{"id":869,"date":"2023-06-05T16:10:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/?p=869"},"modified":"2023-06-05T16:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:10:43","slug":"class-organisation-2023-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/2023\/06\/05\/class-organisation-2023-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Organisation 2023\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The outcomes of placing requests into the school have now been shared with parents and we are delighted to be welcoming 33 Primary One learners to school in August 2023. \u00a0The staff are working together over the next week to plan classes for all children in August 2023.<\/p>\n<p><b>Class Organisation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The teachers and leadership team are working together to organise classes for next session. There is often some anxiety about the process and questions about how we reach decisions about how a class group is made up. I anticipate class groups will be shared by 14th June.<\/p>\n<p>It is planned that the school will be organised in the following way during session 2023\/2024 however this may change if there is a significant change in school roll:<\/p>\n<p>Room 1 &#8211; Primary 1 &#8211; Mrs MacOwan \/ Mrs Hughes<br \/>\nRoom 2 &#8211; Primary 1\/2 &#8211; Miss Deans<br \/>\nRoom 3 &#8211; Primary 2 &#8211; Miss Houldsworth<br \/>\nRoom 4 &#8211; Primary 3 &#8211; Miss Gillespie \/\u00a0 Mrs McGee<br \/>\nRoom 5 &#8211; Primary 3\/4 &#8211; Miss Nicol \/ Mrs Gray<br \/>\nRoom 6 &#8211; Primary 4 &#8211; Miss Inglis<br \/>\nRoom 7 &#8211; Primary 5 &#8211; Mrs Spence<br \/>\nRoom 8 &#8211; Primary 5\/6 &#8211; Mrs Kane<br \/>\nRoom 9 &#8211; Primary 6 &#8211; Miss Grantham<br \/>\nRoom 10 &#8211; Primary 7 &#8211; Miss Wharton<\/p>\n<p>I would like to take this opportunity to provide an outline of the process at our school.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first step is always to review our school roll with South Lanarkshire Council. Colleagues at Headquarters advise us of the number of classes and teachers for the following session. This process takes place from January &#8211; May and often\u00a0 changes as new families move into or out of the area. This year\u00a0 there will be a number of composite classes with most year groups split across <strong>two <\/strong>\u00a0classrooms. This is outwith the school&#8217;s control.<\/li>\n<li>The identification of teachers taking Primary 1 classes is always shared earlier so that visits to partner nurseries and induction processes can take place. Mrs MacOwan, Mrs Hughes and Miss Deans will teach Primary 1 pupils next year.<\/li>\n<li>Our classes are organised initially using literacy working groups as a guide. Pupils who are attaining similar levels of literacy and working at a similar pace will progress as a group. This means pupils from two different classrooms may come together to form a group for the following year.<\/li>\n<li>We then consider how each class is made up using the size of the groups as a guide along with our knowledge of the pupils. Groups going into composite classes are not<b>\u00a0<\/b>identified because children are not working at the expected levels.\u00a0 For example, if your child is a P3 pupil and placed in a composite P3\/2 class, this is <strong>not<\/strong> because they are struggling with learning and require to revisit concepts taught in P2. Similarly, if you have a P2 pupil going into a P3\/2 composite class, this is\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong> because they require the challenge of the P3 curriculum.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, we consider the draft classes to ensure no pupils are separated from <u>all<\/u> of their friends or socially isolated. Current class teachers flag up any issues using their knowledge of pupils and social groups and small tweaks are made.<\/li>\n<li>Class lists are then finalised and shared.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This process takes place every year and we spend a lot of time ensuring that the class groups are organised to provide the best opportunities for learning and teaching at each stage. I trust that you recognise that the robust process means we have fully considered your child&#8217;s learning and social needs and made a professional decision about classes.<\/p>\n<p>Further information is available using the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk\/downloads\/file\/853\/composite_classes\">https:\/\/www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk\/downloads\/file\/853\/composite_classes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your continued support.<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n<p>Kirsty Duff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outcomes of placing requests into the school have now been shared with parents and we are delighted to be welcoming 33 Primary One learners to school in August 2023. \u00a0The staff are working together over the next week to plan classes for all children in August 2023. Class Organisation The teachers and leadership team &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/2023\/06\/05\/class-organisation-2023-2024\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Class Organisation 2023\/2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15838,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}