Welcome to Year 6 Through Christ we believe, inspire, achieve. September 2016

Who are we? Miss Gray (Y6A) Miss Boardman (Y6B) Mrs Naisbett (small group support Mon-Wed) Mr Roach (small group support Thurs-Fri) Mrs Boylan

Mindfulness – Finger breathing

General Information IMPORTANT! Times tables Reading for enjoyment Timetable Homework: Weekly spellings Research Projects Maths/grammar activities Termly topics Conflict Endurance Transformation IMPORTANT! Times tables Reading for enjoyment

New Curriculum Assessment without levels: Working towards the expected standard Working at the expected standard Working at greater depth within the expected standard

Age related expectations Week beginning 8th May 2017, new National Curriculum KS2 SATs Reading – 1 x 1 hour (3 texts including fiction, non-fiction and poetry). SPAG – 1 x 45min Grammar and Punctuation and a 20 Min Spelling Test Maths – 1 x 30min Arithmetic Paper 2 x 40 min Reasoning Paper No level 6 paper Writing is teacher assessed

Mathematics

SPAG

Where is your mind?

Stockport Aid Raid Shelters Monday 10th October

Lakeside 27th March – 31st March

Support at Home Websites: BBC Bitesize Woodlands Junior Times table practice – apps for phones and tablets, singing, chanting, fun games etc. Reading for enjoyment everyday!

Fire When we are able to build What makes a fire burn open spaces in the same way we have learned to pile on the logs, then we can come to see how it is fuel, and absence of the fuel together, that makes fire possible. We only need to lay a log lightly from time to time. A fire grows simply because the space is there, with openings in which the flame that knows just how it wants to burn can find its way. What makes a fire burn Is the space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in tight can douse the flames almost as surely as a pail of water would. So building fires requires attention to the spaces in between, as much as to the wood. Judy Brown