Year 6 Meet the Teacher Evening Thursday 13th September 2018

Year 6 Teachers – Mrs Aulds Mrs Connolly Mrs Sexton Teaching Assistant: Mrs Bandoo

Organisation Religion – Termly newsletter P.E (Tuesday) Assemblies (Monday and Friday) 6AC Class Assembly Wednesday 26th September 6SS Class Assembly Wednesday 31st October Parent class representative? Encourage children to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days. Confessions etc. Need p.e. kits kept in school until holidays Sports clubs – any questions? – children need collected – too late to be walking home unsupervised, even year 6. Can wear own sports wear – wear these home. Trips – PGL and in December – trip to Imperial War Museum – voluntary contribution is very important. Assemblies – 18th and 25th of November – all very welcome to attend Literacy and Numeracy setting – similar to year 5 groups – based on teacher assessments Science – no more science SAT – encourage children to develop AT1 – experiments etc.

Uniform P.E. – kept in school until holidays Trainers Hair tied up Plim soles for the hall School Colours No ear-rings Jewellery - no necklaces/ bracelets only stud ear-rings watch Winter uniform from after October half term– no polo-shirts Name on EVERYTHING! Sturdy trainers Children are not allowed to wear any jewellery except a watch and stud ear-rings. Anything else, will be removed. On days when the children have P.E. – can you ensure they have no ear-rings in.

Homework Friday - Wednesday Presentation – writing/ books Fountain pens/handwriting (joined writing) and pencils Please ensure your child takes a pen to school EVERY DAY! Sometimes homework is given during the week if it is something we feel they need to work on. Reading Journals Reading Journal for homework tasks Listen to children read every evening (10 mins) Encourage a varied reading diet To be signed 5 times a week Can you encourage children to keep their writing neat and joined (3 marks) Homework books need to be covered. No writing or drawings on the cover of books Children must take their own pens and pencils to school every day – fountain pens/ ball point pens If the child loses their book, they will need to replace it Children will have to do weekly tasks in their reading journal

TRIP TO THE GLOBE THEATRE Please ensure you have paid (via parent-pay) for your child to go on our Year 6 trip to the Globe.

At home learning Spellings - weekly spelling rules/ set of spellings Learn ALL times-tables up to x12 Punctuation – full-stops, capital letters, commas and apostrophes Grammar –read over your child’s work Check your child’s homework Watch English educational Television eg Newsround/Blue Peter/CBBs Help your children learn spelling rule for homework or set of words Children should know all tables – ask them quick questions in the car on way to school, few pop questions every so often. Really important that you help your children to learn tables. Write them out (not every night, just ones they find very difficult). If you can purchase a poster displaying these and put them in the bedroom/ bathroom!!! Read child’s work and help edit for full-stops and capital letters as well as commas and other punctuation. Show the editing in pencil/coloured pen or pencil

Behaviour High expectations – dress and presentation in your child’s book. Soft Start – Arrive 8:40am-8:55am – children will be set different activities to complete. School finishes at 3:15pm Absence – not during term time – if sick, please ring school to let us know. Trying to teach children to be responsible for their actions and prepare them for High School. Collect children no later than 3:30pm. Parents need to be punctual for after-school clubs also.

Behaviour Consistent bad behaviour is recorded on the school system and parents will be called. Mobile phones- switched off in the morning at the gates please and handed in to the class teacher to be handed back at the end of the day. Trying to teach children to be responsible for their actions and prepare them for High School. Collect children no later than 3:30pm. Parents need to be punctual for after-school clubs also.

Healthy Eating Packed lunch – No sweets/ fizzy drinks Break time – snack Treat Friday Water bottles Birthday books Healthy Eating Packed lunch – encourage healthy, balanced lunch Break time – piece of fruit or fruit drink. No crisps, chocolate bars, sweets

Reports - New Curriculum – age related expectations New expectations – exceeding, expected and emerging Healthy Eating Packed lunch – encourage healthy, balanced lunch Break time – piece of fruit or fruit drink. No crisps, chocolate bars, sweets

What are SATS? Towards the end of Key Stage 2, all Year 6 pupils take the KS2 SATS. (Statutory Assessment Tests) The children are assessed by tests in English and Numeracy during the middle of May each year. Teachers also assess their general day to day progress as part of their Teacher Assessment.

What do they test? English is separated into different aspects as follows: Writing– (teacher assessment only) Reading Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Spelling test Spelling investigations Grammar lessons in isolation and during writing lessons Piece of text with gaps that’s read aloud several times Children carry out spelling investigations weekly in class and it is important that they learn the spelling rules at home. Handwriting could be difference between level ¾ or 4/5

Maths is tested by 3 papers Paper 1 - Arithmetic Paper 2 – Reasoning Paper 3 - Reasoning NO CALCULATORS ALLOWED Both papers involve a lot more problem solving.

What happens after the tests? Maths and Reading are marked externally. Writing will be marking internally and moderated by staff/local authority Returned before the end of term. Parents receive the results in school reports.

What happens if my child misses a test? Children who miss a test are recorded as absent and are not given a test level in that subject.

Hot tips for parents Remember your child's education is a partnership. Meet with teachers and see how they believe you can help. - Approach a subject from lots of different angles. - Look through a practice paper together and talk through the answers, try drawing or acting out answers of difficult concepts such as fractions. - Make sure your child is aware that getting stuck is not a problem, move on and if they have time come back to the hard ones at the end. - Remind your child that the tests are important, but that they are not the only way they are to be measured.

SATS tips Do homework early Agree a routine for homework with your child. A good time for homework is after a short break when your child returns from school, get it out of the way early, leaving the rest of the evening free - who wants to start work at 7.00pm Life can become a constant 'nag' if you do not start this from the beginning

Helpful websites www.satsguide.co.uk www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk www.bbc.co.uk/revisewise www.topmarks.co.uk

Thanks for coming tonight Thanks for coming tonight! Please join Ms Sullivan for the High School Transfer meeting in the ICT room.