Welcome Parents and friends to the Year 6 meeting 2015. Introducing your Year 6 team… Mr Brett Miss Jones Miss Michelson

This is our school, let peace be found here. Our School Prayer This is our school, let peace be found here. Let the rooms be full of happiness. Let love abide here, love for one another, love for God. Let us remember that as many hands build a house so many hearts make a school. Amen

SATS Papers English Maths Week of the 9th May 2016 Reading comprehension Grammar, spelling and punctuation test Writing – Teacher assessments throughout the year. Speaking & listening - Teacher assessments throughout the year Maths 30 minute Arithmetic paper 2 x 40 minute maths paper focusing on reasoning skills Science This year there will be a Science test. Topics include Biology, Chemistry and Physics. However, schools will be selected at random for this. We will still be preparing the children for these tests.

Reading 1 hour to complete the test this includes: Reading the text Answering approx. 30 questions Children are allowed to refer to the reading booklet during this time There are a variety of different questions to be answered in different ways Children cannot have any adult help in this test

Reading questions There are 5 main types of questions on the reading paper: Literal – answer is there in the text Deductive – look for clues Inferential – read between the lines Author intent – e.g. why does an author use a particular word Organisational features- looking at the structure and layout of a text

‘A Day in the English Countryside’ Sentence from: ‘A Day in the English Countryside’ As the afternoon light started to fade, the cow stopped eating grass, stood instead with its head over the gate and gazed expectantly down the lane. How light was it? (Literal) What three things did the cow do? (Literal) What time of day was it? (Deductive) Where was the cow? (Deductive) What do you think the cow was expecting? (Inferential) What strategies does the writer use to give the reader so much information in a single sentence? (Authorial intent)

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar SPAG Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Children will complete 2 tests. 1 grammar and punctuation paper- 45 minutes Correct, complete and re-write sentences Explain why a sentence is grammatically correct e.g. correct use of apostrophes Selected response e.g. identify the adjectives in this sentence 1 Spelling test of 20 words

Mathematics Mathematics SATs consist of: An arithmetic test. This is a 30 minute written test focussing on the 4 different calculations. Two reasoning tests These papers consist of multiple choice, true or false, constrained questions such as completing tables and finishing graphs. They will also be required to explain their Mathematical reasoning.

Some questions are worth one mark and therefore accuracy is important. Other questions are worth two marks and even if the answer is wrong, a mark may be given for correct working. Teachers may read questions in any of the Mathematics papers to the children if requested.

Homework The Year 6 children are set Maths, English and Spelling homework on Friday. In addition to this they may be set a Topic project or Religion work. ALL homework is to be returned to their teacher on the following Wednesday. Please sign your child’s homework diary each week. Also, we ask that you sign your child’s reading record every day to show that they have read. Children who can show they have read 5 night a week until the last week of half term will be rewarded with a special trip! We do expect the correct amount of time to be spent on homework and for it to be high quality. Children will be asked to do it again if it is not of the correct standard and may miss part of break times as a sanction for this. This is all good practise for secondary school.

How can parents help? The best help is interest taken in learning and progress. Supporting homework. Good communication between the school and home. Getting a good sleep on a school night!

How can I help with writing? Again, reading a variety of texts – the more children read, the more familiar they become with different text types Reading homework – text analysis Writing homework –Sentence structure Spelling – spelling lists / rules every week Grammar and punctuation homework

How can I help with reading? Ensure your child reads every night! Encourage them to read fiction and non-fiction. Try to listen to your child read and talk to them about what they are reading. Help them with the different skills of reading especially ‘skim’ reading where they are looking for key words in the text. Speed reading for fluency Reading homework

How can I help with Maths? Support with homework – not just helping with the Maths but reading the question can really help. TIMES TABLES!!! Help your child to check their work through – this will help them to spot mistakes that can sometimes be easily fixed.

What can you do to help? Maths Times tables must be known up to at least 12 x 12 Estimating, weighing, measuring are all good to discuss and do practically. Must use metric measures. Money – using it in the shops, working out change, adding up bills, questions e.g. if 1 bag of sugar costs 56p, how many will 7 cost? Mental addition, subtraction, multiplication & division Reading and writing numbers to 10 000 000 ! Doubling and halving, including decimals Solving number puzzles e.g. Sudoko