1. Welcome to Year

2. Meet the team Mrs Marlow Mr Joyce Ms Smith Mr MacKay Mrs West
Miss White
Miss Fuller

3. Overview of Topics World War 2 Quests Evolution Thundersley
Science – Changing materials, Electricity, Human Body, Living things, Evolution,
Boy in Striped Pyjamas, Goodnight Mr Tom, When Hitler stole the pink rabbit, Carrie’s War, Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, Wolfbrother.

4. Attendance Descriptor Threshold Attendance Actual Whole Days Absent
Learning
Hours Lost
Excellent
100%
190 days
99%
189 days 2 10
Good
98%
186 days 4 20
97%
184 days 6 30
96%
182.5 days
7.5
37.5
Satisfactory
95%
180.5 days
9.5
47.5
Cause for
Concern
90%
171 days 19 95

5. Reading for Pleasure
Barriers to this…why doesn’t it happen? SATs

7. Reading at school Daily sessions based on a high-quality text
Independent reading
Group sessions
Whole class reading
Children to bring books to school every day.
Reward system –
25 times – Bronze certificate
50 times – Bronze badge
75 times – Silver certificate
100 times – Silver badge
125 times – Gold Certificate
150 times – Gold Badge

8. Reading at Home
School expectation is for children to read 5 times a week at home.
What kinds of books should my child read?
Children to record in their diaries each time they read – parents to sign
Reading to children still vital

9. writing Taught through a range of genres
High expectations for spelling and punctuation,
Regular extended independent writes
Children will have time edit and redraft work.
Writing for a purpose.

10. SPAG Grammar - Children need to learn a lot of terminology!
Spelling – patterns taught in class
High expectations
Word lists in home school diaries
Accurate use of punctuation expected throughout written work (including : and ;)

11. Maths Taught in smaller groups Strong emphasis on arithmetic
Traditional methods (column)
Multi-step word problems (linked to comprehension skills)
Very high expectations eg fractions
Booster groups – start this term

12. Homework Regular reading each week. Short text to read every Friday
My Maths or Paper based - Friday
Sumdog – Maths and Reading
Spelling Pattern – Monday
Easter SAT revision

13. SATS Begins week commencing 8th May 2016 3 maths papers
1 grammar paper
Spelling Test
Reading comprehension test
Times tables test
Writing assessed by teachers
Resits in Year 7
Parent Involvement to discuss in detail and look at sample papers – Friday 21st October 2016

14. VLE Notices and dates Information about topics
Spelling patterns for the week
Photographs of our learning.

15. Sport and Extra-curricular activities
PE – Every Tuesday
Swimming – Wednesday afternoons
Trip to Duxford – October
Residential trip to Isle of Wight - May
End of year musical production

16. Any questions