Welcome to Term 5- It’s all Greek to me! Mrs Mundy, Mrs Brennan, Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Leeming and Mrs Granger (and lots of additional helpers…………….)

General Routines Register is taken at 9:00. Collective Worship is held everyday at 9:10 (Class Assembly on a Monday) Maths and English every day. Topic and Foundation subjects every afternoon P.E. sessions are on Wednesday and Friday Wednesday- Fitness Challenge/Quad kids Friday – Fitness Challenge/cricket P.E. kit – Daily Mile

Start and end of the day Children can enter the classroom from 8:45 onwards. Independence The children will always have a start of the day activity. Please let us know if end of the day arrangements have changed!!

Homework Maths homework will be set on a Tuesday. English homework will be set on a Friday. Spellings will be tested every Thursday. 99 Club tested every Friday and Tables Challenge on Tuesday. Please feel free to add comments onto homework – any feedback is gratefully received.

Reading 3 x a week Please record, or encourage your child to record, when they have read at home. There will be a prize for those children who continuously read 3 times a week (we monitor this by comments made in homework diary).

Progress A range of assessment strategies Continuous ongoing assessment If child is not on track to meet age related expectations then I will contact you. Provision Maps/Intervention letters. Parent’s evening – discuss your child’s progress in more detail.

Expected standard - reading

Expected standard - writing

Expected standard - maths

Expected standard - science

SATs

Teacher assessments Teachers will make their own judgement about your child’s attainment for reading, writing, maths and science. These are also reported to the Government. Writing is only assessed by teachers, there is no test. KS2 scores are used to inform your child’s secondary school on entry. St Johns have used SATs scores to set for English and Maths from day 1 (for the past 2 years).

Teacher assessment - writing Children will be assessed by the teachers to determine whether they are: Working towards the expected standard Working at the expected standard Working at greater depth within the expected standard

Standardised scores – results!!

Keep Calm and Carry on!! Please remind your child that they are more than ready for these assessments, they have practised and there is NOTHING to panic about!! We will be having a special breakfast each day of the tests – croissants, fruit, juice etc.… We will encourage the children to come school a bit early on these days. Don’t panic if your child is ill – we may be able to let them sit the test at a different time (we will need to request this from the government!) We all know your children are more that ‘a score in a test’ and we tell them this every day!!!! Whilst the SATs are important and we want the children to ‘show off’ their skills, they are just a snap shot!!

Life beyond SATs There are so many exciting things to look forward to: The epic Year 6 play!!!! Watch this space! Leaver’s service Sports Week Visit to college – more info to follow Buddy Celebration

Thank you for coming. Open Door Policy If you wish to contact us, we are always available at the beginning and end of the day in the classroom. Available for phone calls before and after the school day. If you want an update, please arrange a meeting- we are always happy to see you! Thank you for coming.