1. Welcome to St. Thomas More Catholic Primary School

2. Year 6 Curriculum Meeting Mrs Hall, Miss Jones, Mrs Le Breton Mrs Barker, Mrs Kinnon, Mr Bickmore

3. Weekly Timetable (flexible) am am am pm
1st Session
2nd Session
Mon
EMW – Children mark maths homework
Register
Whole School
Assembly
Numeracy
Literacy
Review English homework
Reading skills PE
French
Tues
EMW
Spelling Activities/ reading skills
Spelling workshop
Computing
Wed
Mental Maths Activities
/Assessment RE
Topic
Thurs
Time-stable test
KS2
Reading Skills
Science
Fri
Whole School Celebration Assembly
Art
Mrs Duggan – Additional teacher

4. Communication
For security and safety of all our children, please do not enter the cloakrooms or classrooms to speak to an adult unless an appointment has been made
Adults will usually be teaching from 8.45am to consolidate key mathematical concepts
Please use your child’s contact diary for messages or leave a message with the office
We are happy to discuss brief issues after school but please bear in mind that all children need to be safely dismissed beforehand and there are days when we have staff meetings or training

5. Curriculum Spellings:
Daily spelling workshop activities to investigate root words, prefixes, suffixes and syllables
Spelling lists will be sent home for your child to practise in order to meet end of year expectations
Writing:
Children will be encouraged to develop a legible joined style of handwriting to meet end of year expectations
Children’s writing activities will be based around a range of fiction and non-fiction texts to develop writing for different purposes including the use of correct grammar and punctuation in order to meet end of year expectations

6. Curriculum
Reading:
Study skills and techniques to use to develop reading will be carried out at least 3 sessions per week
Encourage your child to complete reading homework activities regularly and read for enjoyment
Maths:
Children will consolidate Y5 concepts in order to progress to more complex skills throughout Y6
Reasoning activities will be embedded in order to develop children’s thinking, explaining and justification skills
Please support your child when learning multiplication facts in order to meet end of year expectations
All of the above skills will be used across the curriculum in areas such as Science, History, Geography, Computing, Art, PE and RE.

7. Homework Homework must be brought in first thing Monday morning
Children will have the opportunity to assess their skills through marking and discussion of misconceptions as a whole class
Failure to bring in homework will result in catching up during break times
PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO COMPLETE ACTIVITIES AND BRING IN ON TIME. THIS WILL BE A VALUABLE SKILL FOR SECONDARY TRANSITION.
Please see your child’s class if you feel your child is struggling. A weekly homework club will be set up in order to give additional support to your child.

8. SATs
SATs style assessments will be used to assess your child throughout Y6
SATs will be held in May 2018
A scaled score will be given (80-120) with 100 being the end of year expectations – national average
Children will be assessed on their:
Ability to read and answer questions about non-fiction and fictional texts including poetry
Understanding of spelling rules, accurate use of punctuation and when to use it and also grammar
Arithmetic skills
Maths reasoning skills
More information will be given nearer the time.

9. End of Year Expectations
Please see the range of resources on display in order to understand the Government’s end of year expectations for a Year 6 child.

10. End of Year Year 6 Production Year 6 Prom Leavers Mass Fun Week
Your support would be greatly appreciated.

11. Thank You for Listening