180911 Parents Meeting Intro Year 6

Year 6
Parents Information Evening

2019/2020

“I have the freedom and choice to be ambitious for my future”

OUR SCHOOL PRAYER
Dear Lord,

This is our prayer to you.
Help us to enjoy our school while we learn.
Teach us to respect ourselves and each other.
Show everyone how to care for each other as you care for
us.
Give us the skills to use our talents wisely for the good of
ourselves and others.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen

Our Mission Statement:

I have the freedom and choice to be ambitious for my
future.

Our Vision:

Our Strategic Aims are:
• To inspire all, through learning experiences which

enrich, excite and engage.
• To be happy confident, caring and resilient learners,

ready to embrace challenge.
• To make consistently strong progress across the

curriculum and achieve their very best

School Principles:
It’s all about consistency…

Be Ready :

Be Respectful:

Be Safe:

Agenda:

Year 6 Staff
Differences in Year 6
Philosophy behind Year 6 Mantra
Curriculum Overview by term
SATS details – New Tests and new scoring system
Parent partnership
Additional Information – Online safety
Contacts
Questions

Year 6 Staff:

Assistant Head Year 5 & 6:
Miss A Lewis (Computer Co-ordinator)

Teachers:

 Chestnut House – 6KC : Mr K Cantillon (House Leader & PE Co-ordinator)
 Sycamore House – 6CC : Miss C Cartmel (Maths Co-ordinator)
 Oak House – 6JB : Mrs J Bowler-Smith (English Co-ordinator)

Learning Support Assistants:

 6KC: Mrs Khan
 6CC: Mrs Wilson-Shrubb
 6JB: Mrs Spraget

What makes Year 6 different?

 Preparing children for the transition to secondary school
Academically
To inspire, challenge and ensure academic achievement.
To instil the love of learning to enable independent learners.
To achieve academic potential with SATS.
Social & Emotional
To ensure children are resilient dealing with challenges.
To develop a maturity in thoughts and actions .
To develop an independence with decision making.

Year 6 Mantra

 Resilience – ensuring your child does not become over anxious or

get easily upset when constructive feedback is given. To cope with a more
mature and honest teacher/pupil relationship. Your child is in a safe
environment to allow them the opportunity to become resilient before they
enter secondary school.

Independence – allow your child to become independent by being

organised, sorting out their own problems – less parental involvement and
being committed. Your child is in a safe environment to allow them the
opportunity to learn these life skills before they enter secondary school.

 Maturity – understanding the correct behaviour within school and

towards their learning, dealing with day to day issues with a mature manner
– knowing who to turn to and developing relationships with others. Your child
is in a safe environment to allow them the opportunity to become mature
individuals before they enter secondary school.

Year 6 Curriculum:
Autumn Term theme:
First World War

Spring Term theme:
Disasters

Summer Term theme:
Tudors & Shakespeare

SATS week:

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Monday 11th May 2020
Reading Tuesday 12th May 2020
Arithmetic Wednesday 13th May 2020
Maths Paper 2 Wednesday 13th May 2020
Maths Paper 3 Thursday 14th May 2020

What are SATS for?

A means of assessing progress across each Key Stage.

A means of assessing the curriculum nationally in English and Maths.

As a way to track the progress and assess the performance of individual
children.

Secondary schools to see the general ability of children and to aid initial
Year 7 groupings.

Produce league tables in order to make an informed decision when
choosing schools.

Post SATs

 Continuation of core lessons
 Performance – focusing on the music and Speech & Language

aspects of the curriculum
 Year 6 trip t.b.c.
 Transition to Secondary schools

Parent Partnership:

Homework: Homework will be issued weekly. Children will have the

following CGP books: Home Learning projects will be given
• Grammar, at the start of the term and your
• Punctuation child will have to project manage to
• Comprehension complete four tasks before half term.

• Spelling

• Reading

• Maths

If your child is struggling with an aspect of their learning, additional
activities maybe sent home to help them to consolidate and secure that
learning.

Homework – Online Platforms:

• Children have all received a logon for Spelling Shed, Accelerated Reader
and Mathletics. All these platforms can be accessed from home.

• Encourage your children to use these platforms not only for completing
homework but also for extra study. There are games and lessons available
on Spelling Shed and Mathletics.

• Please encourage your child to read. If you are unsure of what books suit
your child’s reading age Accelerated Reader has a book finder capability.
Google

Parent Partnership:

Monitor your child completing their Home Learning/CGP books ensure they
are completing their work to the best of their ability and are handing in
on time.

Ensure your child reads regularly and reads a good variety of different
genres.

Ensure your child knows their times tables – practise, practise, practise
(children should have up to 12x12 by year 4)

Discuss school and topics with your child.

Practise with every day life, mental skills - addition and subtraction,
telling the time, money and word problems.

Encourage SATS revision CGP

Watch the news and discuss topical issues.

Parent Partnership:

Resources to aid your child with their learning:
later on in the term we will send a letter and
order form to parents if they wish to order
practice style papers for their child. The
school gets the books at a discounted price!
Cheaper than retail price.

Use the website to research information for Home Learning activities
but please do not allowed your child to just cut and paste!

Additional Information:

Year 6
Curriculum Trips
Performance
Hoodies
Leavers book
Leavers Service and Disco

A Parents Guide to Year 6: available electronically on the BJS website in the
Year 6 area.

Online safety:

Online safety:

Community Volunteers:

We are always pleased to accept offers of help in school.
If you have some time to spare, you could, for example:
• Listen to readers,
• Practise times tables,
• Support handwriting,
• Keep the library running well,
• Help with the allotment,
• Support cooking, craft, DT projects,
• Lunchtime clubs (eg knitting)

The list is endless – many of our parents/carers have wonderful
skills that could be used to inspire and challenge our children so please
get in touch and let us know!

For more information or to volunteer some
Help, please contact Mrs Stanford or Mrs Vipond through the
school office and leave your details.

Contacts:

[email protected]

Please contact the school office, in the first
instance if you wish to speak to a class teacher.

Q&A session
Thank you!