Welcome to Year 6

Year 6 Team Mr Briley Miss Booth Ms Lander (maths) Pack will provide dates of key events for the year... Including trips, Christmas concerts, class assemblies and school masses and liturgies.

School Times Gates open/ soft start at 8.45 am Register closes at 9.00 am Learning finishes at 3.15 pm Soft start is a time when children will be asked to respond to marking, lessons will start at 9.00 am and learning will finish at 3.15 pm after which children will be released for the end of the day.

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Attendance Good attendance is important to ensure good progress Attendance below 90% is now categorised as persistent absenteeism Term time leave will only be authorised in exceptional circumstances HT to authorise term time leave , holidays cannot be authorised, in case of illness

Uniform · Bottle green sweatshirt with school logo · White or green polo shirt · Pinafore dress, grey skirt or trousers · Black or dark sensible shoes · Plain white/grey/black socks tights · Plain black/white or green hijab Hair tied back PE Kit—Plain, St Mark’s green or white t-shirt, plain dark coloured or white shorts, plain tracksuit, black plimsolls No jewellery unless for religious reasons   Please ensure your child is wearing the correct uniform, school shoes Uniform at St Mark’s In preparation for the new academic year in September please can I remind parents and carers of the school uniform expectations. 

Topics in Year 6 Autumn – Victorians/ Alive! Spring - WW2/ SATs prep Summer – Light It Up / Fabulous Fossils Overview of topics and learning - examples of activities that might be completed -

P.E. and Music Tuesday afternoon Swimming – days for PE – PE kit. Music tuition opportunities

The National Archives, Theatre Company, PGL Trips and Visits: The National Archives, Theatre Company, PGL Where to, packed lunch including free school meals, parents helping, payment

How well is my child doing? Parent consultations Informal meetings with parents Report to parents Appointments can be made at any point with the teacher and/or a member of the senior leadership team

Assessment We will be assessing children against end of year objectives set out in the National Curriculum During the year we will be assessing whether your child is on track to meet those objectives At the end of the year children will be assessed using the following: Working below the expected standard for the year group (10% to 49% of the curriculum) The pupils uses the criteria rarely Working towards the expected standard for the year group (from 50% to 79% of the curriculum) The Pupil uses the criteria sometimes. Working at the expected standard for the year group (between 80% to 100% of the curriculum) The pupil uses the criteria often. Working at greater depth within the expected standard for the year group. The children are able to independently apply their knowledge and understanding across other areas of the curriculum. The on track judgement will be made by assessing the number of objectives already met and the way in which a child has embedded those objectives and uses them independently. The end of year judgement will be judged by the % of objectives met

Home Learning What? When? Y6 English: daily reading – to be recorded in reading records. Spelling words to learn. Weekly grammar and reading comprehension activity. Maths: weekly times tables practice and a task relating to the topic currently being studied. This may be on a worksheet or on mymaths website. Topic: An open ended topic-related task once each half term. When, what expectations of child and teacher including reading spellings will be part of homework with an activity to support learning of spellings but there will be no test as with tables

English Teaching Year 6 Reading Guided Reading Each class has a daily session. Based around comprehension: - vocabulary - summaries - inference

Reading at Home What we ask of you: 20 mins daily reading. Reading diary in school everyday. Ask your child about what they’ve read. Initial or comment the diary each day. Talk about and enjoy books at home and read aloud to your child – whatever age they are!

Writing Power of Reading Quality texts which stimulate writing in a range of genres

Writing Lessons involve: Discussion and drama Deconstruction of examples Teacher modelling – shared writing Clear success criteria Opportunities to improve and edit writing Guided writing groups Feedback and support from the teacher

Handwriting All children are encouraged to write in the cursive style.   It facilitates flowing handwriting. It aids punctuation by joining all letters except capitals. It aids spelling by developing a motor memory of joins. This is the letter formation of our chosen handwriting style: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Spelling in Year 6 What is taught: Revision of all Year 3/4 and 5/6 words A range of spelling patterns – taught across the year How spelling is taught: Use of No Nonsense spelling Patterns taught weekly and embedded during writing lessons Common exception words practised during writing lessons 5 spellings linked to explicit teaching sent for homework Spelling linked to handwriting Weekly dictation

Spelling in Year 6

How grammar is taught: Explicit teaching of new concepts Use of No Nonsense Grammar Finding examples in texts Teacher modelling during shared writing Embedded during independent writing

Contact us: Contact us via the school office admin@st-marks.ealing.sch.uk and mark the email for our attention

Any questions?