{"id":142,"date":"2018-02-12T17:02:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2018-12-13T14:43:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T14:43:01","slug":"parents-area","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/parents-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Welcome to the Parents\/Carers Area of the website. Here you will find documents\/links which will enable to you support your child with their learning.<\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Homework Policy at Southesk<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/southeskprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1482\/2018\/02\/Southesk-Homework-Policy-Dec16.pdf\">Southesk Homework Policy Dec16<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Reading and Homework Support<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Supporting your Child\u2019s Learning at Home &#8211; Advice from Education Scotland, Parentzone<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Listen, talk, and encourage \u2013 this\u00a0can have\u00a0a big influence on children&#8217;s learning<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your child to talk to you about their learning, what learning is happening at school and do what you can at home to build on that.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your child about their strengths and interests and how they are progressing.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your child to talk to you about their next steps in learning and find out how you can work with the school to support this<\/li>\n<li>Ask for help if you think your child needs it for any reason.<\/li>\n<li>Praise your child if he\/she is working hard at something or has achieved something within or out of school.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage any reading.<\/li>\n<li>Look for opportunities at home to develop <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/parentzone\/learning-at-home\/Supporting%20literacy%20at%20home\">literacy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/parentzone\/learning-at-home\/supporting-numeracy\">numeracy<\/a> skills: money, number problems, time, measuring, matching, size, reading, writing, understanding instructions, questioning information.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage your child to take part in activities, for example hobbies or clubs which will provide opportunities to develop a range of skills.<\/li>\n<li>Help them work on tasks on their own and then talk about it with you afterwards.<\/li>\n<li>Do things together where appropriate \u2013 learn together, for example if your child has a project or task to do, take an interest and discuss with them what they are doing or offer support if this is needed.<\/li>\n<li>Help prepare for change, particularly at key transitions \u2013 talk about the change together.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your child about how they are feeling.<\/li>\n<li>Work together with the school by taking part in discussions about your child&#8217;s learning and progress, for example at <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/parentzone\/my-school\/Parents%27%20meetings\">parents&#8217; evenings<\/a>\u00a0or reviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click on the links here for further advice\/tips with helping your child develop their reading.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/southeskprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1482\/2018\/02\/ReadingTips_PrimaryEN.pdf\">ReadingTips_PrimaryEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/southeskprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1482\/2018\/02\/ReadingTips_EarlyYearsEN.pdf\">ReadingTips_EarlyYearsEN<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Jolly Phonics\/Tricky Words Resources<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Jolly Phonics teaches children to read and write using synthetic phonics, which is widely recognised as the most effective way to teach children to read and write.\u00a0This means that we teach letter sounds as opposed to the alphabet. The 42 letter sounds are phonic building blocks that children, with the right tools, use to decode the English language. When reading a word, they recognise the letters and blend together the respective sounds; when writing a word they identify the sounds and write down the corresponding letters. These skills are called blending and segmenting. These are two of the five skills that children need to master phonics:<\/h2>\n<p>If you click the picture below you will be able to watch some videos with the songs the children learn to support the work done in the class.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ei0iFs5uF6w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theflorentine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/event\/j\/ol\/jolly10$706729001525800537.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for jolly phonics\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jolly Phonics Songs<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2357\/7965\/products\/WallFrieze_1024x1024@2x.jpg?v=1509084595\" alt=\"Image result for jolly phonics\" \/><\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-10\">\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\"><i>Learning the letter sounds:<\/i><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollylearning.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/letter_sounds.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4501 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jollylearning.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/letter_sounds-300x278.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a>Children are taught 42 letter sounds, which is a mix of alphabet sounds (1 sound \u2013 1 letter) and digraphs (1 sound \u2013 2 letters) such as sh, th, ai and ue.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Using a multi-sensory approach each letter sound is introduced with fun actions, stories and songs.<\/span>We teach the letter sounds in 7 groups of 6 letters at a pace of 4-5 sounds a week. Children can start reading after the first group of letters have been taught and should have been introduced to all the 42 letter sounds after 9 weeks at school.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\"><i>Learning letter formation:<\/i><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\nThis is taught alongside the introduction of each letter sound. Typically, children will learn how to form and write the letters letter down during the course of the lesson.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\"><i>Blending:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollylearning.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/i-Action-Example.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jollylearning.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/i-Action-Example.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/i><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\nOnce the first few letter sounds are learnt, children begin blending the sounds together to help them read and write new words.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\"><i>Segmenting:<\/i><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\nWhen children start reading words, they also need to start identifying the phonic components that make the word sound the way it does. By teaching blending and segmenting at the same time children become familiar with assembling and breaking down the sounds within words.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\"><i>Tricky words<\/i><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\nThese are words with irregular parts, such as \u2018who\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">and \u2018I\u2019. Children learn these as exceptions to the rules of phonics. Introducing the common tricky words early in the year increases reading fluency (as they frequently occur in those first simple sentences you might expect them to read).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Alongside these skills children are also introduced to the main alternative spelling of vowels. These five skills form the foundation that children build on with each year of grammar teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Daily Mile<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here at Southesk, our classes undertake the Daily Mile each day.\u00a0 A one mile area of the playground has been mapped out and the classes\u00a0 go out to walk\/run around this circuit throughout the day at a time identified by the class teacher. Daily Mile has been proven to improve focus\/attention and therefore lead to deeper learning back in the classroom as well as having obvious benefits to health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s simple &#8211; all staff can implement it<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s inclusive \u2013 every child regardless of age, ability or circumstance can do it<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s free \u2013 only outdoor space is needed<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s safe \u2013 the children are in their school grounds and supervised<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s outside in fresh air \u2013 indoor activity does not give the same benefits<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s non-competitive \u2013 EVERYONE succeeds<\/li>\n<li>The weather \u2013 children can go out whatever the weather<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s quick \u2013 10-15 minute turn around from door to door<\/li>\n<li>No timetable is needed \u2013 Teachers decide when to go out, making it manageable, flexible and sustainable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Parents\/Carers Area of the website. Here you will find documents\/links which will enable to you support your child with their learning. Homework Policy at Southesk Southesk Homework Policy Dec16 Reading and Homework Support Supporting your Child\u2019s Learning at Home &#8211; Advice from Education Scotland, Parentzone Listen, talk, and encourage \u2013 this\u00a0can have\u00a0a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3826,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3826"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/southeskprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}