Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting 3:30pm Monday 12th September

Agenda Welcome & Introductions (Miss Ferguson) Year 6 – Expectations and Curriculum (Miss Ferguson) Secondary Transfer (Mrs. Robinson) SATs (Mrs. Robinson) Close of meeting – general questions

The Year 6 Team 6F Miss Ferguson (Year Leader) 6H Miss Hunter Supported by Mrs Yaxley-Smith 6H Miss Hunter Supported by Mrs Oakes 6R Mr Redmill Supported by Mr Bailey & Mrs O’Brien 6U Miss Unite Supported by Mrs Lough

Pupil Expectations Behaviour Uniform Mobile Phones Punctuality Jewellery Appropriate clothing and footwear PE Kit Mobile Phones Punctuality Homework Diaries

Maths Sets Set 1 – Mr Redmill Set 2 – Miss Hunter Set 3 – Miss Ferguson Set 4a – Mrs Lavelle Set 4b – Miss Unite Set Changes

Spelling Taught in ability groups within each class Focus on spelling rules and high-frequency words Taught three times a week Children to learn words for a spelling test at the end of the week Spelling lists will be sent home this week & are already available on the school website

The Curriculum Literacy: Biographies and Autobiographies Stories from our literary heritage (Shakespeare) Poetry Myths and Legends Persuasive Speeches Weekly GPS focus History: The Vikings (Cross curricular links to Art, Music & Literacy) Art / DT: Links Science: Living Things & Habitats plus Animals

The Curriculum Computing: How Networks (including the Internet) work- including interpreting data on the Internet, creating and sharing digital content online and the everyday use of computers. PSHE: Feelings, Friends & Friendships Financial Capability

Interventions One to One Daily Interventions Weekly Interventions

Homework Schedule Task When given Context Reading Daily   Daily School reading book, other books from the home and the library – encouraging a wide choice, talking to the child about their reading and their understanding of what they are reading; Children should be read aloud to an adult 3 times a week. Spellings and/or other Literacy activity Weekly Spellings - a list of words which are linked to class literacy lessons, a spelling rule or the child’s own work or a topic being studied in class. The child could be encouraged to look at each word carefully, say it, cover it up, write it from memory and then check it. This process is repeated several times. The words are assessed in class. Often the child will be asked to extend the spelling words, e.g. writing sentences and paragraphs including the words, finding out their meaning in a dictionary, etc. Tables Tables - 2x – 12x tables and related division facts. Literacy and Numeracy Literacy: An extension activity to support classroom literacy; Numeracy: An extension activity to support classroom numeracy; Research As appropriate Cross-curricular based extended project making use of books, the library, internet, own trips out etc. Revision (Year 6 only) Spring term and beginning of Summer Term Weekly comprehension or SPAG activities. Test questions in addition to homework. Spellings linked to previous SATs papers.

Important Diary Dates 2016: 2017: 14/09/16 –Visit to Wat Tyler Country Park 21/09/16 – Mayflower School Roadshow (19:00) 29/09/16 – Open Door Event 30/09/16 – Harvest Festival (10:45 – 11:45) 13/10/16 – Young Shakespeare Company 17/10/16 – Year 6 Test Week 2017: 16/01/17 – Mock SATs Week 1 13/03/17 – Mock SATs Week 2 08/05/17– SATs Week 15/05/17 – Year 6 Activity Week

Secondary Transfer 12th September 2016: 17th September 2016: Information Meeting at Buttsbury Junior School 17th September 2016: Test for selective schools (11+) September/October 2016: Read the information in the pack Find out about local schools - obtain their prospectus Visit local schools - open evenings, appointments to visit Submit your application form – ideally on-line 31st October 2016: Deadline for common application form 

Secondary Transfer 1st March 2017: March 2017 April - July 2017: National offer date  March 2017 Opportunity to lodge appeals  April - July 2017: Appeals held  September 2017: Your child starts secondary school

Important Dates Mayflower High School Mayflower High School Roadshow for Year 6 Parents Wednesday 21st September at 7.00pm at BJS Mayflower High School Open Evening Thursday 6th October 2016 – 6:30pm Mayflower High School Open Mornings 10th – 13th October from 9am

The Billericay School Open Evening The Billericay School Open Mornings Important Dates The Billericay School The Billericay School Open Evening Wednesday 28th September 2016 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm The Billericay School Open Mornings 29th, 30th September & 4th October

New-style SATs The week beginning Monday 8th May 2017 Reading comprehension test Writing is teacher assessed based on work covered in class. There will be a grammar, punctuation and spelling test (GPS). Three maths papers – arithmetic and two longer papers – focus is on problem-solving Preparation programme (Jan. 2017 onwards) Mock SATs – January and March Booster Classes (start after the February half-term) and Easter revision school (3rd April hopefully!)

SATs Timetable 2017 Session 1 Session 2 Monday 8th May Reading Test   Session 1 Session 2 Monday 8th May Reading Test 60 minutes Tuesday 9th May Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test 45 minutes Spelling Test (approx. 20 minutes) Wednesday 10th May Maths Paper 1- Problem Solving 40 minutes Maths – Arithmetic 30 minutes Thursday 11th May Maths Paper 3 – Problem Solving

Results Pass mark to be 100 100 will be worked out on the national average mark. Higher above or below national average will show if children are below, at or above national expected. Progress is measured via a complicated formula We also continue to provide teacher assessment in bands and steps as we feel this helps measure achievement more finitely.

Thank you for coming! General Questions