Welcome to Primary 7Welcome to Primary 7
Curriculum EveningCurriculum Evening
Areas of Learning
• Language and Literacy• Mathematics and Numeracy• The World Around Us – Science & Technology,
Geography, History• The Arts – Art & Design, Drama and Music• Personal Development & Mutual Understanding
(PDMU)• Physical Education
Connected Learning
• Vikings• Titanic• Money Wise• Flight• World Cup
Thinking Skills & Personal Capabilities
• Being Creative• Working with Others• Thinking, Problem-Solving & Decision Making• Managing Information• Self Management
Language & LiteracyA range of readers from Literacy World Scheme
Reciprocal Reading• Gives the children a focus as they have various roles.• Important that this is not a rushed homework carried out at last minute –
have a week to prepare.• Questioning – importance of ‘good’ questions.• Clarifying (Word Finder) – looking for words, phrases, ideas that might
need further explanation. Not a case of 3 short definitions of any random words.
• Summarising – Important skill – children tend to tell whole story rather than important points.
• On most occasions I will actually be the reader in class.
Linguistic Phonics
Building on the sounds they have been learning each year
Homework given on Monday for the week•Encourage them to learn the spellings throughout the week and not leave them until Friday•Sentences should be more adventurous now in P7 – don’t accept work that is not of an acceptable standard•Meanings, sentences, word searches etc are all used to emphasise the sound being studied. Especially important when categorising on Monday night they think about the week’s sound – not just stick it in any column
Encourage them to point out words in general texts throughout week that contains that week’s sound
Presentation of work
• Joined writing – only improves if used all the time
• Work should be dated, with title and page number
• Neatly set out• Always show working out – discourage
doing this on ‘pages’ and then just bringing the answer in to school
Mathematics & Numeracy
Important * Learning number facts and tables•Squared, cubed, triangular numbers, prime numbers•Fraction, decimal, percentage equivalences•Measurement equivalences eg. 100 cm = 1 metre•Tables – multiplying & dividing eg if you know 6 x 7 = 42 then you also know 7 x 6 = 42, 42 ÷ 6 = 7 and 42 ÷ 7 = 42Friday test is challenging, I do not expect every child to get 15/15. It focuses on a mix of table facts and what has been covered in class that week
Religion
Alive O 7 ProgrammeMain Theme is Spirit•Prophets•The Call of the Spirit•The Power of the Spirit
•Confirmation
German – linked with Shimna for lessons throughout the year
Swimming – Term Two Every Monday
GAA – Coach will be coming into school starting next Monday
Other Areas of Learning
Homework
Should take about an hour approximately but each child works at a different pace
• Written work – maths, English, topic work• Learning – maths facts, tables, spellings• Reading – reciprocal reading homework and
reading every day
Neatly presented!!
Thank you for coming!
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