Welcome to Primary Three Curriculum Meeting

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Purpose of Meeting

• Give general information about this session.
• Answer any questions.
• Give advice on how to help your child.

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My aims for your children

• Give them a happy year.
• Encourage them to achieve their potential.
• Encourage a good attitude to learning.
• Help them to develop personally and socially.
• Be thinkers and solvers of problems.
• Encourage personal organisational skills.

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How does this happen?

• By providing a suitable work programme.
• By giving clear guidelines on behaviour and work
  ethics.
• By working in partnership with parents.
• By giving clear information to parents at our
  formal meetings.
• By phoning a parent when a problem arises or
  there is a concern about progress.

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The Curriculum

• The seven areas are
• Languages
• Mathematics
• Social Studies
• Religious and Moral Education
• Expressive Arts
• Health and Wellbeing
• Technologies

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Curriculum for Excellence

• Is replacing the 5-14.
• Is addressing the needs of children in the 21st
  century.
• The four capacities are
• Successful learners.
• Responsible Citizens
• Effective Contributors
• Confident Individuals

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Helping with Reading

• Be aware of the higher order reading skills.
• Literal
• Inferential
• Evaluative
• Encourage expression. (the use of commas,
  exclamation marks, question marks etc.)
• On Thursdays hear revision of reading so far.
• Discuss each book thoroughly.
• Ask questions about the text.
• Encourage child to begin to read novels.

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Helping with Mathematics

• Number Bonds
• The Times Tables
• Checking all homework carefully.
• Time
• Mental agility
• Recognising numbers to 1000
• Encourage your child to work with scales, money
  and work out puzzles.

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Helping with Writing

• Check all written homework carefully.
• Be aware of
• Sentence structure.
• Use of capitals.
• Spelling of common words.
• Content.
• Encourage neat handwriting at all times.
• Encourage your child to enjoy expressive or
  ambitious vocabulary.

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Our Topics

• Milngavie Study Community Centre, The Police
  and River Dipping.
• Homecoming (Maps and Mapping)
• Christmas,
• Vikings
• The Playground and Health

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Questions?
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• Thank
• You