Year 6

Staff Teachers – Mr Brooks & Mr McNally Teaching Assistants – Mrs Coleman & Mrs Clews Head teacher – Mrs. Loftus Deputy Head – Mrs. Evans Assistant Head Teacher –Mrs. Walsh Pastoral Care Manager– Mrs. Grier Inclusion Manager- Mrs Rawnsley Office Staff - Mrs. Hall/Mrs. Grosscurth/Mrs. Latham

School Times 8:00 – Early bird club starts 8:30 – School gates open 8:45 – Doors open 8:55 – Registration 10:45 – Playtime 12:30 – Lunch time (Year 3 go first) 3:05 – End of school day

Attendance - Aim for at least 98% Punctuality – Must be in school by 8:45am Medical- Mrs Walsh can offer advice on medical plans. Uniform – White shirt/blouse, blue jumper/cardigan, grey trousers or dress/skirt, school tie and plain black shoes. Lunch times – Please help us to promote healthy lunches.

Behaviour School Wide Sanctions In the event of children not adhering to the code of conduct, the following sanctions will be applied using adult discretion based on the seriousness of the behaviour. Stage 1 - Non-verbal warning e.g. frown, stern look, and silence Stage 2 - Verbal warning Stage 3 - Child’s name written on board Stage 4 - Cross put beside child’s name ( 5 or 10 minute loss of playtime) Stage 5 - Another cross by child’s name (loss of playtime) Stage 6 - Child will be sent to a named class for ‘time-out’ Stage 7 - Child referred to team leader Stage 8 - Parents/ Carers contacted/ invited in to school to discuss child’s Behaviour Stage 9 - In the case of regular misbehaviour it will be necessary to consider

Reading Reading books – all children to read every night. Monday to Friday Reading sources can be a wide range of literature including magazines, internet, news articles, comics, novels and poetry. Guided Reading – Your child will read each week with their teacher and at least once a week with their TA.

Children will bring their homework home each Monday and it should be returned on Fridays. Each week will consist of three activities. Reading, times tables and spellings.

Tables and Spelling Our weekly tables and spelling tests will also take place on Fridays. They will also be given out on Mondays to learn through the week. Please could you practise these at home for a little bit each night.

Weekly Enrichment Lessons Dance- Wednesday Music- Wednesday Mandarin – Thursday P.E.- Friday

Topics Science – Evolution and Inheritance Electricity Light Living things and their Habitats Animals Including Humans Scientist Study History – Egyptians Mayans Beatlemania Geography - Mapping and Coordinates Water What, why and where? Sustainable tourism Literacy – Letter writing Journalistic Myths Biography Flashbacks Legends Auto-biography Poetry-imagery

Trips and Visitors Autumn 1 – Weaverham/Anderton Boat Lift Autumn 2 – World Museum Liverpool Spring 1 - Salford Quays (Lowry) Spring 2 - Magical Mystery Tour Summer 1 – Cadbury World (Mayans) Summer 2 – London residential

Any Questions?