Year 6 Parent Information Evening - Thursday 24 th September 2015 A warm welcome from Mrs. Davis and Mrs. English

What will our child be learning in Year ? Our Creative Curriculum Topics: Autumn: War – What is it good for? Shang Dynasty and Battle of Britain Spring: Victorians – Life is Hard Summer: Lights, Camera, Action. – Technological advances and the Americas

R.E. All classes follow a scheme called: “Learning and Growing as the people of God” Throughout this the children all learn about religion; knowledge and understanding of and learn from religion; reflecting on meaning Units include: Belonging to the Church Community, Celebrating the life of Mary and the Saints, The story of the people of God, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, Followers of Christ, Prayers in the lives of followers of Christ and finally Baptism. Children may occasionally have some R.E. homework to bring home.

Timetable for the week Y6 Time-table – (45 mins) – – – – – Monday Maths Activity Registration Numeracy Numeracy Practice Whole school Assembly J.C. KS2 Playtime KS2 PLay-time KS2 Playtime Literacy Lunch Time Registration PPA – KS2 Tidy and Home-time SPANISH ART Tuesday Picture/word Activity Numeracy Numeracy Practice HYMN PRACTISE Literacy ERIC 10 mins P.E 1.15 – 2.15 SCIENC E Whole class Story time Wednesday Puzzle Numeracy Numeracy Practice Class Collective Literacy SCIENCE 2.15 – 3.25 P.E. Whole class Story time Thursday What’s The Link? Numeracy Numeracy Practice KS2 -Collective Worship ® Literacy RE 2.10 – 3.25 TOPIC Geograp hy/ History Whole class Story time Friday RE Activity R.E./ 9.10 – Mass Or Class collective worship Club 22 Maths Assessment Literacy Give out Homework Newsround TOPIC ART/ History RE 2.45 – 3.25 Awards Assembl y

Homework Homework Club – Monday lunch-time – 13.00

How can I help at home? Support with homework: - Learning spellings - Enjoying books/reading to your child/listening to your child read or discuss his/her book - Times tables (by the end of yr 5 children should have a good grasp of all the times tables & division facts) - Visit your local library -Read books around the main topic -Access to the internet for research & educational sites -Encouraging your child to present homework to a high standard -Finding a good space & time to encourage good habits

READING AT HOME Please sign reading record book, K.S.2 Homework Diaries if you hear your child read Listening to audio books together & discussing the story Link to our topic Reading to your child/family Visiting your local library Independent readers: discuss book, ask them questions about what they are reading

Assessment we will refer to your child’s current level of attainment using phrases such as: working at age related expectations working towards age related expectations working beyond age related expectations

Avoiding “fixed mind-set” about ability, we want to foster in all our children a “growth mind-set” meaning that we believe that we can all improve our abilities with practice, effort and persistence. We would also like to further enrich our pupils’ learning by developing a greater breadth of skills and knowledge, so that they are confident to apply their skills to different areas of the curriculum, rather than focus on moving to the ‘next level’. Pupils will still be familiar with their ‘next steps’ learning targets as a way of ensuring maximum opportunity for progress but there will be no emphasis on what numerical level they are working at.

The New Curriculum needs a new form of assessment The research for the review of the National Curriculum showed that it should focus on ‘fewer things in greater depth’, in secure learning which persists, rather than relentless, “over-rapid progression” Depth and sustainability is what assessment should focus on (Living in a Levels-Free World, by Tim Oates published by DfE)

The New Curriculum The expectation is that the majority of pupils will move through the programmes of study at broadly the same pace. (National Curriculum for Mathematics page 3) A significant change

In line with the curricula of many high performing jurisdictions, the National Curriculum emphasises the importance of all pupils mastering the content taught each year and discourages the acceleration of pupils into content from subsequent years.

Who is mastery for? The essential idea behind ‘mastery’ is that all children need a deep understanding and fluency of the mathematics they are learning so that: future mathematical learning is built on solid foundations which do not need to be re-taught; there is no need for separate catch-up programmes due to some children falling behind; children who, under other teaching approaches, can often fall a long way behind, are better able to keep up with their peers, so that gaps in attainment are narrowed whilst the attainment of all is raised. There is no such thing as “S.E.N.” There is no such thing as “more able”

Higher attaining Does a mastery curriculum really meet their needs? Research indicates that pupils benefit more from enrichment and deepening of content rather than acceleration into new content. Acceleration is likely to promote superficial understanding, rather than the true depth and rigour of knowledge that is a foundation for higher mathematics. This argument was advanced by the Advisory Committee for Mathematics Education on page 1 of its report: Raising the bar: developing able young mathematicians, December 2012

The New Curriculum Factual & Procedural Fluency Conceptual Understanding INTEGRATION

Assessing progress in the 3 aims Fluency Reasoning Problem Solving

Tracking recall of multiplication facts

Developing and assessing reasoning

Fewer things Greater depth Class working together Longer time on topics Together these reflect the features of A mastery curriculum for mathematics

Depth and going deeper = = = = Making Connections supports depth and sustainable learning and paves the way for later learning

Year 5 addition and subtraction = = = =

Depth and going deeper Same and different Y6 Compare × 7 and (31 + 9) × 7 What’s the same? What’s different? What’s the same, what’s different about these number statements?

You may find this website useful – we did! YEAR 6 SATs INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

What are they? SATs are tests given at the end of each Key Stage to show progress In Year 6 they are called National tests Levels no longer used. Each child will be given a raw score and then a statement

What do SATs tests show? show what pupils have learnt and retained during the key stage. strengths and weaknesses.

Can my child fail a SATs test? NO - it will just show what they have learned and what they can do.

What are the children tested on? all of the work they have covered in all year groups so far. Maths, English and Science (past paper) SATs results rarely hold any surprises – we hope!

What form will the tests take? MONDAY 9th MAY TUESDAY 10th MAY WEDNESDAY 11th MAY THURSDAY 12th MAY FRIDAY 13th MAY Reading Test English grammar, punctuation and spelling test Paper 1 :15 mins – spelling Paper 2 : 45 mins – short answer mathematics Paper 1 – Arithmetic Paper 2 - Reasoning mathematics Paper 3 – ReasoningScience Selected sample schools only ?????? It could be US!

How will the results be reported? Maths and reading sent away for marking as soon as each test has been completed. Returned by first week in July we compile the reports for parents (in addition to the end of year reports). state the ability and a teacher assessment compared to the national and the school averages. assigned one statement Painsley use an average of test (raw scores), teacher assessments to group the children

What is teacher assessment? summarise giving a statement for each attainment target in English, mathematics and science.

How can you help your child? Make sure they get enough sleep. Make sure they eat breakfast. It is important they arrive at school on time. Don’t try and frighten them into revising – encourage them and tell them they can do well. Support them with homework. Please help them not to panic! Encourage them to ask the teacher if they are unsure about anything – before or during the test. Explain that the SATs are a way of showing what they know.

Safe Internet Search Engines Here are some Safe Internet Search engines the children can use at home: These are Safe Image Searches:

PPA (Planning, Preparation & Assessment)

Behaviour – Rewards Award Assembly: Star of the week! Class Dojos – House Points - Certificates termly – - Excellent work/behaviour - 3 Signatures in Reading Record Books (parents) - Politeness/helpfulness - Homework: Effort & Achievement

Sanctions Class Charters Clear expectations and classroom rules. Positive reinforcement is always used first. Classes individual discipline procedures New day, new start!

Class Management Bags 1 drawstring PE bag to stay on peg in school 1 small school bag to include their lunchbox Coats Please ensure your child has a tag on the back of their coat so that it will stay on their peg & that it is labelled with their name Clothes: Please label with child’s name Pupils may bring sports top, drink bottles into school but water only for the classroom Class Equipment: Children may bring a small pencil case/reading book from home but we cannot take responsibility for lost items. Could we please request that children do not bring in large pencil case containing unnecessary stationary.

Communications Weekly Newsletter (available on school website) Annual calendar updated regularly Website Class Dojo – Class Story

Y6 - School Visits To enhance the children's learning in the outdoor environment. AutumnTerm :Retreat Day –Painsley, Maths Day – Race Course, Theatre Trip too. SpringTerm : The Workhouse. Summer Term: Alton Towers? Reward trip for hard work. Residential trip: Robin Wood Transition Days/Move up morning

Curriculum Days/Weeks Book Day Friday -16 th October Interfaith Week - Mon 16 th – 20 th November Number Day N.S.P.C.C.- Friday5 th December World Book Day - Thursday 3 rd March Science Week -Monday14 th March – Friday 18 th March Sports Week July 18 th – 22 nd July 2016 Art focus - Mon 13 th – 17 th June

Dates & Events for your diaries: Whole School Assembly – Harvest Fri 9/10/15 Inspire Mornings- 16 th December 11-12noon Class collective worships-Tues Weekly School/Class Masses Sunday 4 th October Parents’ Evenings: Autumn-Mon 16 th and Tues 17 th November 4-6pm Spring Term – 14 th and 15 th March 4-6pm Summer Term Open Evening

Feedback please Pink Post-it for Positive please Yellow Post-it for Improvements please