WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning WELCOME Year 6 Curriculum Information Session Wednesday 16 th September 2015

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Meet the Team!  Miss Kanaan  Mrs Ridgers Learning Support Assistants Mrs Dobke Mrs Clement Hayes Mrs Clements Miss Willoughby

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Key Expectations for English  Use subordinate clauses to write complex sentences.  Use passive voice where appropriate.  Use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely (e.g. The fact that it was raining meant the end of sports day).  Use a sentence structure and layout matched to requirements of text type.  Use semi-colon, colon or dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses.  Use colon to introduce a list & semi colon within a list.  Use correct punctuation of bullet points.  Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity.  Use full range of punctuation matched to requirements of text type.  Use wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs.  Use paragraphs to signal change in time, scene, action, mood or person.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Key Expectations for Maths  Use negative numbers in context & calculate intervals across zero.  Compare & order numbers up to 10,000,000.  Identify common factors, common multiples & prime numbers.  Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy.  Identify the value of each digit to 3 decimal places.  Use knowledge of order of operations to carry out calculations involving four operations.  Add & subtract fractions with different denominators & mixed numbers.  Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in the simplest form.  Divide proper fractions by whole numbers.  Calculate % of whole number.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Year 6 Curriculum Meeting Important Dates Monday 28 th September: Drumming workshop Thursday 22 nd October: Year 6 assembly. Please note a costume may be required. 9 th -20 th November: Bikeability Level 2 Friday 27 th November: Reports due to go out Tuesday 1 st and Wednesday 2 nd December: Parents evening Friday 11 th December: Year 6 cake sale Chinese Dance Workshop: TBA

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Year 6 Curriculum Termly curriculum information available on the website. Our project this term in Geography and History is China.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Termly Curriculum Information Available on the website.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning A typical week

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning SATS 9 th May 2016 Reading paper SPAG- Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar 2 Maths papers: both non-calculator. No level 6 paper at the moment. New arithmetic paper: replaces mental maths.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning SATS preparation Daily arithmetic or mental maths. Weekly times tables tests. Twice weekly handwriting exercises. Weekly spelling and grammar lesson. Grammar focus each week in English. SATS preparation throughout the year.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Homework Expectations  Mathletics is our online Maths homework tool.  Daily reading is still important and we encourage children to read widely.  Children are welcome to read ‘home’ books and record their reading in their reading diary.  Children will often be given spelling homework based on a spelling rule. Spelling tests are based around our project learning.  Project homework has changed. Children choose six of the nine homework activities to do over the half term. Some may take longer than one week. Please send a note if your child needs longer than one week to complete a task.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning The Homework Diary  The Homework Diary is uploaded to the Year 6 area of the website each week.  Please use your child’s book to communicate with us about their homework.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning PE expectations  Indoor PE: Shorts and t-shirt with plimsolls (optional).  Outdoor PE: Trainers in a plastic bag in case of wet weather. Please include jogging bottoms for colder weather.  One session of indoor PE and one session of outdoor PE per week.  If possible, please get children’s ears pierced during the school holidays to avoid missing PE sessions.  We must have a letter if your child is unable to participate in PE. They will be required to observe the class and make notes.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Year 6 Responsibilities  House Captains: Chosen termly  Head Boy and Head Girl: Elected by school council members  Sports Council: Chosen by PE coordinator  Assembly helpers

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Equipment for School  We would like children to try to fit all their belongings into one small bag or rucksack – our cloakroom space is limited. PE kits should be in a small drawstring bag and should be in school every day.  Children can bring one small pencil case containing the following items: pencil, rubber, long ruler, coloured pencils, pencil sharpener, whiteboard pen and glue stick  All children should have a named water bottle, which they will take home at the end of the day to be washed. PLEASE NAME ALL BELONGINGS!

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Helping your child at home  Reading: Asking questions about what they are reading.  Maths: Mathletics activities.  Handwriting: Encourage use of cursive writing style.  Writing: Use writing mat.  Encourage your child to check through their homework before they come to you.

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Helping at school  We are always looking for parents to help us out with activities. ActivityWhen Extra Curricular ActivitiesEvery Friday from 2pm until 3pm. Year 6 cake saleFriday 11 th December from 3:10pm until 4:10pm

WELCOME Shottermill Junior School Open Morning Questions  We are available in the playground after school.  Please call the office to arrange a meeting.  Staff meeting is on a Wednesday.  Miss Kanaan has a club on Tuesday and Mrs Ridgers has a club on Thursday.