Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting 3:30pm Monday 8 th September

Agenda 1.Welcome & Introductions (Miss Brown) 2.Year 6 – Expectations and Curriculum (Miss Brown) 3.Secondary Transfer (Mrs. Robinson) 4.SATs (Miss Brown) 5.Close of meeting – general questions

The Year 6 Team 6B Miss Brown (Year Leader) – Supported by Mrs Whiting & Mrs Felton 6M Miss Miller – Supported by Mrs Walker 6R Mr Redmill – Supported by Mr Bailey & Mrs O’Brien 6S Miss Sadler – Supported by Mrs Oakes

Pupil Expectations Behaviour Uniform – Jewellery – Appropriate clothing and footwear – PE Kit Mobile Phones Punctuality Homework Diaries

Maths Sets Set 1 – Mr Redmill Set 2 – Miss Sadler Set 3 – Miss Miller Set 4a – Mr Yaxley Set 4b – Miss Brown Set Changes

Spelling Taught in ability groups within each class Focus on spelling rules Taught twice a week Children to learn words for dictation at the end of each half term Spelling lists will be sent home this week & be available on the school website

The Curriculum Literacy: Journalistic writing Macbeth Persuasive Writing Poetry Weekly SPAG focus History:The Vikings ( Cross curricular links to Art, Music & Literacy) Art / DT:Links to the Vikings including making a Viking shoe Science:Living Things & Habitats plus Animals PSHE:Feelings, Friends & Friendships Financial Capability

Interventions One to One Daily Interventions Weekly Interventions

Homework Schedule TaskWhen givenContext Reading Daily School reading book, other books from the home and the library – encouraging a wide choice, talking to the child about their reading and their understanding of what they are reading; Children should be read aloud to an adult 3 times a week. Spellings and/or other Literacy activity Weekly Spellings - a list of words which are linked to class literacy lessons, a spelling rule or the child’s own work or a topic being studied in class. The child could be encouraged to look at each word carefully, say it, cover it up, write it from memory and then check it. This process is repeated several times. The words are assessed in class. Often the child will be asked to extend the spelling words, e.g. writing sentences and paragraphs including the words, finding out their meaning in a dictionary, etc. TablesWeekly Tables - 2x – 12x tables and related division facts. Literacy and Numeracy Weekly Literacy: An extension activity to support classroom literacy; Numeracy: An extension activity to support classroom numeracy; Research As appropriate Cross-curricular based extended project making use of books, the library, internet, own trips out etc. Revision (Year 6 only) Spring term and beginning of Summer Term Weekly comprehension or SPAG activities. Test questions in addition to homework. Spellings linked to previous SATs papers.

Important Diary Dates 2014: – 19/09/14 – Bikebility Starts – 24/09/14 – Mayflower School Roadshow (19:00) – 03/10/14 – Harvest Festival (10:45 – 11:45) – 10/10/14 – Young Shakespeare Company – 15/10/14 – 6B & 6S to Wat Tyler Country Park – 16/10/14 – 6M & 6R to Wat Tyler Country Park – 20/10/14 – Year 6 Test Week 2015: – 19/01/15 – Mock SATs Week 1 – 16/03/15 – Mock SATs Week 2 – 11/05/15 – SATs Week – 18/05/15 – Year 6 Activity Week

Secondary Transfer 8th September 2014: – Information Meeting at Buttsbury Junior School 20th September 2014: – Test for selective schools (11+) September/October 2014: – Read the information in the pack – Find out about local schools - obtain their prospectus – Visit local schools - open evenings, appointments to visit – Submit your application form – ideally on-line 31st October 2014: – Deadline for common application form

Secondary Transfer 2nd March 2015: – National offer date March 2015 – Opportunity to lodge appeals April - July 2015: – Appeals held September 2015: – Your child starts secondary school

Important Dates Mayflower High School Mayflower High School Roadshow for Year 6 Parents Wednesday 24 th September at 7.00pm at BJS Mayflower High School Open Evening Thursday 9th October 2014 – 6:30pm Mayflower High School Open Morning 13 th – 16 th October from 9am

Important Dates The Billericay School The Billericay School Open Evening Monday 29 th September 2014 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm Head Teacher talks at 6:45pm, 7:30pm & 8:15pm The Billericay School Open Mornings 2 nd, 3 rd & 7 th October Tours at 9:10am & 10:10am

SATs The week beginning Monday 11th May 2015 Writing is a combination of teacher assessed based on work covered in class. There will be a grammar, punctuation and spelling test (GPS). Preparation programme (Jan onwards) Mock SATs – January and March Booster Classes (start after the February half-term) and Easter revision school (hopefully!)

Monday 11 th May Tuesday 12 th May Wednesday 13 th May Thursday 14 th May Friday 15 th May Reading Test 60 mins. (am) Level 6 Reading Test pm English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test (am) Level 6 English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test (pm) Maths Test Paper 1 45 mins. (am) Mental Arithmetic (Taped Test) (am) Maths Test Paper 2 45 mins. Level 6 Maths Test Paper 1 & Paper 2 Draft SATs Timetable May 2015

Thank you for coming! General Questions