1. Year 6 Coffee Morning with Miss Mander

4. Outdoor Learning: Outdoor Learning Afternoon 1 Monday 8 th February = 6P Tuesday 9 th February = 6M Wednesday 10 th February = 6RM Outdoor Learning Afternoon 2: Wednesday 9 th March = 6RM Thursday 10 th March = 6M Friday 11 th March = 6P

5. Wednesday 2 nd March the pupils will take part in the SATRO Business Game Day. SATRO is an educational charity and social enterprise which has been working with young people in Surrey and the South East for over 30 years. SATRO provides real-life experience of all aspects of the working world, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) through a diverse and challenging range of programmes.

6. Teams of students run a manufacturing business for the day, taking on roles of CEO, Head of Marketing and Accountant etc. All companies will manufacture products, buy supplies and sell their products at a profit. Enterprise tasks. Please let me know if you are able to help on the day, as we will need additional adults to support the activities.

7.  SATs week Monday 9 th May till Thursday 12 th May  There will only be one set of tests for each subject. The tests will include a small number of questions designed to assess the most able pupils. Separate tests, such as the previous level 6 tests, are no longer required. The mental mathematics test has been replaced with an arithmetic test.  Maths – x3 papers, one arithmetic, two mathematical reasoning papers.  Reading – one reading booklet and one answer booklet.  Grammar, Punctuation- one test paper  Spelling – one test of 20 words  Writing – writing teacher assessed and across a range of subjects NOT just Literacy.

8.  KS2 national curriculum test outcomes will no longer be reported using levels. Scaled scores will be used instead.Scaled scores  Scaled scores help test results to be reported consistently from one year to the next to demonstrate the same attainment.  For the KS2 tests a scaled score of 100 will always represent the ‘expected standard’.  Details of the exact scores that will show expected attainment have not yet been set. The STA (Standards Testing Agency) is waiting until pupils have sat the tests before setting a national standard.  A pupil’s scaled score will be based on their raw score. The raw score is the total number of marks a pupil receives in a test. The pupil’s raw score will be translated into a scaled score using a conversion table.  For the 2016 KS2 tests STA will publish test results on the NCA tools website on 5 July 2016. Each pupil registered for the tests will receive:  a raw score (the number of raw marks awarded)  a scaled score  and confirmation of whether or not they attained the expected standard  Conversion tables for the 2016 tests will also be published on GOV.UK on 5 July so schools can understand how pupils’ scaled scores are derived from their raw scores.

9. How will the children be tested? Maths Arithmetic- one test paper (context- free calculations, formal methods only) Length: 30 minutes Marks: 40 ( 1mark for most questions, 2 marks for long- multiplication and long- division questions). Mathematical reasoning Two test papers Length: 40 minutes per paper Marks: 35 per paper

10. How will the children be tested? Reading One reading booklet and one answer booklet Range of texts, fiction, non-fiction and poetry Length: 1 hour (including reading time). Marks: 50 Multiple choice or other selected responses, short responses, extended responses.

11.  Listening to your children read regularly and discussing a range of different texts with them is really important.  A key focus for reading is developing pupils’ inference skills – looking at what is implied not just what is written directly in a passage.  Reading test papers- marks, question expectations.

12. How will the children be tested? Grammar, punctuation and spelling Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary At least two-thirds of the marks will be for multiple choice questions, remaining will require longer answers. One test paper Length: 45 minutes Marks: 50 Spelling One test of 20 words Length: about 15 minutes Marks: 20 Percentage of marks available Grammar 36-50% Punctuation 14-29% Vocabulary 4-10% Spelling 29%

13. DayTest Monday 9 th MayEnglish Reading test Tuesday 10 th MayEnglish grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: spelling test English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: questions Wednesday 11 th MayMathematics Paper 1: arithmetic; Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning Thursday 12 th MayMathematics Paper 3: reasoning Friday 13 th MayRest, fun and celebrations!

14.  Lots of reading at home - good sites for book recommendations: ◦ http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ ◦ http://whatshouldireadnext.com/ http://whatshouldireadnext.com/  Make sure they get enough sleep and they eat breakfast.  Encourage them to ask the teacher if they are unsure about anything.  Explain that the SATs are a way of showing what they know. THEY CAN’T FAIL!  SATs revision guides – recommended publishers: ◦ Rising Stars ◦ CGP ◦ Schofield and Sims ◦ Galore Park

15. Homework (out on a Wednesday, in on a Monday) Spelling – revision of the sound and spelling rule. Reading records PE Kit Independence

16.  Wednesday 13th January at 9.00 am = Year 6 coffee morning  Friday 5 th February = Junior Citizen Day at Kingsmeadow in the afternoon  Friday 5 th February = Spring reports will be going out to parents.  Monday 8 th to Wednesday 10 th February = Writers in residence  Monday 8 th February = 6P Outdoor Learning Afternoon  Tuesday 9 th February = 6M Outdoor Learning Afternoon  Wednesday 10 th February = 6RM Outdoor Learning Afternoon  Thursday 11 th February = Parents Evening from 3.30pm until 7pm  Friday 12 th February = Parents Morning (9-12pm only)  Wednesday 2 nd March = SATRO day  Thursday 3 rd March = World Book Day  Wednesday 9 th of March = 6RM Outdoor Learning Afternoon  Thursday 10 th March = 6M Outdoor Learning Afternoon  Friday 11 th March = 6P Outdoor Learning Afternoon  Wednesday 23 rd March = Strictly Coombe Dancing