Welcome to Kinmylies Welcome to Kinmylies Primary SchoolPrimary School

Primary 1 - Curriculum Afternoon

StaffStaffP1M Miss MacBean – 24 children

P1I Mrs Innes – 23 children

P1/2 Miss White – 23 children

Pupil Support Assistants Miss O’Donohue

Mrs Lumsden & Mrs Farrah

Curriculum for ExcellenceCurriculum for Excellence

Successful LearnersResponsible Citizens

Confident Individuals Effective Contributors

CurriculumCurriculum• Expressive Arts • Health and Wellbeing • Languages • Mathematics • Religious and Moral Education • Sciences • Social Studies • Technologies

Home School LinkHome School Link

Influence of Home and School

(From Highland Council’s Shared Reading Document)

Home factors 85%

School 15%

Children progress at Children progress at different ratesdifferent rates

children as individuals

provide a range of activities at which they can succeed

Literacy at KinmyliesLiteracy at Kinmylies• Teach children letter sounds and how to build

these to make words.

• Build up a sight vocabulary of common words.

• Teach children knowledge about language - concepts of print, grammar, punctuation etc.

• Model good reading habits and foster a lifelong love of books and reading for pleasure.

• Use an engaging, interesting and progressive core reading scheme.

PhonicsPhonics

Jolly Phonics Scheme – synthetic phonics

Different Learning StylesDifferent Learning Styles

Word buildingWord building

Segmenting

s u n

Blending

gl ue

and I the to and I the to

a he in isa he in is

that put was that put was

saw it no of saw it no of

Tricky wordsTricky words

Phonics HomeworkPhonics HomeworkSounds HomeworkEach week - 3 new sounds. •One sound on each page. •Write the sound •Read the sound•Find the sound•Draw or stick in a picture of something containing the sound.

Literacy - ReadingLiteracy - ReadingOxford Reading Tree

Reading HomeworkReading Homework• Wordless Books – encourages

discussion. Includes extended story.• Key words – in each book to build up

a bank of words.• Reading Activities – encourage

reading for enjoyment. Reading the book not memorising.

• Book Bug Bags coming out soon.

MathsMaths

• Number/word recognition • Counting – on and back

• Adding/Subtracting • Measure • Shape

• Data Handling• Pattern and Sequencing

Practical and active using Practical and active using problem solvingproblem solving

MathsMaths• Teach the concept of numberi.e. knowing the value of number and

how to write it correctly.• Activities encourage discussion and

talking about learning. • Lots of different strategies taught so

that they choose the best one for them.

Maths HomeworkMaths Homework• Weekly Maths Challenge• Practical and use things that children

will come across in their environment.

• Encourages discussion.• Homework jotter for recording

activities if need to.

Free Red Bag – please Free Red Bag – please remember every dayremember every day

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Questionnaires

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Parent’s Evening x2Newsletters

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HomeworkRed Home/School Diary

Learning Log

PROMOTING POSITIVE PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR BEHAVIOUR • Rewarded for good behaviour • Achievements are celebrated and

rewarded at weekly assemblies • House Points are shared with the

whole school (Wallace Bruce Douglas Malcolm)• Class systems / individual stickers.• Behaviour Policy• It’s Good to Be Green

Snack and DrinksSnack and Drinks

Please keep snack money to a minimum.

Named water bottle to avoid lots of trips to the water fountain which interrupts learning.

Lunch is at 12.15Lunch is at 12.15