Muscliff Primary School Curriculum Workshops 2015

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 Phonics  Writing and Spelling & Grammar  Maths

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

Groups Group 1Group 2Group 3 6:10ReadingWritingMaths 6:25WritingMathsReading 6:40MathsReadingWriting

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

Groups Group 1Group 2Group 3 6:10ReadingWritingMaths 6:25WritingMathsReading 6:40MathsReadingWriting

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? knowledge length reign medicine experiment peculiar separate persuade relevant available harass secretary definite embarrass

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: recognise so also learn (and consolidate brain pathways) with recognised, 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.