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OVERVIEW
Routines, timetable Learning and teaching during numeracy Learning and teaching during literacy Learning through the IPC Assessment and Learning records
ROUTINES / TIMETABLE
Monday – Spelling and sentence Wednesday – Reading book/ Library Friday – Numeracy Home learning
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
7h30 – 7h45
Maths Maths Maths Maths Maths7h45 – 8h00
8h00 – 8h15
8h15 – 8h30
8h30 – 8h45
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
8h45 – 9h00
9h00 – 9h15
9h15 – 9h30
FIRST BREAK 9h30 – 9h45
9h45 – 10h00Spelling / sentence
Groups
IPC
IPC
IPC
IPC
Assembly or IPC10h00 – 10h15
10h15 – 10h30
IPC
10h30 – 10h45
10h45 – 11h00
Second LanguageP5 NTC 10h30 – 11h25
Second LanguageP5 NTC 10h30 – 11h2511h00 – 11h15
SECOND BREAK 11H15 – 11H45
11H45 – 12H00
IPCPE Skills session
Reading Workshop
Art
ICT/Music 2 X 45 minutes specialist sessions
12H00 – 12H15 Cycle to pool 10 minutes
12H15 – 12H30
IPC
Swimming 12h10 – 12h4012H30 -12H45
PE with FLS International Citizenship12h45 – 13h00
Reading Workshop/ Library13h00 – 15h15
After school
HOME LEARNING Tips for good homework habits Do find a quiet place at home to use as a homework area. It needs a
flat surface, a good light source and the right equipment eg pens, pencils, ruler, scissors, glue.
Do be aware of modern teaching methods, eg in long division. Do plan a homework timetable and agree on when your child will do
their homework. Do allow your child to have something nutritional to eat before starting
on homework. Do discuss any homework tasks with your child and how it connects
with what they are studying at school. Do turn off the TV - but you could have music on if they find it helpful. Don't give your child the answer in order to get a task finished. Instead,
explain how to look up information or find a word in a dictionary. Don't teach your child methods you used at school. It could confuse
them. Don't let homework become a chore. Keep it fun and make it a special
time that you both look forward to.
NUMERACY Considerable importance is
attached to the children achieving and understanding mathematical processes, concepts and skills.
There is a strong emphasis on the development of mental arithmetic and giving opportunities for pupils to use and apply mathematics in real life situations.
Maths is taught through a daily Numeracy lesson which follows the principles of the Primary Numeracy Framework.
Tips for helping your child to
enjoy maths: Point out the different shapes
to be found around your home.
Take your child shopping and talk about the quantities of anything you buy.
Let your child handle money and work out how much things cost.
Look together for numbers on street signs and car registration plates.
Please refer to the parent handout for a detailed guide
NU
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IDUsing and applying mathematics
Counting and understanding numberCalculating
Using and applying mathematics
Knowing and using number facts
Understanding shape
Using and applying mathematics
Measuring
Handling data
Using and applying mathematics
Using and applying mathematics
Calculating
Measuring
Counting and understanding numberKnowing and using number facts
Calculating
Understanding shape
Block ACounting,
partitioning and calculating
Block BSecuring number
facts, understandingshape
Block CHandling
data and measures
Block DCalculating, measuring
and understanding shape
Block ESecuring number
facts, relationshipsand calculating
HOW DO WE TEACH WRITING AT SCHOOL?
•Sharing and enjoying texts together as a class
Reading
•Generating ideas (from text, picture, drama, etc)
•Sharing our thoughts about a text
•Identifying key characteristics of the text type, vocabulary, grammar, etc.
Talking
•Teacher models writing, externalising the composition process: generating ideas, selecting 'best' ideas, organising and putting them on the page
Modelling Writing
HOW DO WE TEACH WRITING AT SCHOOL?
•Teacher scribes whilst the class contributes to the collection of ideas, words, phrases or how ideas go down onto paper
Shared Writing
•In small groups or pairs, children compose, edit, improve or reflect upon writing (usually linked to a child's writing target)
Guided Writing
•Using the skills and ideas already shared, children produce a piece of writing, proof read, edit and improve their work
Paired / Independent
Writing
LITERACY
Tips for helping your child to enjoy books: Encourage your child to pretend to 'read'
a book before he or she can read words. Visit the library as often as possible -
take out CDs and DVDs as well as books. Schedule a regular time for reading -
perhaps when you get home from school or just before bed.
Buy dual-language books if English isn’t your family’s first language - you can talk about books and stories, and develop a love for them, in any language.
Look for books on topics that you know your child is interested in - maybe dragons, insects, cookery or a certain sport.
Make sure that children’s books are easily accessible in different rooms around your house.
Tips for helping you child enjoy writing Encourage your child to have a
personal journal Focus on writing smaller pieces to start
with Allow them to explore the range of
writing available Monitor their writing on occasions Provide them with feedback and
suggestions on how to improve their writing
Suggest to your child that they should adapt and utilise ideas and words that they have come across during their reading sessions in their writing
Please refer to the parent handout for a detailed guide
Reading Writing
IPC
The International Primary Curriculum is a curriculum that is being used in over 1000 schools in 65 countries around the world. It was launched in 2000 having taken three years to create by a group of leading experts in children’s learning from around the world.
The goal of the IPC is for children to focus on a combination of academic, personal and international learning. We want children to enjoy their learning; develop enquiring minds, develop the personal qualities they need to be good citizens of the world, and develop a sense of their own nationality and culture, at the same time developing a profound respect for the nationalities and cultures of others. Most of all, we want children to develop all the skills they will need in order to confidently face the world of tomorrow.
Children learn through a series of IPC units of work. Each unit of work has a theme that today’s children find interesting and relevant. Examples of these themes includes Treasure, Rainforest, Mission to Mars and Beyond and Fit for Life. Each unit of work lasts on average between four and eight weeks and children learn many of their subjects through this one common theme so that their learning has meaning to them.
Linking subjects means that children can make lots of connections with their learning. We now know that the more connections that the brain can make, the better a child can learn.
The development of skills is a very big part of the IPC and learning activities have been designed so that children can develop these skills. This development of skills even applies to the personal learning goals which emphasise adaptability, resilience, thoughtfulness, cooperation and respect and which, as a result of progressive skill development, help children to become able and inspired learners.
The IPC is not just topic learning. Although the learning is based around a theme, the learning that the children do within that theme has very distinct outcomes to ensure that children are learning exactly what they need to learn.
The IPC focuses children’s learning on a combination of knowledge, skills and understanding. No one can properly predict the nature of work and life opportunities that will be available for today’s primary age children by the time they are adults. Many of the jobs they will have don’t yet exist; especially in the fields of ICT, technology and science. So the IPC focuses on a skills-based approach, developing adaptable and resilient globally-minded learners, prepared for the fast-changing world that they’ll be living and working in.
The IPC has been designed for children of all abilities and all learning styles, and encourages learning in groups as well as individual learning.
In order that parents know what their child is learning, they are sent a letter at the beginning of each IPC unit which outlines what learning will be covered and how parents can help continue that learning at home if they choose.
The continued development of the IPC today ensures that children are learning a current and highly relevant curriculum based on the very latest research into the brain and children’s learning.
Overview
10 things Parents should know about the IPC
ASSESSMENTS AND LEARNING RECORDS
Writing samples
Reading records
Weekly Spelling records
Comprehension assessments
NFER reading age
Probe Assessments
LiteracyNumeracy
IPC
Goal online assessments
Abacus end of term assessments
Weekly mental maths
Abacus i-planner online learning records
Systematic planned interval teacher assessments
Self / peer assessments