What do children do in Primary Three? Please help

[RonaldMcDonald]

My D is in Primary Three she is aged 6/7 so whatever the equivalent is in GB. Y3?

She has had another year of endless sub teachers and even lax old me is now concerned. She has become unhappy as she like her teacher at the start of this term but this teacher is now ill and we are on the 3nd sub.

In her 2.5 years at school she has had 14 teachers.

Can anyone please provide me with a syllabus or workplan that I can work from at home to help her. She is losing all her confidence.

The headmaster has told us that he is too busy to discuss the matter and it cannot be helped. I understand that people become ill but this amount of illness in this school seems odd.

Thanks for any help

anyone?

I think that's Y2 in England, it's the end of KS1
search for KS1 curriculum
You can also find examples of end of KS1 tests

Your headmaster is rubbish. It's his job to ensure continuity of education and communication with parents. Complain to the LEA, your MP and the dept of ed about the slack and unprofessional attitude he's showing and maybe he'll get replaced.

thanks for much for your help i'll have a look

Hi Ronald:

Age 6/7 is Y2 in English.

Syllabus for new English National Curriculum is here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-primary-curriculum - if you scroll down to the bottom you can see curriculum by subject by year.

Best resources Y2:

BBC Bitesize KS1: www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/

With reading - if they are able to sound out most one syllable words you're probably doing o.k. - if not you may need to support phonics more.

Believe it or not CBEEBIES Alphablocks is very helpful way of learning letter sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/alphablocks/

Jolly phonics does a nice series of workbooks which works through individual and then blended (so sound letters together make - e.g. 'ch' or 'st') - this also includes letter formation practice.

The book trust has good advice on reading books by genre for ages 5 - 8 here: www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/ - just click book finder below images & then click ages 5 - 8.

Woodlands Junior school resources are just brilliant (and free): resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/ - highly recommend their maths zone and homework help.

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For maths - if you find that there is real weaknesses with concepts I've posted a lot about the merits of online tutorials (as have others). Maths just lends itself to games really.

Mathletics
Maths whizz
Mathsfactor
Komodo Maths

and I'm sure there are more out there - all have subscription services. Prices vary and you are probably best off trying them out (many have free trials/ demonstrations) and deciding which suits your child best.

KhanAcademy is useful - (if a bit dry sometimes) for demonstration of how to do things (especially maths, but covers huge range of topics) - just type in and see.

I've also stumbled across WolframAlpha recently - again there are examples of how to do things - so you can type in a problem: 8 + 10 - and it will show you a number of ways to think about the problem and solve it.

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I'm sorry you've had such a disjointed start to school for your DC - all I can say is that our school has been fairly weak but with working on things at home and being aware of what is taught when - I've been able to make up for a lot of deficiencies at home.

HTH

Thanks for such a completely wonderful and detailed post pastsellbydate

I teach P3 in Scotland - in maths my children are understand place value within 100 and are able to count on and back within 1000.
They are beginning to add and subtract with two digit numbers by splitting the numbers up into tens and units e.g. 31 plus 23 becomes 30 plus 20 plus 1 plus 3. We are also looking at halves and quarters of numbers, learning 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Looking at paying for items with coins to about £1 and starting to give change.
In writing, can use question marks, exclamation marks, speech marks, joining words and more complex vocabulary.
Children can read short novels and are working on deeper understanding questions e.g. Why do you think character x did such-and-such, how would you feel if you were in their shoes etc, making inferences about their stories from clues in the book.
Sorry - this was a bit longer than I meant to make it! Hope this helps - obviously different classes are at different levels, I would say my lot are fairly able!

Oops - can understand place value!!

You can view the Scottish curriculum at www.educationscotland.gov.uk.

For reading, if she is a capable reader, let her read independently and ask her about the story. If she is finding reading tricky, the Oxford Reading Tree books are a good place to start, the children seem to like them a lot and are keen to find out what happens next!

For writing, you could have her keep a diary, write letters, lists for shopping, imaginary stories. Make a book together!

Try Ictgames (it's a website) for maths and phonics games or topmarks (also website).
I'm not familiar really with resources designed for home use but the previous post seemed very comprehensive!