesday. We will visit the school library on a Tuesday afternoon. This section is for PE days, other specialists, library days, buddies, homework. New ‘BAT’ (or newly named)

Home learning Home Learning Wall for Maths, Spelling and Reading. Fun and flexible approach. Children need to be able to talk about the activities they have completed. Some tasks are more active whereas others are best written. A new spelling pattern and words will be issued every Monday, after children have completed a ‘blind test’ for the new words. Children will read in class regularly, will have pages to read at home and should complete a reading task each week. Children can identify an area of Maths they need to work on and complete one or more activities a week. Discuss new format for homework, talk about making children more responsible and independent learners.

Assessment Teacher, Peer and Self assessment. Verbal feedback is often given and therefore jotters won’t always appear to be marked. Explain all types of assessment. Not everything needs to be marked by the teacher, this will be set up as a rotation. Go over marking of spelling etc. Not every error will be marked/changed. Verbal feedback will be given too – ask your child!

Maths and Numeracy Mrs Robertson will teach Numeracy. Most of this will be taught whole class and children will then decide upon Mild, Spicy or Extra Hot activities. Where teaching and learning lends itself better to smaller groups, groupings will be very fluid. Mr Moir will teach Maths. Each new maths concept will begin with an assessment to give the children an idea of the level of support they will need. Groups will vary throughout the year, as children have different understanding of the discreet topics. Growth mindset. Talk about the setup for Maths and anything relevant for you and your class. Link to home learning section. Regular assessments will dictate groups, this may change termly, weekly or even daily.

Literacy Spelling – new pattern each week, and children will be encouraged to use the Edinburgh Sound Chart to support. Big Writing – children will complete a written piece every week. Writing will be either Teacher, Peer or Self assessed. Writing Skills – VCOP, Grammar. Active approaches, Big Talk Reading – Reading in groups and whole class reading lessons. Focus on a wide range of texts including film, pictures, art, songs etc. Talk about the setup for Literacy and anything relevant for you and your class. Also link to home learning section. Go over marking of spelling etc. Not every error will be marked/changed.

Health and Well being We encourage positive behaviour through house point tokens and table points. Class Charter has been created and agreed upon by the children. Two hours of P.E every week. Building Resilience Wellbeing Indicators Behaviour, class charter, wider life of the school, PE, Pupil Groups

Thanks and Questions Wrap things up and take questions.