Welcome to Class 2 Parent Teacher

Meeting

● nominations for 2 parent representatives

● please provide your details online for class representatives

● Class website a most valuable source of communication and fun:

class identity and communityhomeworkeventsphoto galleryeducational games and videosBook Club

Follow us on Twitter: @annetteblack6

● please be on time● if unavoidably late please see child

enters classroom alone and quietly

healthy lunches with plenty of water and sufficient for afternoon activities

no toys or teddies in the classroom

organise bags daily with child’s helpplease let us know of any upsets at home

disciplinary code and complaints procedure

● Keep us informed of any friendship issues

● Please be discreet about birthday invitations etc.

● Preparation for Holy Communion this year: October enrollment, baptismal cert. required

● Visit the classroom regularly

● inform teacher if missing an afternoon activity

● absences must be excused

● attendance at events such as St. Martin’s

Homework in Class 2 ● Mostly in the core subjects ● Maths: Monday and Wednesday ● English: Tuesday and Thursday● Reading and Spelling ● 20 to 25 minutes of

concentrated work, then sign off ● note required to be excused homework ● time and place important - homework

should not be done on the go!● German homework will be detailed

separately● homework online

● more about the children doing than the teacher talking

● putting effective learning first

● fostering understanding not procedure

● collaborative learning

Maths in the Classroom

http://www.curriculumonline.ie/en/primary_school_curriculum/

● group work with designated tasks and differentiated learning

daily assessment leading to individual learning plans

following the Irish Curriculum, using the best of global practices and new thinking

● focus on ‘deep learning’ - familiarisation with numbers and their relationship to each other

http://www.curriculumonline.ie/en/primary_school_curriculum/

● importance of practical tasks at home such as following instructions, helping with shopping, having to complete a task

● IT: Lernwerkstatt and iPad apps as learning tools

● ‘failure’ is important - builds resilience, ambition and perseverance, part of the learning process

● the answer is not necessarily the centre of our work

● importance of using Mathematical language and justifying

English in Second Class● Following the Irish Curriculum

● Modules include: Creative Writing

GrammarDramaBook

Club● Continued focus on reading and comprehension skills

● Importance of reading homework and how discussion helps foster higher order thinking

● Paired Reading - a super way to build confidence and fluency:

● http://www.ppds.ie/pcsparchive/ls/Paired%20Reading.pdf

● Oxford Reading Owl: Kiliansoxfordowl

read along or listen● differentiated reading

programmes - new books will be required● spelling test weekly, worksheets to be done at home, 5 minutes each day

● learning spellings: look and say, written practice, fridge magnets, sing out, bananagrams……● cursive handwriting● school library opening times