1. Welcome to P6
‘Meet the Teacher’
Wednesday 29th August 2018
Mr Rae
Please call me Neil

2. Communication – only about your child–
Parent consultations
Face-to-Face
Phone calls
‘Just a wee note to say…’ cards
Letters
Dojo??

3. Class Ethos Rights Respecting (UNCRC)
Collaborative (Team building - Dojo Points – Intrinsic Rewards)
Responsible (Class Careers)
Restorative (Conversations)
Talk Partners (Seating)
Strict? High Standards/Boundaries

4. Literacy Reflective Reading – predominantly whole class texts
Book Detectives – group discussions with set roles
Writing Skills – planning, writing drafts, editing (spelling)

5. Literacy cont.
Big Writing – individualised pupil generated and teacher set targets
Listening and Talking – Genius Hour Presentations, Storytelling
Modern Languages: Scots Poetry, French, Spanish (and Nihongo).

6. Numeracy & Mathematics
Weekly Beat That test
Weekly CLIC test
Problem Solving: R.U.C.S.A.C.,
Maths in Context
Financial Education - Class
Currency

7. Health and Wellbeing RSHP – Puberty and Body Changes
PE – Tuesday and Wednesday
Emotion Talks
Building Resilience
Nursery Buddies
Local Links – technology theme
Bronze JASS Award - TBC

8. Homework Full weeks only Given out on a Monday, due the
following Monday
Two jotters alternated
Checklist in jotters
Advisory, not mandatory – there
are no sanctions for uncompleted tasks
Home Learning Club blocks (15max)

9. 1:1 iPads – Teaching and Learning
Agreement between parents/carers, pupils
and school
Developing skills for the future
Engages learners
Individualises learning
Develops creativity and problem solving skills
Learning anytime, anywhere
Access to real audience and real data
Tool for teachers to use
Office 365 – child accounts

10. 1:1 iPads – Online Safety Tips
Digital Safety learning in school
Explore online together safely
Talk to your child about their online activity early
and often – think of the internet as a place, not a thing
Know who your child is talking to
Make sure the content is age appropriate, incl. games
Check your child knows about privacy settings
Use parental controls for your ISP

11. ONLINE SAFETY When online, children and young people can learn new things, get help with homework, express themselves creatively and connect with friends and family. There are also risks, but by understanding and talking about the dangers you can help keep your child safe online. NSPCC
CEC operates a flat filtering policy – please check your restrictions and monitor what your children do with these devices at home.
Neil is co-ICT coordinator, not ‘Head of IT’ in school – which means he knows very little. GDPR is a major headache right now for all staff.

12. S.T.E.M. with Mrs. Dixon (Class Teacher) Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
Children from P2/3 – P7 have STEM each week in the STEM Hub
Children learn skills such as teamwork, communication, critical thinking, creativity, resilience and problem solving
Please drop in to the STEM Hub this evening to try out some STEM activities

14. Before you go……
We want to work with you to continue to ensure that Ratho Primary is the best it can be.
If you have time, could you go to the school hall and give us your thoughts on our priorities for this year.
Thank you!