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Junior Infant Curriculum Information Meeting
5 November 2015
FÁILTE!
Mrs Bane’s buachaillí…
Ms Crosse’s Junior Infant boys…
Introduction & Welcome Our Mission Boys’ thoughts on school so far… Your role as primary educator The Curriculum Areas Oral Language Reading CAPER (Children And Parent Enjoy Reading) Writing & Handwriting Numeracy Gaeilge/Irish Homework Recommended websites
Agenda
To provide a safe, friendly, effective and stimulating educational environment
To promote the principles of respect, truth and equality
Seek to promote confidence, self-esteem and communication skills
To show consideration and respect for each individual and for others
Affirm in faith and celebrate difference
Strive to help children to attain goals and to help each child develop his own potential and talents for future life
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
What are our boys saying about school…
“The support of parents who are engaged in their child’s learning has a significant positive impact on a child’s educational achievement, especially in literacy and numeracy.” (Literacy & Numeracy for Life National Strategy 2011-2020)
The importance of parental involvement
Food For Thought?
Gender, dis-ability, ethni-city
School Family Social CapitalSocial ClassPoverty
ResilienceReadinessMotivationAbility
Things that influence a child’s life chances, well-being and
educational success
Family and environme
nt arguably six times
more important
than school?
“When Parents and Schools Work Together, Everyone Wins”
“Schools and parents must work together to improve children’s attainment”
“Working Together To Make a Difference For Children”
Headlines…
In a nutshell…
The Primary School Curriculum was developed by the NCCA and launched in 1999. It is presented in six areas which comprise of 11 subjects.
The Curriculum…
Language – 1. Gaeilge and 2. English
Mathematics – 3. Maths
Physical Education – 4. PE
The Arts – 5. Visual Arts, 6. Music, 7. Drama
Social, Environmental & Scientific Education (SESE) – 8. History, 9. Geography, 10. Science
Social, Personal, Health Education (SPHE) – 11. SPHE
Religious Education (RE)
Six Areas 11 subjects + RE
Junior and Senior Infant Classes in Primary School
Useful website for curriculum overview and support…
Aistear - what it's all about and how you can support it at home
Aistear is the early childhood curriculum framework for all children from birth to six years in Ireland. We use it extensively in the infant classes.
Literacy For The 21st Century
Literacy in the 21st Century
The development of oral language is given an importance as great as that of reading and writing, at every level, in the curriculum.(English Language Teacher Guidelines, p3)
A child can have between a thousand and five thousand words by the time they are three depending on family circumstances.
Oral Language
Solid oral language = better reading = improved writing
Talk to him every day about every day things in his environment at every possible opportunity.
Encourage full sentences. The use of the past tense. Express feelings. Play games. Make sure he interacts with his peers. Read to him and let him re-tell you the story. Introduce new vocabulary – picture dictionary useful
for all children but especially international children. Poetry, rhymes and riddles Improvised drama Children should be seen and not heard!!
So what can I do to help my boy’s oral language? It’s never too late.
Junior Infants – much of the English programme in his first year will be devoted to oral language and informal reading activities
What is happening in class now in preparation for formal reading?
Reading
Read to him every night. Join the library. Have a rich variety of books
available at home. Create a print rich environment in your home. Make sure you do his CAPER with him. Practise his letter sounds. (Look for sound in
newspapers, books, signposts etc) Check he is not reading from memory. Recall/prediction in story. Encourage him to use pictorial cues. Question him on the pictures. Don’t jump in. Encourage blending of sounds.
What can I do to help my boy’s reading?
What is phonics?Phonics is simply the system of relationships between letters and sounds in a language. When your boy learns that the letter B has the sound of /b/ and he learns that "tion" sounds like /shun/, they are learning phonics.
Jolly Phonics
Jolly Phonics
Jolly Phonics Presentation available on our website
Examples of tricky and common words
The HereThereCome SaidGo
Was
Develop sight vocabulary/high frequency/tricky words
Construct-A-Word
We’ll be doing blending after Christmas.
Do onset and rime activities
This is just one example of the hundreds of resources out there.
Children And Parents Enjoy Reading Shared Process between child and adult Main focus is on enjoyment Talk to them about the book – front cover,
author, illustrator, pages, left to right orientation etc
Shared Reading Video
CAPER (In January)
Froggy Legs ->
Left to right, top to bottom Finger space between words Pencil position, page position,
table position Free writing If my child is finding writing difficult...? Handwriting & Presentation Policy on
website
Writing and Handwriting Tips
Forming the numbers correctly (how we do it on handwriting/presentation policy)
Finding maths in the child’s environment e.g. Calendars, brochures, shapes etc
JI – write 1-5, count from 1 to 10 The language of Maths – more, less, the
same, different, rough, smooth, heavy, light Maths Resources For Parents Helping Their B
oys in Infant Classrooms
Numeracy tips
Children have no hang ups about speaking Irish
Encourage to use simple words at home e.g pass me the bainne.
Question the boys on words they learned in school, games they played.
Dún/oscail an doras – common phrases Watch cartoons/play games on TG4 www.folensonline.ie – coming soon
Gaeilge/Irish
Junior Infants – Homework goes out on Tuesday and is returned on Friday.
1 Activity Page Per Night 2 pages of sound booklet per week (Tues &
Weds) Maths Sheet (Thurs) Revise sounds in sound book each night Thursday night – complete RE page
Colouring in is part of the homework
Homework
www.literactive.com www.starfall.com http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/ www.iamanartist.ie/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ www.scoilnet.ie www.readwritethink.org www.brainpopjr.com (subscription) www.iboard.co.uk www.primarygames.com www.crackingmaths.ie www.folensonline.ie
Some Recommended websites
Behaviour management systems in Junior Infants and school-wide
Lunches Absences and Attendance
Communication Journal Tracksuits days
Other Issues
Presentation on our website in the Parent Zone Section
Questions/Ceisteanna?
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