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- 2. We have been looking at how we can improve our school to help you learn and achieve.
- 4. You need good skills in these subjects to give you the best opportunities in life
- 5. Literacy
- 6. • Focussed teaching of reading skills • Orkney Reading Guidelines • WB Pupil Reading Skills progression • Opportunities to apply reading skills in different contexts • Focused support where needed • Jolly Phonics programme • Pupils working in reading ability groups across classes • Muckle Reading • Accelerated Reader • Paired Reading Programme • Peer Reading • New reading resources • New school library • World Book Day • Teachers planning reading together • Teachers moderating reading together in our school and with other schools
- 7. • Focussed teaching of writing skills • Orkney Writing Guidelines • Write to the Top targets • Focused support where needed • Opportunities to apply writing skills in different contexts • Teachers planning writing together • Teachers moderating writing together across the school • Whole school approach to presentation and handwriting
- 8. • Orkney Listening and Talking Guidelines • Cooperative Learning • Focused support where needed • School Committees • Class presentations • School assemblies • School performances • Visitors to school • School trips • Rotary Quiz • Presentation to Education Committee • French and German lessons • Mandarin Project
- 9. Numeracy
- 10. • WB pupil maths skills progression • Focussed support when needed • Heinemann Active Maths • Number Counts • Study Ladder • Opportunities to apply skills in other contexts • Spring Maths Challenge • New maths resources
- 12. • Team West Barns • Personal targets • Wellbeing wheel survey • Cooperative Learning • Outdoor learning • Golden Rules and Golden Time • Playground Rules • Creating Confident Kids • Achievement Assemblies • E-profiles • Learning Journeys • Circle Time • Paired Reading • Team Tuesday • Acorn Group • Riding Therapy • Multisport • Transition activities • School Committees • Whole school approach to teaching HWB • Health Week • Class Topics • Keeping Myself Safe • Living and Growing • Child Line • Road Safety • School visitors • Risk Factory • House challenges • School performance • School assemblies • John Muir Award • 2 hours PE per week • Sports taster sessions • After schools clubs • Football team • Walk once a week • Outdoor education • Bikeability • Swimming lessons • Physical Friday • School Garden • Farm to Fork visits • Cooking activities • General school hygiene routines • Local Health Board checks • Eco Group • Burns Supper • Christmas Dinner • Festival celebrations • Diversity food tasting • First Aid • E-safety • World of Work Day
- 13. Through your learning you will become…
- 15. • Reading • Writing • Listening and Talking • Modern Foreign Languages
- 17. • Reading • Writing • Listening and Talking • Modern Foreign Languages
- 19. • Reading • Writing • Listening and Talking • Modern Foreign Languages
- 21. • Reading • Writing • Listening and Talking • Modern Foreign Languages
- 24. Skills for Life
- 25. Skills for Work
- 26. Scottish schools have their own special Curriculum for Excellence
- 27. What is a curriculum? All the different learning experiences that we plan for you
- 28. It includes…
- 29. Ethos and life of the school as a community …
- 30. How we all learn and behave in school
- 31. • Team West Barns – our new Vision Values and Aims developed by pupils, families and staff • Our Golden Rules and Golden Time • Playground Rules chosen by pupils • Encouraging parents to have greater involvement in the school • Stronger school and community links • Pupils committees • Cooperative Learning • Developing closer links with other cluster schools • School House events • School sports teams
- 33. The different areas of learning
- 34. • Languages and Literacy • Numeracy • Health and Wellbeing • Social Studies • Science • Religious and Moral Education • Expressive Arts • Technologies
- 36. This gives you an opportunity to make links in your learning or use you knowledge and skills differently
- 37. • Based on your learning questions • Cooperative learning opportunities • Joint projects between classes • Use local community and environment • Makes relevant links between the different things you learn • Gives you the opportunity to apply literacy and numeracy skills in different situations
- 39. • Learning Journeys • Personal targets • Achievement assemblies • Stars of the Week • Reading awards • School assemblies and performances • School committees • Golden Time • House events • Sports teams • Cooperative Learning • Transition activities • Paired Reading Project • Peer Reading project • Library monitors • House Captains • Accelerated Reader • House points/DoJo Points • Team Tuesday • Acorn Project • Riding Therapy
- 41. Our curriculum is underpinned by the values inscribed on the mace of the Scottish Parliament - wisdom, justice, compassion and integrity.
- 42. We encourage these through our: • Golden Rules • Classroom Rules • Playground Rules • School Vision, Values and Aims
- 44. These describe the knowledge, experiences and skills that you will develop in 8 different learning areas
- 45. You will develop the knowledge and skills through: • Pupil learning questions and ideas • Carefully planned learning activities • Using the local environment and community • Opportunities to link areas of your learning together
- 46. Expressive Arts
- 47. • Participation in Performances and Presentations • Art and Design • Dance • Music • Drama
- 49. • Reading • Writing • Listening and Talking • Modern Foreign Languages
- 51. • Number, Money and Measure • Shape, Position and Movement • Information Handling
- 53. Health and Wellbeing • Mental, Emotional, Social and Physical Wellbeing • Planning for Choices and Change • Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport • Food and Health • Substance Misuse • Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood
- 55. • Christianity • World Religions • Development of Beliefs and Values
- 56. Sciences
- 57. • Planet Earth • Forces, Electricity and Waves • Biological Systems • Materials • Topical Science
- 58. Social Studies
- 59. • People, Past Event and Societies • People, Place and Environment • People, Society, Economy and Business
- 60. Technologies
- 61. • Technological Developments in Society • ICT to Enhance Learning • Business Computing Science • Food and Textiles • Craft, Design, Engineering and Graphics
- 62. Curriculum Levels describe how well you are learning
- 63. The school works with all pupils to ensure that you have personal support
- 64. To review your learning and plan your next steps
- 65. To make sure that your learning activities are right for you
- 66. • By evaluating how well you have learned on a weekly basis • Through discussing your learning and teaching with other teachers and the Head Teacher • Helping you evaluate your learning for your Learning Journeys • Planning your learning to make sure that you find it interesting, motivating and challenging
- 67. To help you do well in different things inside and outside school
- 68. • Learning Journeys • Personal Targets • Cooperative Learning • Achievement Assemblies • Stars of the Week • Reading Awards • Maths Challenge • School Assemblies and Performances • School committees • Golden Time • House Events • Sports Teams • Sports Day • Sports Taster Sessions • Cooperative Learning • Transition Activities • Paired Reading Project • Peer Reading project • Library Monitors • House Captains • Accelerated Reader • House Points/DoJo Points • Team Tuesday • Acorn Project • Riding Therapy • Multi Sports • Outdoor Learning and Nature Play • John Muir Award • Bikeability Awards • After-school Clubs • Brass Lessons
- 69. To help prepare and support you when you change classes or schools
- 70. • Primary 7 transition activities • Meeting between Dunbar Grammar School teachers and Primary 7 teachers • Cluster Primary 6, Primary 5 and Primary 4 transition activities • Nursery to P1 transition activities • Introduction to Nursery activities • Working with pupils from different classes • Meet your new teacher/class mornings • Class teachers meeting regularly to discuss your learning • Class teachers visiting other schools in the cluster to make sure that we are all assessing your learning in the same way
- 71. To make sure that all the adults that work with you understand how to help you to do your best
- 72. • Have clear targets for your learning • Share your targets with everybody who works with you • Make sure that if you need support in the classroom there is somebody there to help you • If you need a more help with your learning: – Team Tuesday – Paired Reading – Acorn Project – Riding Therapy – Multi-Sport • Making sure that you are invited to any meetings about your learning and have an opportunity to share your strengths and next steps • Work closely with any other adults or organisations who help you with your learning • Make sure that you know who you can speak to if you have any problems at school
- 73. When we are planning your learning we have to make sure…
- 74. You enjoy your learning and find it challenging
- 76. We provide you with a broad range of different learning experiences
- 78. We make sure that you are making good progress in your learning
- 80. You develop your learning by applying the skills in different ways
- 82. We give you opportunities for choosing how and what you learn
- 84. We make sure that the different things that you are learning link together
- 86. You understand why you are learning something and how it will be important in your life
- 88. The school must make sure that the way you are taught and learn:
- 89. Is active and keeps you interested
- 90. • Learning based on pupil questions or ideas • Work at your level • Personal Targets • Learning Journeys • School Committees • Cooperative Learning • Outdoor Learning • Active Learning • Special Theme Days or Weeks • Visitors to School • Using your skills in different areas of the curriculum • Accelerated Reader • Acorn Project • Paired Reading • Team Tuesday • Teachers plan activities together • House Challenges • Sports Taster Sessions • School Trips • Assemblies • School Performances
- 91. Provides you with challenging goals
- 92. • Programmes of Study • Work at your level • Personal Targets • Learning Journeys • Maths Trackers • Reading Trackers • Write to the Top Targets • Accelerated Reader • Spring Maths Challenge • Cooperative Learning • Acorn Project • Paired Reading • Team Tuesday • Bikeability • John Muir Award
- 93. Shares our high expectations and standards
- 94. • Team West Barns Vision, Values and Aims • Cooperative Learning • Golden Rules • Playground Rules • Class Rules • Assemblies • Programmes of Study • Learning Intentions and Success Criteria • Learning Journeys • Personal Targets • Maths Trackers • Language Trackers • Achievement Assemblies • Star of the Week • Accelerated Reader
- 95. Gives you feedback on your learning that will help you improve
- 96. • Verbal feedback from Staff • Written feedback from Staff • Learning Journeys • Personal Targets • Individual Education or Action Plans • Maths Tracker • Reading Tracker • Accelerated Reader • Write to the Top Assessments • Reading assessments • Spring Maths Challenge • Peer Assessment • Self Assessment • Class Discussions • Group Discussions • Parent and Family Feedback
- 97. Lets you know what your learning intention and success criteria are for each area of your learning
- 98. • Programmes of Study • Teachers Planning • Decided in discussion with pupils • Shared by staff • Written in jotters or on work • Learning Journeys • Peer and Self Assessment Sheets
- 99. Gives you the opportunity to learn by yourself, in pairs and in groups
- 100. • Individual Tasks • Working in Pairs or Trios • Cooperative Learning Home Teams • Table Groups • Maths Groups • Language Groups • Acorn Group • Team Tuesday • Paired Reading • PE • Outdoor Learning • School Committees • Golden Time • House Challenges • Sports Teams • Homework Tasks
- 101. Helps you to learn in the best way for you
- 102. • Ranger visits • Paired Reading • Learning Journeys • Individual Action/Education plans • Cooperative Learning • Team Tuesday • Acorn Project • Learning Stories • Sharing Learning Intentions and Success Criteria • Differentiation • Maths progressions • Reading progressions • Writing progressions • Target setting • Planning between classes and stages • Community events • Using the local community and environment • IDL • Outdoor learning • Nature play • Active learning • Applying skills in other areas • Pupils learning questions
- 103. As a child in a Scottish school you are entitled to:
- 104. Well planned learning from the age of 3 to 18 years
- 105. • Programmes of Study • Teachers Planning • Work at your level • Teachers discussing learning • Transition activities
- 106. Lots of different learning experiences from every area of the curriculum
- 107. • Languages and Literacy • Numeracy • Health and Wellbeing • Social Studies • Science • Religious and Moral Education • Expressive Arts • Technologies
- 108. Learning about the world and Scotland’s place in it and the environment
- 109. • Class Projects • John Muir Award • Theme Days • School Trips • Visitors to School • School Committees
- 110. Opportunities to develop skills for learning…
- 111. skills for life…
- 112. and skills for work
- 113. • Cooperative Learning • Language Skills • Maths Skills • Health and Wellbeing Skills
- 114. Support and challenge to help you do your best
- 116. We must also make sure that we…
- 117. Regularly assess how well you are doing in your learning
- 118. • Talking to you about your learning • Learning Journeys • Written and verbal feedback • Peer assessment • Self assessment • Marking your work • On-line assessments • Seeing where you can work independently and where you need help in your learning • AR and Star Reader results • Checking to see if you have understood what you have learnt.
- 119. Find our how well we are doing as a school
- 120. Ask pupils, staff and families for their opinions
- 121. • Parents Surveys • Report Comment Slips • Parent Council • Comments on the Website • Button Votes • Parent’s Evening • Curriculum afternoons/nights • Inspection feedback • Speaking to families • Learning Journeys • Pupil Committees • Pupils Surveys • Pupil Focus Groups • Speaking to pupils • Staff meetings • Staff PRD meetings • Staff surveys
- 122. Watch how you learn in school
- 123. Look at your work to make sure we are giving you all the challenge and support you need
- 124. Look at how we plan to help you learn to see if we can do it better
- 125. • When you are working individually • When you are working in groups or pairs • In different areas of the curriculum • When you are working with a member of staff • During School Committee time • While you are learning outside • When you are working with school visitors • The work in your folders and jotters • The work in your Learning Journey • Listen to what you say about your learning • Listen to what your parents or families say about your learning • Listen to what the staff have to say about your learning • Look at how we can help you achieve your targets
- 126. Give our staff the opportunity to develop new skills to help you learn
- 127. • Developing Team West Barns • Families, pupils and staff working together to improve the school • Letting staff decide what training they need to help them and the school improve • Teachers watching each other teach to share good ideas • Teachers planning learning together • Staff leading school developments • Regular meetings with the Head Teacher to discuss learning • Regular meetings with the Head Teacher to discuss pupils’ progress