1. Welcome to Year 6 Meet and Greet for Parents & Carers1

2. The Year 6 staff team Mrs Grigg Class Teacher, Upper School Leader
Mr Aspinall– Class Teacher
Teaching Assistants
Miss Turnbull 2

3. How to contact us Open door policy at end of day or
phone to arrange an appointment if a longer time is needed 3

4. Your child needs to bring these things to school every day:
Reading book and reading diary signed by an adult
Healthy snack – fruit, vegetables, savoury biscuits or money for snack (toast, fruit, drinks, bagels etc.)
PE kit
Water bottle 4

5. PE / Games / Swimming
Monday and Friday
The children will have the opportunity to swim in the Summer term
Kit- plain white t-shirt, black
shorts or leggings, pumps/trainers

6. Groupings These are flexible and will be reviewed regularly
Children of all abilities will work with different adults in school, in small groups or individually, to support their learning and to plug any gaps.

7. Creative Curriculum All areas are taught through a thematic approach
This term the whole school theme is ‘We Love books’

8. Supporting learning Teacher / TA / Governor support
working with individuals and small
Groups
1:1 tuition such as Beanstalk to support with Reading.
Parent helpers -
Can you help support learning and social development in school?
Do you have a skill to share?

9. Standards
Children have clear learning objectives for every lesson and the teacher marks the work according to this objective
Children have short focused next steps to help them achieve their end of year target
They are involved in assessing their performance and encouraged to work towards improving their skills
RAR!

10. Home Learning Challenge
This is to develop independent learning based
on activities in class. It will be given out on a Friday and must be returned by the following Tuesday. This work will be used in class also so please encourage your child to be prompt bringing it in.
Reading
Daily if possible, from a range of materials to
include fiction, poems, non-fiction. Share literature
together.
Please comment and sign the reading diary. 10

11. We try to set Home Learning Activities which
require children to become more independent learners.
With this in mind some Home Learning Tasks
will
be linked to a topic or theme
include areas of independent study
may take the form of research, preparing a presentation
or be practical involving art or craft
may be set for extended periods of time
In addition small pieces of additional home learning may be
set, for example:
involve the children finding out a fact, bringing a
picture or a news clip, asking someone a
question, etc

12. Maths Home Learning
This will sometimes take the form of an investigation, or sometimes be something to learn.
It will give the children an opportunity to either practise a skill they have been learning or prepare them for related learning.
In addition, children need to learn to recall tables in random order and carry out quick mental calculations, these can always be practised! The children are tested and timed every Thursday afternoon. Ask them how they're getting on. 12

13. If you have any problems/ issues with the
homework:
look at any information/examples given
encourage your child to ask for help in school – have a go on the night it’s been given if possible
jot down a note on work or in the home learning book
pop in and see us

14. Educational Visits
Residential Visits 14

15. How can you help your child at home?
Establish routines:
Provide a quiet place for home learning.
Encourage them to be physically active, eat well and sleep!
Read aloud with your children – ask them questions about what has been read [opinion + why]
Support Home Learning tasks on a regular basis – little and often if possible
Encourage them to tackle tasks independently at first – then offer support e.g. ‘Let’s look at the example together’ 15

16. At home . . .
Read anything!
Library, book club, magazines, games instructions,
newspapers, signs etc
Write for a purpose:
Postcards, shopping lists, thank you letters,
Spellings:
Practise these regularly (SATs)
Use Maths:
Cook, look for patterns, money in shops etc
Science: notice the world 16

17. We have HIGH EXPECTATIONS…
Children have to be in school to learn
They will work hard at all times
Behaviour to learn
Every second counts
We want the children to Love learning!