Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting 3:30pm Monday 7 th September.
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Transcript of Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting 3:30pm Monday 7 th September.
Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting
3:30pm Monday 7th September
Agenda
1. Welcome & Introductions (Miss Ferguson)
2. Year 6 – Expectations and Curriculum (Miss Ferguson)
3. Secondary Transfer (Mrs. Robinson)
4. SATs (Mrs. Robinson)
5. Close of meeting – general questions
The Year 6 Team
• 6F Miss Ferguson (Year Leader) – Supported by Mrs Rowley
• 6M Miss Miller– Supported by Mrs Walker
• 6R Mr Redmill– Supported by Mr Bailey & Mrs O’Brien
• 6S Miss Sadler– Supported by Mrs Oakes
Pupil Expectations
• Behaviour• Uniform
– Jewellery– Appropriate clothing and footwear– PE Kit
• Mobile Phones• Punctuality• Homework Diaries
Maths Sets
• Set 1 – Mr Redmill• Set 2 – Miss Sadler• Set 3 – Miss Miller• Set 4a – Miss Ferguson• Set 4b – Mrs Askew
• Set Changes
Spelling
• Taught in ability groups within each class• Focus on spelling rules• Taught twice a week• Children to learn words for dictation at the end of
each half term• Spelling lists will be sent home this week & are
already available on the school website
The Curriculum• Literacy: Journalistic writing
MacbethPersuasive WritingPoetryMyths and LegendsWeekly GPS focus
• History: The Vikings(Cross curricular links to Art, Music & Literacy)
• Art / DT: Links• Science: Living Things & Habitats plus Animals• PSHE:Feelings, Friends & Friendships
Financial Capability
The Curriculum• Computing: How Networks (including the
Internet) work- including interpreting data on the Internet, creating and sharing digital content online and the everyday use of computers.
Interventions
• One to One• Daily Interventions• Weekly Interventions
Homework ScheduleTask When given Context
Reading
Daily
• School reading book, other books from the home and the library – encouraging a wide choice, talking to the child about their reading and their understanding of what they are reading; Children should be read aloud to an adult 3 times a week.
Spellings and/or other Literacy
activity
Weekly
• Spellings - a list of words which are linked to class literacy lessons, a spelling rule or the child’s own work or a topic being studied in class. The child could be encouraged to look at each word carefully, say it, cover it up, write it from memory and then check it. This process is repeated several times. The words are assessed in class.
• Often the child will be asked to extend the spelling words, e.g. writing sentences and paragraphs including the words, finding out their meaning in a dictionary, etc.
Tables Weekly • Tables - 2x – 12x tables and related division facts.
Literacy and Numeracy
Weekly
• Literacy: An extension activity to support classroom literacy;
• Numeracy: An extension activity to support classroom numeracy;
Research
As appropriate• Cross-curricular based extended project making use of books, the library,
internet, own trips out etc.
Revision(Year 6 only)
Spring term and beginning of
Summer Term
• Weekly comprehension or SPAG activities. • Test questions in addition to homework.• Spellings linked to previous SATs papers.
Important Diary Dates• 2015:
– 18/09/15 – Bikeability Starts– 23/09/15 - 6R and 6M visit to Wat Tyler Country Park– 23/09/15 – Mayflower School Roadshow (19:00)– 24/09/15 – 6S and 6F visit to Wat Tyler Country Park– 02/10/15 – Harvest Festival (10:45 – 11:45)– 08/10/15 – Young Shakespeare Company – 19/10/15 – Year 6 Test Week
• 2016:– 18/01/16 – Mock SATs Week 1– 07/03/16 – Mock SATs Week 2– 09/05/16– SATs Week – 16/05/16 – Year 6 Activity Week
Secondary Transfer
• 7th September 2015:– Information Meeting at Buttsbury Junior School
• 19th September 2015:– Test for selective schools (11+)
• September/October 2015:– Read the information in the pack– Find out about local schools - obtain their prospectus– Visit local schools - open evenings, appointments to visit– Submit your application form – ideally on-line
• 31st October 2015:– Deadline for common application form
Secondary Transfer
• 1st March 2016:– National offer date
• March 2016 – Opportunity to lodge appeals
• April - July 2016:– Appeals held
• September 2016:– Your child starts secondary school
Important Dates
Mayflower High School
Mayflower High School Roadshow for Year 6 ParentsWednesday 23rd September at 7.00pm at BJS
Mayflower High School Open EveningThursday 8th October 2015 – 6:30pm
Mayflower High School Open Mornings12th – 15th October from 9am
Important Dates
The Billericay School
The Billericay School Open EveningMonday 28th September 2015 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm
The Billericay School Open Mornings1st, 2nd & 6th October
New-style SATs• The week beginning Monday 9th May 2016• Reading comprehension test• Writing is a combination of teacher assessed based on
work covered in class.• There will be a grammar, punctuation and spelling test
(GPS).• Three maths papers – arithmetic and two longer
papers – focus is on problem-solving• Preparation programme (Jan. 2015 onwards)• Mock SATs – January and March• Booster Classes (start after the February half-term)
and Easter revision school (29th March hopefully!)
• Not yet had final confirmation
• Expect pass mark to be 100 (equivalent of old National Curriculum Level 4B)
• 100 will be worked out on the national average mark.
• Higher above or below national average will show if children are below, at or above national expected.
• Not sure how progress will be measured for current Years 2, 3, 4 & 5 as they will have been tested using the old ‘NC Levelled’ tests?
Thank you for coming!
General Questions