{"id":12382,"date":"2019-06-28T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T10:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/?p=12382"},"modified":"2019-06-28T10:23:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T10:23:59","slug":"composite-class-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/2019\/06\/28\/composite-class-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Composite Class Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Below is the composite class letter issued to parents earlier this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Parent \/ Carer,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please find attached your child\u2019s class placement for next session.\u00a0\u00a0 This information is our proposed plan for next session but there could be changes in the school roll over the summer, which may necessitate unavoidable changes in the class structures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our current school roll for 2019 \/ 2020 is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Primary 1 = 26 children<\/p>\n<p>Primary 2 = 25 children<\/p>\n<p>Primary 3 = 25 children<\/p>\n<p>Primary 4 = 24 children<\/p>\n<p>Primary 5 = 23 children<\/p>\n<p>Primary 6 = 22 children<\/p>\n<p>Primary 7 = 22 children<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our staffing allocation allows for the creation of 7 classes, which have been formed in line with current NLC class size guidelines ensuring places still exist at each stage:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary 1 = Maximum of 25 children<\/li>\n<li>Primary 2 and 3 = Maximum of 30 children<\/li>\n<li>Primaries 4 to 7 = Maximum of 33<\/li>\n<li>Composite classes (classes with two or more stages) = Maximum of 25 children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 2019 \/ 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\">Primary 1<\/td>\n<td width=\"191\">Mrs McCargo<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">\u00a022 children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\">Primary 1\/2<\/td>\n<td width=\"191\">Mrs Neary<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">\u00a023 children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\">Primary 2\/3<\/td>\n<td width=\"191\">Mrs Slavin\/Mrs Moore (Fri)<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">\u00a025 children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\">Primary 3\/4<\/td>\n<td width=\"191\">Miss Park<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">\u00a024 children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\">Primary 4\/5<\/td>\n<td width=\"191\">Miss Mulvaney\/Miss Coyle<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">\u00a023 children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\">Primary 5\/6<\/td>\n<td width=\"191\">Mrs Allan\/Miss Coyle (Fri)<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">\u00a025 children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\">Primary 6\/7<\/td>\n<td width=\"191\">Mrs Carroll<\/td>\n<td width=\"78\">\u00a025 children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Uneven distribution of the school roll can make it necessary to form a \u2018composite class\u2019.\u00a0 There are 6 composite classes next session, Primary 1 \/ 2, Primary 2 \/ 3, Primary 3 \/ 4, Primary 4 \/5, Primary 5 \/ 6 and Primary 6 \/7, which means that two year groups are taught in the one class by one teacher.<\/p>\n<p>This does not mean that any pupils are being held back or moved forward. All of our children are taught in groups, which are formed by putting pupils together who are at roughly the same stage of development. Indeed, in many ways all classes are composite, as children are at different stages of development and have different abilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>National guidelines on the curriculum indicate that pupils should proceed through learning experiences tailored to fit their personal level of attainment. This means that pupils in all classes will follow programmes constructed by the teacher to help them progress at their own level. This applies to all pupils regardless of whether or not they are in a composite or single year stage class.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018In addition the school will make every effort to involve pupils of any one year group in activities which bring the whole year group together.\u00a0 In this way, pupils will be able to continue to identify with children of the same age, especially at important times such as transfer to Secondary School.\u00a0\u00a0 At the same time the school will also try to ensure that the natural identity of each Primary Class is maintained<\/em>.\u2019 (extract from NLC Composite Class Leaflet)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Where there are classes with the same year group, e.g. P 2 \/ 3, children at the same stage will still come together as a year group on a daily \/ weekly \/ termly basis, for example at playtime, lunchtime, golden time, parties, school\/stage assemblies and in sacramental classes at R.E. times etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am confident that the planned structure of our classes for next session is the best way that we can ensure continued progression and achievement for our pupils.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Miss AM Boyd<\/p>\n<p>Head Teacher<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>N.B. This is subject to change as staffing and number of children attending school in August may vary from information contained in this letter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the composite class letter issued to parents earlier this week: Dear Parent \/ Carer, &nbsp; Please find attached your child\u2019s class placement for next session.\u00a0\u00a0 This information is our proposed plan for next session but there could be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/2019\/06\/28\/composite-class-letter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29876,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12686],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whole-school"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12383,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12382\/revisions\/12383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/stpatricksnewstevenston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}