1. Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting
3:30pm
Monday 12th September

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

3. The Year 6 Team 6F Miss Ferguson (Year Leader) 6H Miss Hunter
Supported by Mrs Yaxley-Smith
6H Miss Hunter
Supported by Mrs Oakes
6R Mr Redmill
Supported by Mr Bailey & Mrs O’Brien
6U Miss Unite
Supported by Mrs Lough

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

5. Maths Sets Set 1 – Mr Redmill Set 2 – Miss Hunter
Set 3 – Miss Ferguson
Set 4a – Mrs Lavelle
Set 4b – Miss Unite
Set Changes

6. Spelling Taught in ability groups within each class
Focus on spelling rules and high-frequency words
Taught three times a week
Children to learn words for a spelling test at the end of the week
Spelling lists will be sent home this week & are already available on the school website

7. The Curriculum Literacy: Biographies and Autobiographies
Stories from our literary heritage (Shakespeare)
Poetry
Myths and Legends
Persuasive Speeches
Weekly GPS focus
History: The Vikings
(Cross curricular links to Art, Music & Literacy)
Art / DT: Links
Science: Living Things & Habitats plus Animals

8. The Curriculum
Computing: How Networks (including the Internet) work- including interpreting data on the Internet, creating and sharing digital content online and the everyday use of computers.
PSHE: Feelings, Friends & Friendships
Financial Capability

9. Interventions
One to One
Daily Interventions
Weekly Interventions

10. Homework Schedule Task When given Context Reading Daily
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.
Tables
Tables - 2x – 12x tables and related division facts.
Literacy and Numeracy
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.

11. Important Diary Dates 2016: 2017:
14/09/16 –Visit to Wat Tyler Country Park
21/09/16 – Mayflower School Roadshow (19:00)
29/09/16 – Open Door Event
30/09/16 – Harvest Festival (10:45 – 11:45)
13/10/16 – Young Shakespeare Company
17/10/16 – Year 6 Test Week
2017:
16/01/17 – Mock SATs Week 1
13/03/17 – Mock SATs Week 2
08/05/17– SATs Week
15/05/17 – Year 6 Activity Week

12. Secondary Transfer 12th September 2016: 17th September 2016:
Information Meeting at Buttsbury Junior School
17th September 2016:
Test for selective schools (11+)
September/October 2016:
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 2016:
Deadline for common application form 

13. Secondary Transfer 1st March 2017: March 2017 April - July 2017:
National offer date
 March 2017
Opportunity to lodge appeals
 April - July 2017:
Appeals held
 September 2017:
Your child starts secondary school

14. Important Dates Mayflower High School
Mayflower High School Roadshow for Year 6 Parents
Wednesday 21st September at 7.00pm at BJS
Mayflower High School Open Evening
Thursday 6th October 2016 – 6:30pm
Mayflower High School Open Mornings
10th – 13th October from 9am

15. The Billericay School Open Evening The Billericay School Open Mornings
Important Dates
The Billericay School
The Billericay School Open Evening
Wednesday 28th September 2016 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm
The Billericay School Open Mornings
29th, 30th September & 4th October

16. New-style SATs The week beginning Monday 8th May 2017
Reading comprehension test
Writing is teacher assessed based on work covered in class.
There will be a grammar, punctuation and spelling test (GPS).
Three maths papers – arithmetic and two longer papers – focus is on problem-solving
Preparation programme (Jan onwards)
Mock SATs – January and March
Booster Classes (start after the February half-term) and Easter revision school (3rd April hopefully!)

17. SATs Timetable 2017 Session 1 Session 2 Monday 8th May Reading Test
Session 1
Session 2
Monday 8th May
Reading Test
60 minutes
Tuesday 9th May
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test
45 minutes
Spelling Test
(approx. 20 minutes)
Wednesday 10th May
Maths Paper 1- Problem Solving
40 minutes
Maths – Arithmetic
30 minutes
Thursday 11th May
Maths Paper 3 – Problem Solving

18. Results
Pass mark to be 100
100 will be worked out on the national average mark.
Higher above or below national average will show if children are below, at or above national expected.
Progress is measured via a complicated formula
We also continue to provide teacher assessment in bands and steps as we feel this helps measure achievement more finitely.

19. Thank you for coming!
General Questions