Inshes Primary School

Workshop for P1 parentsWednesday 9th September 2015

To look at an example of a typical day in Primary 1

To share our new approach to literacy in Primary 1

To highlight the key aspects of learning in numeracy and share some examples of numeracy activities

To give parents / carers the opportunity to explore key resources and ask questions

Aims

Head Teacher – Ms Annika Jansson Depute Head Teacher – Miss Fiona Kelly

P1 Team Mrs Anna Howitt Mrs Liz Amphlett Mrs Beth Rodgers

PSA : Ms Anne Laing Early Years Practitioner Support throughout the

day.

Staffing Reminder

Soft Start Play in P1 is a timetabled part of the day. Every child has an opportunity to learn through play within the day. It is not just used as an activity for quick

finishers, but a valuable part of the school experience.

A Day in P1

literacy

numeracy

Health

and

wellbeing

Short inputs to differentiated groups in Literacy and Numeracy, IDL related lessons, singing games, circle time.

Story Time Daily opportunities to hear stories

Stations Time to reinforce and extend learning in key areas. Range of experiences provided for children to try. Variety of independent, small group, adult led; ICT included.

Self AssessmentChildren encouraged to think about their learning and feedback to adults on progress.

Focused Teaching

Learning through play

Play – children’s work

Affective development:•self-confidence •self-esteem •anxiety reduction

Social development:•cooperation •sharing •turn-taking •conflict resolution •leadership skill development (control of impulses and aggressive behaviour)

Physical development:•gross motor experiences •fine motor experiences •physical challenges •self-help skills

Attentional development:•attention regulation •concentration •persistence

•Cognitive development:•creativity •abstract thinking •imagination •problem-solving •social cognition, empathy, perspective-taking •mastering new concepts

Language development:•communication skills •vocabulary •story telling •emergent literacy

Listening and attention Auditory discrimination Visual and auditory memory Word boundaries Rhyme awareness and detection Syllable blending Syllable detection Rhyme production Onset rime Sound discrimination Alliteration detection Sound blending Sound segmentation

Ready for phonics?…..

Literacy :

Talking and listening, rhyme, hearing sounds, listening to stories, predictions and use of imagination.

Foundation for reading and writing

Synthetic phonics methods – children learn how to use the letter sounds to read and write words.

42 main sounds in English languageChildren will be taught these at a pace appropriate the them.

Tricky words taught alongside

Focused Teaching

1. Learning the letter sounds

2. Learning letter formation

3. Blending 4. Identifying

sounds in words 5. Spelling the

tricky words

Five basic skills taught through Jolly Phonics lessons

Spot mistakes…

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s i u

actne

hpSpeedy Sounds

Opportunities to practise 5 key skills

Indoors and Outdoors

Engaging and motivating

Opportunities to consolidate or extend learning

Active Games / Practice

As soon as the first 6 sounds are known, children can start to build words on their own.

Links to writing

sa

pt

ni

Encourage writing in all contexts. Have a go.

Letter formation. More formal writing

lessons. Expose to different types of writing e.g. personal, functional, imaginative, news items, list, letter, report.

Common words.

Writing

Detailed drawing… and adult scribes

Detailed drawing, adult scribes, child overwrites

Detailed drawing, child supported to have a go and use word banks

Independent writing

“Having a go”As long as SOUND is correct, spelling is taken as correct at this stage

eg plai (play)flie (fly)mee (me)

First skill is being able to HEAR the sounds in a word. Do lots of practice clapping out SOUNDS

s-a-tch-a-t NB catch = c-a-ch

(Silent t)

Links to writing

Biff, Chip and Kipper

Familiar situations Stg 1 Wordless

Books Children progress

at different rates Supplemented with

other texts.

Oxford Reading Tree

4 sessions in class on same book

Adult led discussion and practice, range of follow up activities.

Books sent home after October.

Key words and context words

Counting aloudUnderstanding the concepts more or lessUnderstanding the concept of zeroDisplaying numbers in different waysSimple addition and subtraction

Mental Maths

Short inputs to whole class or to groups.

Numeracy can be taught through stories and rhyme:

Focused Teaching

E Books ….

Associating number with a quantity

Subitising

Number sequencing……

5 and 10 frames

Addition and Subtraction

Numicon

Rekenrek

Concept of zeroAssociating number with quantitiesSubitising Order of numberOdd and even numbersGrouping and sharingA whole and partsConcept of patterns in number Early work on addition and subtraction – LOTS of mental calculations and talking about number

Key Skills…

Areas such as shape, time, money and data will be explored but big emphasis on basic number skills at this stage. Indoors, outdoors, links to ICTLots of reinforcement through playNumbers all around

Time for Questions / Explore Resources

Thank you to all for coming!