1. Y6 Parents’ Meeting 2018 Miss Bowman and Miss Manaton
Aim:
To tell you what you need to know about Y6.

2. Year six should be... Varied Memorable Fun Interesting Special
Challenging
Happy
Creative

3. Before September Transfer meeting with Miss. Kirkpatrick
Discuss medical info./friendships/ attainment/behaviour
Shuffle-up morning – Thursday 28th June.

4. The teachers in Year 6 – who are we?
Miss Manaton
(5 days – all day Monday and Friday, mornings only Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
Miss Bowman
(3 days – all day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Miss Bowman and Miss Manaton to share teaching of English and Maths.
Tom Baker - PE (Mondays)

5. Expectations and equipment
Pencil case – BLACK handwriting pen.
Full PE kit and trainers
Reading book and reading record
Home learning folder (on specific days)
Blue Hat to be kept at school

6. Class Routines
Every day - Maths, English, Collective Worship and quiet reading time (15 minutes)
Every afternoon – either: History/Geography/Science/RE/Art/D&T/ Computing/PE/Music/PSHCE/MFL
Mondays and Friday – PE kit
Library day – Wednesdays
*A precise timetable will come home with the children in September.

7. Maths and English Following the new curriculum for Y6
Age-related expectations for Maths and English (no more levels!)
More information is available on the school website
Support will be given to those needing it in the form of booster groups or targeted individual sessions.

8. TOPICS Children during the wars Term 1 The Bath Blitz Term 2
Mexico Term 3
Diversity/Islam Term 4
Changes/Evolution Term 5 & 6
Topic webs are sent out with newsletters at the start of each long term.

9. Home learning
Weekly home learning tasks given out and collected in the following week. The children will all be given a home learning folder – please ensure they use these.
It will usually contain:
Spellings
A weekly Maths and English task
Times tables
Term 3, 4 & 5 - Revision guides
At school - spelling and mental maths test each week
There is also an expectation that children will read every day at home and to parents regularly.

10. Projects
Usually related to the topic and will cover different subjects. It is much more open-ended and designed to allow the children choice and challenge in their learning at home. There will usually be one project per term and the children will have around 4 weeks to complete them.

11. Y6 Calendar
Term 1- trip to Fleet Air Arm Museum (WWII)/ Literature festival.
Term 2 - Christmas and possible Theatre visit
(Youth Speaks Competition)
Term 3 - SRE with the school nurse
Dance Umbrella
International week
Term 4 - Booster
Term 5 – SATs
Term 6 – Isle of Wight Residential
Life skills visit
Wells Leavers’ Day
Visits to secondary schools
Year 6 show
Throughout the year:
Sports events
Music festivals
Blue Hat meetings

12. Isle of Wight Residential June 2019
5 days/4 nights away from home
Visits to Dinosaur Isle Museum (Science), Alum Bay and The Needles, and Robin Hill. The children will also go fossil hunting, visit beaches and experience many more activities!

13. Any questions?