Moving on Up (Y4 and Y5) Transition meeting ~ Class 4 20th September 2018 Miss Richardson

Key transition points Ensure child’s security Happiness Motivation Learning Independence

Differences you can expect Expectation of independence in children’s approaches to work; care for surroundings and organisation of self and belongings. Come into school by themselves and put their own things on pegs/in drawers – make sure all equipment is ready and settle quickly to morning task. Children are expected to take responsibility for own things – inc. Reading books, p.e. kits and homework, making sure they have all the needed equipment for the day from the very beginning. Mornings are a very busy time, so if you need to talk to the teacher, where possible, please come and see us at the end of the day.

Morning work Focussed activity every morning as they come into class – RWI spellings Responding to feedback Maths activity Completing work Morning task – This will usually take the form of completing activities in their RWInc spelling books but on occasion they may respond to my marking in their literacy books from the previous lesson, they may complete unfinished work from the day before or complete a mental maths activity to develop fluency.

Reading and Writing We will have guided reading groups – set same book and read/ explore text together. Children should also have an independent reading book – either from home or school library that they can read Whole class text – e.g. 1st Term Jimmy Coates: Killer. May also work from a whole class text.

Maths Single year group maths lessons – smaller classes. Focus on age related expectations. Continuing with approach introduced last year towards mastery of concepts which means working with Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract. KS1-Y5 using ‘Maths no Problem’ based on Singapore approach.

Homework Homework will be set weekly in line with our homework policy. All children will receive spellings and relevant maths homework related to what they are learning about in lessons during that week. Children should read at home at least 5x a week. This should be recorded in their home-school record. Learning logs Times table rockstars Children should continue to read aloud to an adult. Still invaluable for parents to read aloud stories to children – even in KS2. Parents should sign home-school records to say reading has taken place. We will use the home-school record for spelling tests each Friday and also to record guided / individual reading so they must be in school every day! From last year we started to introduce times table rockstars. They should be accessing this on a daily basis to improve their times table knowledge? Every half term they will also receive extra homework in relation to their topic this can take the form of presentations or models depending on your child's interests.

Home time The teacher will be available at the end of the day to speak with parents or if a longer meeting is required, a meeting can be made. If your child is allowed to walk home on their own, please do let us know (Y5 only).

Question time