1. Welcome to Year 6
Class Teachers: Mrs Moreton, Mr Sieber, Miss Thornley Others: Miss Wilcox, Miss Hughes and Miss Grimwood

2. What to expect from Year 6…
Hard work and lots of fun!

3. Key learning/end of year expectations

4. Key learning/end of year expectations
Please take an interim framework for writing to see the expectations in writing.

5. https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/
How to help your child at home.
Times tables – PixL times table app/MyMaths/games
Spellings – spelling list on website
Reading:
Practise tests throughout year.

6. Reading Years 4-6
In year 4-6 children will take part in the half termly reading challenge. Instead of a reading record, children will record the books that they read at home onto their reading challenge sheet, ticking off which genre the book fits into and writing a short book review at the end. Reading challenge sheets will be checked alongside homework and we kindly ask parents to sign the reading challenge sheet to confirm that children have read the whole book. Children who read 3 or more books per half term will be given a class reward.

7. Spelling
Spelling in English lessons is the most important aspect. We will have a strong emphasis on checking spellings with peers and using spell checkers.
We will also be using a spelling programme called No Nonsense Spelling.
There will be a short spelling lesson each week.
Children’s spellings will be set every half term, alongside the homework menu.
They will be set a spelling pattern and 5 words that they will be tested on. They need to investigate and find more words with the same spelling pattern for the following Friday.
The weekly spelling test will comprise of words from the list that have been sent home to learn that week and some words that aren’t on the list, but follow the same spelling pattern.
The weekly test will also include bonus words, which are taken from the national curriculum for their year group (the whole list can be found on the school website).

8. Homework Termly homework menus will be set with 10 options.
Children must complete at least one English and one maths activity.
Homework must be completed in our new homework books – writing must be in pencil or blue handwriting pen only and sheets must be stuck in.
Homework books are due in on a Wednesday and will be returned on a Friday.
Homework should be completed at home, but in circumstances where this cannot happen we will provide a homework club.
Homework certificate awards:
Bronze = 5 pieces of homework
Silver = 8
Gold = 10
Platinum = 10 and at least 2 challenges

9. Year 6 additional teachers
In Year 6 the children be taught the following subjects by our specialist teachers:
PE – Mrs Swift
French – Madame Townsend
Music - BYMT teachers
Our topics this year will include:
World War 1, Ancient Benin, ‘Staying Alive’, Europe and the Americas and Evolution.
We have our planning time together every Wednesday afternoon. The classes will be taken by Miss Hughes in 6M, Mr Vitarana in 6S and Mrs East in 6T.

10. Curriculum /Outdoor Learning
This year, we will be continuing to enhance our curriculum provision for children across the school.
One of our key priorities is to encourage our school community to engage more effectively with our outside spaces.
We aim to use the outside space at school and around our local area more frequently to enhance the children’s learning.
Lessons may take place outside and the children should be equipped for this, what ever the weather!
As part of our PE curriculum, all the children will be taking part in a weekly Outdoor Adventurous Activities lesson, which may involve team building games, orienteering etc.

11. Our Outside Spaces
Over the summer we have begun significant work on our school grounds.
We have introduced a large sandpit, mounds, trenches and trails across the existing mound.
The new additions to the field will play a part in enhancing the children’s learning when outside and aid in meaningful play at break times.
The work is ongoing so watch out for new developments.

12. School Trips/Visitors
School trips and visitors:
Autumn: Horniman Museum, Shakespeare company
Spring: Cooking
Summer: Cinema SATs treat
We will also be doing an outdoor enrichment trip which will be our residential to Bawdsey Manor.
Trips to London will be going ahead again, if relevant to the curriculum topic that the children are learning about.
We will also be doing more outdoor projects to develop our school site such as bulb planting, growing vegetables, designing new features for the school grounds.

13. Social media and E-safety
Children are taught one e-safety lesson every half term as part of the Computing curriculum and this includes how to report concerns about content and contact online.
To support the your child you can:
be open and involved in discussions with your children about what they do online
use parental controls at home
supervise your child’s use of Youtube
model positive use of social media (e.g interacting with the school’s twitter feed)
Social media for children is not permitted. The minimum age for apps and websites such as instagram, facebook is 13 and under new GDPR regulations many are raising this minimum age to 16. Use of these apps will not be tolerated.
If you have an e-safety concern, please contact the school immediately.

14. Key dates
Autumn term parents’ evenings: Wednesday 5th December 2018 Thursday 6th December 2018 Both are from 3:40pm – 7:00pm Class assemblies: Friday mornings at 9:15am 6M: Friday 28th September 6T: Friday 30th November 6S: Friday 9th November

15. Before and after school
It is important that children are on time. There are important early morning activities that children complete between 8:40 and 9:00am. Being late has an impact on the children’s learning.
Going home:
Children will only be permitted to go home with adults on their permissions list.
Please inform the school in writing if you have a change in these or if you permit your child to walk to the gate/offsite by themselves.

16. Uniform, outdoor wear and PE kits
This half term, pupils can wear their winter or summer uniform.
After October half term, only winter uniform should be worn. Shirts must be worn with ties.
School shoes must be black, enclosed. No trainers please.
Nail varnish is not permitted at school and hair accessories must be small and in school colours (navy, white, black or grey).
Please ensure that all pieces of school uniform are labelled with your child’s name and their current class.
Your child will need a named PE kit (including trainers/tracksuits for outdoor PE), an art apron and their book bag in school at all times.
They also need wellingtons and a waterproof coat to do any outdoor learning and to access the field at lunchtimes.

17. Finally……
Please make sure your child is in school, every day and on time.
If you need to speak to someone, please contact one of us in the first instance. We can help or direct your question or query elsewhere.
Please remember we are completely nut free school (we have children with severe allergies) and snacks for break time should be fresh fruit.
Please see the school website for key dates, learning information and homework.

18. Finally……
We are a school committed to safeguarding. If you have a safeguarding concern, please speak to one of the following members of staff:

19. SLT
PTA: Zoe Germain Attendance Pupil premium Home school agreement.