1. Welcome to Upper Key Stage Two
12th July 2018

2. Mrs Sykes Miss Roberts Mrs Townsend
Riverside
Miss Gowran
(Mrs Cowan)
Livingstone
Miss Alexiou
Colorado
Miss Johnson
Learning Support
Mrs Sykes Miss Roberts Mrs Townsend
(Mrs Holmes)

3. New year, new challenges
Behaviour…
Role Models…
Stepping up…

5. How can you support at home?
Parents’ Consultations will identify specific areas of support that could be useful for your individual children
Keeping up with any Home Learning or revision that is sent home
Reading slots – for fluency, speed and comprehension
Mental maths – speed and automaticity
Spelling and times tables apps – Alan Peat, Spelling Shed, Mathletics etc
BBC Bitsize and other revision based websites
sats/

6. Uniform reminders All items named please!
No jewellery except: plain, round silver or gold studs, simple watch.
White or grey socks or tights.
Plain black shoes or trainers with no logos.
Draw string bag for PE kit
Plastic folder for books etc
Plain, clear, water bottle.

7. PE kit All items named please!
Earrings must be removed or covered (if you are going to pierce ears do it at the start of summer!)
Kit in school all week
Black shorts/Skirt/ Leggings
White T-Shirt (No Logo)
Plain Tracksuit
Trainers

8. Communication Planners Teachers – quick morning chat for day to day
Make an appointment for important issues
Phase Leader
Parents’ Evenings
Twitter
Facebook

10. Planners To be taken to and from school on a daily basis.
Used as a diary.
Share praise and communicate positives and successes.
Please sign every week.
Comment on home learning and reading.
We will write in them regularly too.

11. SATs for Y6 Date Activity Monday 13th May
English grammar, punctuation and spelling papers 1 and 2
Tuesday 14th May
English reading
Wednesday 15th May
Mathematics papers 1 and 2
Thursday 16th May
Mathematics paper 3

12. Residentials
Year Five – Kingswood
8th-10th October 2018
Year Six – Weardale
20th-24th May 2019

13. Thank you for coming….