P1 Induction 2017

1. Mid Calder Primary School
P1 Induction Evening
June 2017

2. Overview
• School Overview
• Learning and teaching in P1
• Visit the classrooms
• Please fill out as many of the forms in
your pack as possible and return to
us before you leave.

3. Our School Structure: 2017-2018
• Nursery
• Infant Area: P1P, P1W, P2, P3
• Middle Area: P4, P5A, P5C
• Upper Area: P6, P7/6, P7

4. Monday to Thursday
• 8.05 Breakfast Club (Optional)
• 8.25 Playground supervision
• 8.45 School Day starts
• 9:00 Morning Session 1
• 10.45 Interval
• 11.02 Morning Session 2
• 12.20 Lunch
• 1.00 Afternoon Session
• 15.05 End of School Day
Structure of the School Day

5. Structure of the School Day
Friday
• 8.05 Breakfast Club
• 8.25 Playground Supervision
• 8.45 School Day Starts
• 9:00 Morning Session 1
• 10.45 Interval
• 11.02 Morning Session 2
• 11.05 Whole School Assembly
• 11.45 Free Time Friday
• 12.30 End of School Day

6. School Uniform
• Grey trousers/skirt/ shorts and white shirt/blouse and red & grey
striped school tie (grey cardigan optional)
• Grey trousers/skirt / shorts and red school polo shirt with school
badge and grey school sweatshirt with school badge
• Black indoor gym shoes
• Summer: Red and white gingham dress with red or grey cardigan
• P.E. Kit: White t-shirt (school logo optional)
Shorts
Black Gym shoes

7. School Uniform

8. What Do I Need to Bring?
• School Uniform
• Black Gym shoes to change into
• School Bag
• Gym Bag (with P.E. Kit)
• Handkerchief or tissues
• Wellington boots in wet weather
• Waterproof jacket/coat – children still go out to play on
wet days!
• A purse or envelope for money clearly labelled with
your child’s name and a note saying exactly what the
money is for
• Name tags on everything

9. What Do I Need to Do?
• Provide Emergency Contact details and keep them
updated at the school office
• If your child is going to be absent, let us know as
soon as possible and definitely before 9.00 a.m.
• If you will NOT be collecting your child yourself, let
us know who is
• Make sure your child knows what s/he is doing for
lunch: School Lunch, Packed Lunch or Going Home;
• Most children have a healthy snack at playtime;
• Make sure homework is completed and signed
when your child starts getting some

10. Breakfast Club
• Led by Mrs Laurie and Mrs Walker
• All pupils in Primary 1-7 are entitled to a free
breakfast
• Cereal, toast, fruit, yoghurt
• Breakfast served 8.05am – 8.25am
• Children enter through main entrance door

11. Lunchtimes
• School lunches are ordered daily through iPay impact – All P1-3 children are entitled to
free school dinner.
• You can look at the lunches at home with your child and pre order your child’s lunch.
• Three choices of meals daily: Red and Blue Trays are hot, cooked meals, the Green Tray
is a Packed Lunch-type meal.
• A ‘Token System’ is in place.
• Children can bring their own packed lunches from home and eat them in the dining hall
with their peers
• Children going home for lunch must notify their teacher; sign in/out at office.
• Primary 1-3 children eat together at 12.20 Monday to Thursday.
• Packed Lunches are provided on Fridays and are ordered on a Thursday morning.

12. Parent Lunch
• Tuesday 13th June 12:00-12:30pm
• Form should have already been
returned to school.
• Teas and coffees in the hall from
11:00-12:00pm while your child
meets their new teacher.

13. Attendance at school
• Research shows that children with less than 94%
attendance – impact on learning
• Attendance & lateness is monitored monthly
• If child unwell, telephone school and report
absence by 9.00am
• NHS Summary of Recommended Periods of
Absence for Communicable Diseases
• Safe Arrivals to School policy

14. Parental Involvement• Parent/Teacher Meetings – twice a school year
• Jotters sent home prior to parents night
• School Report at the end of the school year
• Assemblies
• Termly Learning Letter
• Open Afternoons
• Meet the Teacher (September)
• Curriculum Evenings
• Volunteering – (PVG Check)
• The Parent Council (PC)
• The Parent Staff Association (PSA)

15. Digital Communication
Blog: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/mcps
Twitter: @MidCalder_PS

16. Believe. Achieve. Succeed.
Believe in yourself, Achieve your best and
Succeed in all you do!

17. Positive Ethos
• Positive Ethos Policy available on blog
• Class Community Contract
• School House System
• Dojo Points – House points
• Living the Values Certificate
• Free Time Friday
• Celebration Assemblies – Remarkable Reader and STEM Superstar
• iAchieve

18. Early Level Curriculum
Our early years curriculum drivers:
• Our curriculum is built on a foundation of raising
attainment through embedding Language and Literacy,
Maths and Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing skills,
knowledge and attributes.
• Our learning and teaching develops a passion for
learning through curiosity, wonder and personalisation
and choice.
• Building and developing relationships with parents and
carers.
• Child led learning through play based opportunities.

19. Learning Through Play
• P1 children will continue to have regular
opportunities to participate in play based
learning across the curriculum and their
year group, similar to a nursery setting.
• Play supports the development of social
skills and collaboration.
• It also encourages creativity, imagination
and problem solving skills.

20. The Curriculum Areas
Literacy &
English
Numeracy &
Mathematics
Health &
Wellbeing
Expressive
Arts
Sciences
Social
Studies
Religious & Moral
Education
Technologies

21. Interdisciplinary Learning
• No set ‘topics’
• Pupil Led – planned from key questions
from pupils
• Focus on 3 curriculum areas
• Parents are informed through termly
learning letters

23. Numeracy and Maths in P1
Number:
• Numerals and number structure from 0 to 10 and
then beyond
• Forward and backward number word sequences
• Addition and subtraction within 10 and beyond
Beyond Number:
• Sorting and matching
• Pattern
• 2D shapes and 3D objects
• Recognising and using coins
• Information handling
• Time -days of week, months of year, seasons, key
dates, o’clock

25. Literacy and English in Primary 1
Reading:
• A range of reading materials will be
used such as, Oxford Reading Tree
and Dandelion Launchers.
• Key reading words to practice
• Support at home is very important.
Phonics:
• Jolly phonics – with sound focus
words.
• High frequency words (Fry’s words).

26. Jolly Phonics

27. Health and Wellbeing
Physical:
• Children will participate in 2 hours of quality physical
education every week.
• This will be focused on developing basic movement skills and
game based learning across the indoor and outdoor
environment.
Mental, social and emotional:
• Children will learn about their feelings, how to express these in
an appropriate way and how to respond appropriately to
others. Children will be encourage to develop positive
friendship and relationships with others.
Food and health:
• Children will learn how to get help in unsafe situations and
experience handling, preparing and tasting different foods.

28. P7 Buddies
• P7 Buddies are already know to
the children.
• They will be supporting P1 children
in class during the first week.
• The P7 buddies will continue to
support P1 throughout the year.

29. First Day
• P1s start at 8:45am.
• Children line up in the playground.
• Something Special Bag.

30. Information Pack• School Handbook
• Photograph/ Digital Permission Form
• SEEMIS Data Form
• EE2 Form for Local Outings
• PSA Information Letter
• Milk letter
• Uniform Letter
• iPay Letter for new parents to the school – will follow.
• School newsletter for June
• Paper Bag
• This presentation will be available on the blog