Primary 4B

Miss McIndoe

• Being independent…. We are much older now and we take responsibility for our own things! Home School books in the tray and water bottles filled first thing. Keeping lunch money safe.

• Putting things away…A place for everything

and everything in it’s place! 10 minutes at the end of a day to tidy up! Must get better!

If your child is unwell or off due to an injury please phone the school to let us know but also send in a note with your child when they return to school for our records.

For appointments, such as the dentist or doctors, please let us know the date and time in advance. It is your responsibility to bring the child back to school afterwards, if possible.

If you need to speak to someone in school please phone/write/make an appointment to come in.

We will try to see you as soon as possible.

Use your child’s homework diary.

Wednesdays and Fridays- PE kit

Painting shirt/top

A brilliant start to the year

Please could you remember to put your child’s name on EVERY ITEM OF CLOTHING that comes into school. Gym shoes, school jumpers, cardigans, trousers, skirts, pinafores, shirts, t-shirts, shorts, jackets, ties etc. You get the picture.

Also put names on lunch boxes and water bottles.

These are expensive items and we usually end up with huge lost property area by the end of term one with very little of it being claimed!

There is a late deliveries box in the school waiting area.

If you need to deliver something to your child after school has begun, then please leave it in the box for them to collect. ◦ E.g. PE kit, lunch box, jacket, inhaler,

specialist clothing for a trip, etc.

More time efficient

Values

Class contract- created by the children

Traffic Lights

Sanctions

• Water bottles- water only- no juice or flavoured water.

• We encourage your child to drink water throughout the day as it does help them to keep hydrated and concentrate better. We are also a very fit and active school which often makes us thirsty!

• Please no juice in water bottles -if it spills not only does it ruin jotters in bags etc but it also makes EVERYTHING sticky.

• Small healthy snack at playtime- fruit/veg, biscuit, cereal bar, small packet of crisps or small piece of chocolate.

• No fizzy juice or “huge” sweets

• You should have a copy of the new lunch menu. Let us know if you don’t. Also available online.

• Our lunches are £2.05 per day.

• Please send money in an envelope which is clearly marked with your child's name, class and amount.

• If you can, talk to your child about their lunch the next day so that they know what they want, this means if there is nothing they like you can be prepared with a packed lunch.

• Lunch now in 2 shifts with houses taking turns alternating weeks.

• Also available via school website and www.falkirk.gov.uk

• Home lunches- front door

Active learning Outdoor learning Literacy Numeracy Health and Wellbeing Food Technology French RME Science ICT/Technology Daily Mile

• Spelling/Phonics

• Active Literacy

• Handwriting – forming letters is SO important!!

• Writing (imaginative, personal and functional).

• Listening and talking…. ALL THE TIME!! Word Aware

• Reading -Working in groups using active literacy strategies for comprehension. Comprehension is as important as fluency and expression! We also promote higher order thinking skills within this.

• Books will come home weekly.

• Read a variety of texts and discuss them. Discussion is key.

• Stop at unfamiliar words and learn together, Google, dictionary etc.

• Help them to notice that print is EVERYWHERE! Read everything!

• Support sounding out of unfamiliar words but not common sight words – some words you just have to learn! Challenge them!

• Spelling quiz in the car.

• Forming letters correctly, insist on neat homework!

In maths we have different focus areas...

Multiplication and division, time, shape, money, data handling, measure, and of course number, addition and subtraction.

Again we are very active. The children will have times where they are writing but they will also be using the computer, playing games, using whiteboards, cubes, outdoor learning (chalk number lines, oral/mental sums), buzz, bingo etc. The list is endless!

There may be times where ‘challenges’ or other ‘activities’ are sent home when it is appropriate depending on your child’s needs and group focus.

Practising times tables ALL THE TIME!

Involve them in relevant real life experiencessuch as shopping, budgeting, measuring.

Encourage use of online maths games such as Education city.

Test their problem solving skills.

Every child has their own login which they can use to access the website at home and in school.

Excellent resources to support learning across the curriculum.

Will be used later in the year to set homework- teacher training has been arranged.

https://ec1.educationcity.com/

As we always like to involve the children in their learning, we have already been trying to find out their needs and interests to help us decide on the content, context and direction of our learning.

Mini topic- “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Book Study

Media topic

History topic- to be chosen by the children

Extreme Weather

Gym days are on Wednesdays and Fridays

• Please, please, please make sure that your child comes to school on gym days with appropriate gym kit including indoor shoes.

• Please also ensure your child is appropriately dressed for events such as whole school walks in the Glen, which they will communicate through their Home School books. We will go rain, sun or snow!

Please remember:• No jewellery. • Inhalers.• Kit

• Homework should not be a stressful time!! Please let me know if it is and we can work together!!

• It should last around 15-30 minutes.

• Make it a priority, not after x-box and football! Children must recognise the importance you place on homework too.

• Maths –ICT games, mental practice or big maths worksheets.

• Language (phonics / reading). Reading books should be brought in everyday so that work can continue in class.

• Given out on Tuesdays to be handed in to be marked on Monday morning.

• Please sign homework diaries.

WE encourage children to have a growth mindset

I can’t do it… YET

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

– Albert Einstein

• Tidying up after themselves and becoming more responsible.

• Making healthy choices about snacks and meals.

• Organising their own school bags, remembering resources.

• Being responsible for handing in notes.

• Taking care of their own money for lunch.

Primary 4A and B have new class twitter accounts.

Please follow us at @MissMurphyWQ/@missmcindoe

We will keep you informed with what is happening in class with weekly updates, as well as reminders about upcoming events.

Please come along and join in with class activities

Last Friday of each month from 2.15-2.45pm

Please enter and exit the building via the main entrance and sign in and out (Health and Safety)

Fire Procedure- children to exit first.

Avon/Carron/Forth/Tay

House meetings once a fortnight on Monday afternoons.

Captains/Vice Captains

Rewards

Inter house activities- quizzes, talent shows, sports etc.

Your school needs you!

If you can help or would like to get involved in any way please let us know i.e. if you have a specialist skill or ability or would like to help with daily routines.

A snap shot of some of the work carried out in school during the week will be recorded in one jotter which children will take home on a Friday.

Jotters must be returned to school the following Monday.

phonics – another name for the learning of “sounds”

phoneme – a single unit of sound, e.g. ‘c’ in cat.

letter/phoneme sound – the sound the letter makes, e.g. ‘a’ as in ant

letter name – its alphabet name, e.g. a as in ape

blending – stretching out each individual sound so that it almost runs into the next, e.g. c-a-t = cat.

number bond - two numbers that go together to make another number, e.g. 6+4=10 (this is called a ‘number bond of 10’)

VCOP- Vocabulary: (wow words) interesting/exciting

vocabulary for writing. Connectives: Words which join two potential

sentences e.g. and, but, because. Openers: Different openings for sentences e.g. Once

upon a time, Suddenly, Meanwhile. Punctuation: Full stops, capital letters, commas,

question and exclamation marks

Open/Closed Questions: Open: A leading question, not a yes or no answer. Closed: A limiting question- a yes/no or one word

answer. Growth Mindset- “I can’t do it –yet!” Knowing me, Knowing you- Health and Well being

programme-linked to Growth Mindset.

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