1. Please help yourself to refreshments
Welcome to Year 6
Please help yourself to refreshments

2. Mrs Cox (Monday-Wednesday) Mrs Ferrier (Thursday - Friday)
Year 6 Team
Mrs Souadi
Mrs Cox (Monday-Wednesday)
Mrs Ferrier (Thursday - Friday)

3. Year 6’s Keys to Success
You will need to upload the Keys to Success from the website.

4. Year 6’s Curriculum Autumn Spring Summer
 The Highwayman: Hero or Villain?
 The Great War
 Are we harming our planet?
 Did the Mayans discover chocolate?
Greece Lightning!
SATs
Please add your completed overview for the Autumn Term

5. The Highwayman: Hero or Villain?
Autumn Term
Visitors
Trips
English
History
D&T
Geography
The Highwayman: Hero or Villain?
Maths
Art
Music
Please explain only key parts of the curriculum
ICT
R.E
PSHCE

6. Stunning Start
Please add pictures of your stunning start

7. Fabulous Finish
To conclude our study of The Highwayman we would like to invite parents to come in to the school to listen to the children perform the poem on:
Friday, 30th September 2016 at 2:45pm, in the year 6 classroom.
We hope to see you there!
Please add information on your fabulous finish

8. Supporting Your Child Reading:
Support your child’s fluency and understanding by listening to them read for at least 10 minutes a day.
Please complete your child’s reading record so we know that they have read and what they are reading.
Maths:
Support your child in becoming accurate and prompt in their times tables and related division facts.
Convert measurements e.g. kilos to grams etc.
Arithmetic practise to support written calculation.
Add and delete as appropriate

9. Supporting Your Child Spellings:
Each week your child will receive 10 spellings. They will be tested each Wednesday afternoon.
Support your child in learning their weekly spellings.
Year 5/6 spellings to go home to practise.
Writing:
Encourage lots of discussion to develop their vocabulary.
Write stories from photos – pobble365.
Encourage your child to keep a diary.
Try and write something everyday no matter how small.
Look out for the word of the week and encourage pupils to use it in the correct context.
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10. Home Learning
Each week, your child will receive ‘Home Learning’ tasks for English and maths.
They will be given a choice of activities based on the previous week’s learning.
Please encourage your child to challenge their thinking.
Home Learning tasks are given out on a Friday and are due in the following Wednesday.
Please encourage your child to participate in the school’s ‘Maths Challenge.’ Each fortnight there will be a new challenge to be won.
In addition to this, we would like to see your child participating in the half termly creative project, which ends with your child’s work presented in the ‘gallery’ held in the hall at the end of the school day.

11. P.E kit Games: Hockey - Monday P.E: Swimming - Friday
For all physical education lessons, it is expected that your child will have the correct equipment.
P.E Kit: Navy shorts
T-shirt, which is their team colour
Plimsolls or trainers (for outdoor work)
Warm clothing in winter months such as a tracksuit.
If they have an ear piecing it must be removed or your child must use tape to cover their ears.

12. Healthy Minds
Please ensure that your child has a clear water bottle in school.
This year we would like to encourage pupils to bring in a healthy snack during break times. The snack must be a fruit snack.
All lunch boxes should not include sweets or a fizzy drink.
If your child is entitled to a free school meal, application forms are available from the office.
Delete as appropriate for KS 1 or 2

13. Communication Class Dojos for rewards and sanctions. Class Pages.(
Weekly newsletters.
Parent teacher consultations.
Parent Forum.
Termly ‘Meet and Greet,’ afternoons.
Interim reports.
End of year reports.
Please add what you give green dojos for

14. Rewards and Sanctions Rewards Class Dojos. Weekly Red Book.
Headteacher’s Award.
Sanctions
Clear classroom expectations.
if a child is not following the class and school rules, then they
will have a verbal reminder.
If the behaviour continues they will be asked to move seats.
If the behaviour continues still they will work in a partner class.
Use of lunch time detentions.
Currently, we are reviewing the whole school behaviour policy. At present these are our rewards and sanctions.
Please discuss the whole class rules and rewards that were created during the first week.

15. Autumn Term Key Dates
Performance Poetry afternoon - Friday 30th September, 2:45pm
Regis Meeting (introduction meeting for the children)– 20th September 2016
Gymnastics Coaching – every Thursday during Autumn 2
Parent Teacher Consultations - 7th and 8th October

16. Thank you for joining us this afternoon
Thank you for joining us this afternoon. We look forward to working with you in supporting your child’s learning. Are there any questions?