Muscliff Primary School
Curriculum Workshops
2015
Aims of the evening:
• To show Parents what learning at Muscliff
Primary School looks like
• To provide Parents with ideas and practical
tips on how to help their child at home with:
Reading and Phonics
Writing and Spelling & Grammar
Maths
Thank You for Coming!
Tonight’s Timetable
• 6:00 – 6:10 ‘This is Muscliff’…
• 6:10 – 6:25 Rotation 1
• 6:25 – 6:40 Rotation 2
• 6:40 – 6:55 Rotation 3
• 6:55 Take some time to look around the base
Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
6:10
Reading
Writing
Maths
6:25
Writing
Maths
Reading
6:40
Maths
Reading
Writing
This is Muscliff….
Embedding the new curriculum
• The new curriculum was introduced last year for years
1, 3, 4 and 5.
• Year 2 and Year 6 introduce the new curriculum this
year.
• The New Curriculum is concise and sets out only the
core knowledge that pupils should acquire.
• It states that pupils need to be ‘ready for the next level
of their learning at secondary school’.
• The New Curriculum does not specify approaches to
teaching nor does it explain how to put the content
into a teaching and learning sequence.
Our Underpinning Values
Be a Muscliff Mouse!
Behaviour
• Behaviour system was very successful last
year!
Our Website
A day in the life of a Muscliff Pupil
• What does a typical day look like?
We are always here to talk
If
you have any questions or concerns about your child then
please feel free to speak with us at a convenient time.
 Gate
 After school
 Face to face
 Telephone
 Note in the Home-School Book
 Make an appointment
Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
6:10
Reading
Writing
Maths
6:25
Writing
Maths
Reading
6:40
Maths
Reading
Writing
Enjoy the evening’s activities
year 5 & 6 spelling
• Spelling has been given more priority in
the new curriculum, as has grammar.
• Why is spelling so tricky?
In theory, English is a stress-timed
language (as opposed to a syllable-timed
language – Italian, Spanish, French).
• Evolved from indigenous language
(celtic) combined with the language of
the invaders (Anglo-Saxon, Norse,
Norman French) and later influenced by
numerous foreign (loan) words, e.g orang
utan, bungalow, yacht, robot, jacuzzi.
Many sound-spelling relationships are a
result of the diverse nature of English.
Year lists – which is year 5&6?
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knowledge
length
reign
medicine
experiment
peculiar
separate
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persuade
relevant
available
harass
secretary
definite
embarrass
The SATs spelling test
• 20 words, read individually then in a
sentence, that the children can also see,
then repeated in isolation.
Spag in year 5 and 6
2 for the price of 1
• year 5 & 6 word:
recognise
so also learn (and consolidate brain
pathways) with
recognised, unrecognised, recognition,
recognisable, unrecognisable
(incognito?)
Over to you to have a go…
Need a challenge?
• write out some base words from the
spelling booklet (e.g booklet- necessary.
Root word- need.)
• predict how many words your opponent will
be able to spell (before you see the word).
• Read word and start spelling.
• Score: 1 point if the speller gets equal or
more than challenger predicted. 1 point to
challenger if less than predicted.
Explore the resources to
promote spelling skills…
Over and out!
• Materials will be on the website by the end of
the week.