1. St Mary’s Primary School
Primary Four
Curriculum Meeting
September 2015

2. Aims Welcome to St Mary’s! Purpose of meeting
to outline the Curriculum that your child will be following in P4.
to provide an overview of some of the topics and activities that your child will be participating in this year (Learning Plan)

3. General Information Morning 8 – 8.45 Breakfast Club
9am – Children can come into school playground
9.15 – Bell for beginning of classes
After 9.15 am – marked late
Afternoon
Accompanied by teachers to school gate

4. General Information
Dinners – Currently £2.30 per day, £11.50 per week (in envelopes on Friday only)
Breakfast Club – £1.00 per morning
Uniform
Full uniform should be worn at all times.
PE – Thursday P.E uniform or jogging bottoms, T-Shirt and trainers
After School Activities

5. Learning Areas Literacy Numeracy
The World Around Us (Geography/History/Science)
The Arts (Music/Art/Drama)
Physical Education
Personal Development and Mutual Understanding
Religion

6. Skills and Capabilities
Thinking Skills – Managing Information, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Being Creative
Personal Skills and Capabilities – Self Management, Working with Others
Through all curriculum areas
ICT
In library, laptops with wireless connection.
Beginning tasks for CCEA ICT Accreditation
School Based Assessments

7. Assessment for Learning
Sharing Learning Intentions (WALT and WILF)
2 Stars and a Wish marking
Peer and Self Assessment
Thumbs Up

8. PDMU Newest learning area in Revised Curriculum
Concentrates on developing children’s knowledge, attitudes, skills, relationships, behaviour, TSPC, emotional awareness, values and life skills.
Living Learning Together Box

9. Linguistic Phonics Whole school programme
Children should understand the relationship between their spoken language and the written word.
Sounds (phonemes) can be represented by groups of letters (graphemes)
Segment and blend words by listening to sounds.
e.g. s t ar – 3 sounds p l a n t – 5 sounds
Six stages
e.g. Stage 5 sounds can be represented in different ways
ee y ea i all make the same sound

10. Reading Shared Reading Big Books Guided Reading Running Records
Book Banding Scheme
Novels as reading books
Develop comprehension skills and answering in full sentences.
Easy Reads
Library Books – change once a week
Silent Reading
Important to develop a child’s interest in reading.

11. Writing Variety of forms studied Report Poetry
Projects- to promote independent learning
Group Work – Managing Information (CCS)
Punctuation – capital letters and full stops
Handwriting – on lines

12. Maths Number Revision of Number Facts to 20 Place Value to 1000
Addition and Subtraction within 999
Multiplication and division
Measures, Handling Data, Shape and Space, Problem Solving
Lots of Practical Activity
Talk to Me Box Activities – in class
Tens and Units Subtraction Demonstration

13. T U
Exchange 1 ten for 10 units 2 1 1 6

14. Religion Alive O 4 Programme Enrolment Ceremony – Term 1
First Confession – Term 2
First Holy Communion Saturday TBC
Prayers

15. Homework
Aim
To consolidate and reinforce the learning skills and knowledge that has gone on in school.
Spellings, Reading, Maths, English, other activities related to class work
30-40 mins
Important to check and sign homework

16. Reporting to Parents/Assessment
Parent/Teacher meeting November 30th
Reports in June
Monthly newsletters
Assessment
Term 1 – School Based Assessment testing (on computer)
Cross Curricular Skills Assessment
Term 3 – Communication and Using Maths Levels
English – Reading and Writing
Maths – Number and another area
Term 3 – Standardised Tests

17. Other Information Fundraising Car Parking School Bus Free School Meals
Contacts and Mobile phone number
Child Protection

18. Primary Four Curriculum Meeting September 2015
Thank you