West Kilbride Primary School and Early Years Class

West Kilbride Primary School and Early Years Class Literacy and Numeracy Information Session, Parent Pay and Parent Council Tuesday 4h May 2019

Literacy • Talking & listening - rhyme • Reading – phonics, words, sentences • Writing – Have a Go

Learning to Read - phonics Jolly Phonics Children are taught sounds through actions. At home encourage your child to say the sound of the letter. Play games such as eye-spy. Children are encouraged to breakdown the sound of words i.e. s a t

Jolly Phonics

Where can I get help? • The songs can be found using the following link • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= • bYsGtBAVhpk&safe=active • But probably of more use is the schools How To section on the school website. • https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/na/ • westkilbrideprimaryschool/how-to/how-to/

Try reading this! Sit fit bit

Sit b = S i = i t =t fit f = f bit s =b

Sight vocabulary

Big Cat Readers • Our reading resource is called Big Cat from Collins. • P1 use Lilac, Pink and Red levels. • Initially books have no script : the children tell you the story they see. Their story is teased out through discussion and questioning in class and at home. • There are supports at the back of the book.

Big Cat Readers • Children complete a range of written and oral activities related to the text to develop their range of reading attack strategies. • Children’s reading and phonics go hand in hand. As they learn their sounds so they learn to build words. They also learn sight vocabulary ie words that they can’t break down and sound out eg the, could, there

Numeracy and Mathematics Numeracy covers:  number, money and measure  information handling  shape position and movement  problem solving The NAC Numeracy Framework is followed and supplemented by materials such as Edpax ,educationcity, Number Zoo, Number Talks and other teacher sourced resources and games, to develop strategies through peer discussion and activities. Active learning is used to allow children to apply their learning, explore and investigate, problem solve and reinforce. Eg sand, water, loose parts play, playdough, painting, white boards and so on…

Numeracy and maths • Edpax • Number talks • Practical activities: painting, matching, stamping, ordering, • Indoors and outdoors • Ipad apps • Educationcity • Topmarks maths

Health and Well Being • Wide range ways this is covered including: • Circle Time • PSD • IDL topics • Stories : Listening and talking • Assemblies • PE – indoor and outdoors • Outdoor education • Loose parts play both inside as part of activities and outdoors at break and lunchtime

And finally … • Any questions? • Think about what we do and how you can do similar things at home.

West Kilbride Primary School and Early Years Class