1. Welcome to Term 5- It’s all Greek to me!
Mrs Mundy, Mrs Brennan, Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Leeming and Mrs Granger
(and lots of additional helpers…………….)

2. General Routines Register is taken at 9:00.
Collective Worship is held everyday at 9:10 (Class Assembly on a Monday)
Maths and English every day.
Topic and Foundation subjects every afternoon
P.E. sessions are on Wednesday and Friday
Wednesday- Fitness Challenge/Quad kids
Friday – Fitness Challenge/cricket
P.E. kit – Daily Mile

3. Start and end of the day
Children can enter the classroom from 8:45 onwards.
Independence
The children will always have a start of the day activity.
Please let us know if end of the day arrangements have changed!!

4. Homework Maths homework will be set on a Tuesday.
English homework will be set on a Friday.
Spellings will be tested every Thursday.
99 Club tested every Friday and Tables Challenge on Tuesday.
Please feel free to add comments onto homework – any feedback is gratefully received.

5. Reading
3 x a week
Please record, or encourage your child to record, when they have read at home.
There will be a prize for those children who continuously read 3 times a week (we monitor this by comments made in homework diary).

6. Progress A range of assessment strategies
Continuous ongoing assessment
If child is not on track to meet age related expectations then I will contact you.
Provision Maps/Intervention letters.
Parent’s evening – discuss your child’s progress in more detail.

7. Expected standard - reading

8. Expected standard - writing

9. Expected standard - maths

10. Expected standard - science

13. SATs

14. Teacher assessments
Teachers will make their own judgement about your child’s attainment for reading, writing, maths and science.
These are also reported to the Government.
Writing is only assessed by teachers, there is no test.
KS2 scores are used to inform your child’s secondary school on entry.
St Johns have used SATs scores to set for English and Maths from day 1 (for the past 2 years).

16. Teacher assessment - writing
Children will be assessed by the teachers to determine whether they are:
Working towards the expected standard
Working at the expected standard
Working at greater depth within the expected standard

17. Standardised scores – results!!

18. Keep Calm and Carry on!!
Please remind your child that they are more than ready for these assessments, they have practised and there is NOTHING to panic about!!
We will be having a special breakfast each day of the tests – croissants, fruit, juice etc.…
We will encourage the children to come school a bit early on these days.
Don’t panic if your child is ill – we may be able to let them sit the test at a different time (we will need to request this from the government!)
We all know your children are more that ‘a score in a test’ and we tell them this every day!!!! Whilst the SATs are important and we want the children to ‘show off’ their skills, they are just a snap shot!!

19. Life beyond SATs There are so many exciting things to look forward to:
The epic Year 6 play!!!! Watch this space!
Leaver’s service
Sports Week
Visit to college – more info to follow
Buddy Celebration

20. Thank you for coming. Open Door Policy
If you wish to contact us, we are always available at the beginning and end of the day in the classroom.
Available for phone calls before and after the school day.
If you want an update, please arrange a meeting- we are always happy to see you!
Thank you for coming.