Welcome to St Peter’s Year 6 Parents meeting

Agenda Welcome Secondary transfer National Tests Sexual Health Education School Journey

Secondary Transfer Placement for your child in a Brentwood secondary school. Placement at a selective school in Essex.

The number of places Anglo- 210 Becket Keys- 150 Brentwood County High- 210 Ursuline-175- up 9 Shenfield- 150 St Martin’s -280 The Ongar Academy- 120

Anglo Thursday 24 September evening and morning tours by appointment Shenfield Thursday 1 October evening mornings 6 and 12 October BCHS Saturday 26 September St Martins Thursday 8 October Ursuline Wednesday 7 October at 6.30pm Brentwood Tuesday tours online booking form Becket Keys Morning parents only, evening with children Tuesday 22 September, Wednesday 30 September and Thursday 8 October- online registration.

Test Dates Coopers-18 children 27 th September- Sport/ music Shenfield-aptitude tests 10 th October for performing arts and sport Ursuline- 17 th July for applications Brentwood School-In January Chelmsford County High 12 th September th September at nominated school

Where did all of the children go? Secondary Transfer, Summer 2015 Pupils who left in July 2015 went to: Anglo European – 1 Shenfield – 2 Brentwood County High -4 St Martin’s School -2 Brentwood Ursuline- 2 Coopers Coburn – 2 Brentwood School -6- One scholarship Becket Keys- 22 King Edwards Grammar School- 1 New Hall 1 Ongar Academy 1 The Gildberd School 1 West Cliff High School 1

Go and look at a variety of schools Make an informed decision. Involve your child. It is an adult decision.

Late Applications After 30 st October your application is late! On line admissions will not accept forms after this date. You will be given lower priority and will not be assured of a place even if the school normally guarantee places for catchment children. GET IT IN ON TIME!

Brentwood School Brentwood School provides scholarships and bursaries to enable clever boys and girls to experience the world class opportunities available at the school. There are a number of ways in which parents are able to receive financial assistance to help them pay school fees. This help comes in the form of Scholarships and Bursaries for pupils who meet our criteria for financial assistance. On average, about one fifth of our pupils receive such assistance. Scholarships Academic Scholarships are awarded to candidates who score the highest marks in the Entrance Examination (held in January every year for entry to the school the following September). All pupils who receive academic scholarships will also have performed well at interview and a good report is expected from their current school. This award is not means-tested and is worth between 10% and 20% of fees.. If your child is talented in a particular subject area (Art, Drama, Music or Sport) then you may apply for a specialist Scholarship. Scholarships awarded in these areas will only be offered to pupils who have performed well academically Assessing eligibility for a Bursary: The family's net disposable income is based on the family's gross income, direct outgoings and the value of property and other assets. This information is collated by asking parents to complete a confidential assessment form provided by the school. Each application for a bursary is considered on its merits but, by way of general guidance, a family with a net disposable income of more than £48,000 is unlikely to attract a bursary while a family with a net disposable income of less than £18,000 might be offered a 100% bursary. A family with a net disposable income of £28,000 might qualify for a 50% bursary. Bursary Forms will be sent to all those who have registered and must be returned by 30 th December

S I F Schools with a religious character- Becket Keys St Edwards Romford Ursuline Anglo European. Coopers. Any where you wish to sit the aptitude test.

Ursuline- 2nd November

By 21 st September

Anglo

Becket Keys

LEA’s Planning and Admissions general admissions Havering Pupil Services

LEA’s Planning and Admissions Extra Help Line-Choice Adviser Limited hearing

You have attended this meeting Plan your visits to Consortium schools Parents of children who are due start secondary school (Year 7) in September 2016 can apply online from 1 st September 2015 until the closing date 30 th October st March. National offer date 29 th March last date for appeal paperwork to reach Essex for 2016 hearing

The National Tests

What are they?

All Children in year 6 Reading Comprehension Grammar Punctuation and Spelling- SPAG Arithmetic Two maths reasoning papers A writing level is given but this is internal assessed based on the years work.

Level 5 maths question

When are they? Week of 9 th May.

What else will help?

Sexual Health Session

dies The children have already watched the first two parts in year five. We will now show them the final part that covers human reproduction in Summer

York

The York Trip

Who will accompany the children? Mrs Gunn Mrs Hornett Mr Gunn Miss Neal Mr Saunders Mrs Chalkley

Useful information The date of the visit 13 th to the 17 th of June The cost of the visit £ including £25 spending money

Payment schedule Deposit by the 28 th September £40.00 October £25.00 November £50.00 January £50.00 March £50.00 April £50.00 Cost of the trip £ May (Pocket money) £25.00 Grand total £290.00

Accommodation York St. John College. Separate boys and girls blocks. Showers and bathrooms on each floor. 24 hour supervision. The children, and teachers, will be in a locked area with the teachers having keys. A full risk assessment has been carried out.

What the children thought. I have great memories of York but the sealife centre was the best. I really enjoyed York and I will never forget that special week. I opened the door to my room and it looked immaculate, I thought -it won’t look like that in the morning. York was a great trip, I had a great time.