Welcome to the Year 6 Parent’s Information Evening Please make sure you have: collected a pack ticked by your child’s name written down your address for Parent Mail (if not already signed up) Thank you

Welcome to Year 6 The Year 6 team –Mrs Blyth (Mon, Tues, Wed) –Mrs Wort (Thurs, Fri) –Mrs Senussi (TA - all week) –Mrs Steed (TA - Fri) –You! Important year –Preparation for secondary school –Responsibility –Independence –SATs

General Information Timetable –literacy & maths (each morning) –Foundation subjects (afternoons) Swimming / PE –Kit needed Monday (changes at half term) Thursday / Friday –No jewellery –Helpers for swimming School times –Children should not arrive to school before 8.45am –Prompt start at 8.55am –3.20pm finish –Lateness & absence

General Information Illness –Contact details up to date –Bumped head letters –Medication Health info updated Inhalers etc (check dates) Mobile phones School uniform – –Freephone order number is Healthy snacks / lunch / drinks

Class Rules & Behaviour Rules displayed in classroom –agreed by children Hierarchy of rewards and consequences Visual prompts/reminders for good behaviour Support during PSHCE sessions Communication between home and school –Share important information –Parent support

SharedGuidedIndependent Links to other subjects Practicalexperiences Links to the wider community What’s Happening at School?

Literacy Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Drama Narrative, Non-fiction & Poetry Hour lesson everyday Embedded into all other subjects Links to topic work where appropriate Purposeful How can you support your child at home?

Helping with reading Be a good role model –Read lots yourself - be seen reading! –Talk about what you are reading – show that reading is important AND enjoyable A child is never too old to be read too Be willing to share different books and texts Look for reading opportunities in everyday life When helping your child to read remember –a good ten minutes reading is better than a difficult half hour –Be positive –Stay relaxed

Books Magazines Newspapers Internet pages packets leaflets instructions Signs and captions teletext TV listings CD roms messages

Helping with spellings Resist the urge to tell them!! Look for –Sounds –Tricky bits –Patterns Make up rhymes Play games –Crosswords –Countdown Don’t panic! Talk and share Don’t worry about handwriting

Maths Daily lesson Different strands –Using and applying –Counting and understanding number –Knowing and using number facts –Calculating –Understanding shape –Measuring –Handling data Mental & written methods Calculators Problem solving –Real life situations

Helping with Maths Talk about and involve your child in situations where you might use maths in everyday life Play games involving numbers and/or logic –card games, dominoes, darts, draughts, chess etc Encourage ‘maths thinking’ at times of boredom (e.g. on a long car journey) with mental maths activities –Quick fire questions, ‘guess my number’ game etc Internet –games –tutorials/ explanations of methods e.g. chunking (for division) –SATs revision Multiplication tables – practise, practise, practise!

Other Subjects & Topic Work Many of the foundation subjects are covered within topics Allows application of knowledge/skills Take account of children’s interests This term –‘Lights, Camera, Action!’ moving images, light, how we see things, materials and their properties Science & ICT based –Victorians History based

Health & Sex Education Takes place in the summer term Led by a nurse Discussions, Videos and written activities Opportunity to ask questions confidentially Combination of joined and separate sessions for the boys and the girls

Homework Maths & Literacy –Given out on Wednesday –To be handed in on Monday Spellings –Given out on Monday –Tested on Friday Multiplication tables Reading Topic work –project Plastic folders

SATs Tests will be in May / June –Avoid holidays around this time Literacy –Reading –Writing (long and short task) –Spelling Maths –With and without calculator –Mental maths Science –Teacher assessment Revision

Communication Class notices –Letters home Please check you get them! –Parent Mail –Website Parent / Teacher meetings –November 10 th & 11 th Open door policy

And Finally… It’s an important year – we need to all work together to make it successful Encourage the children to talk to you about their day Thank you for coming Any questions?