Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting
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Transcript of Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting
Agenda
1. Welcome & Introductions (Miss Brown)
2. Year 6 – Expectations and Curriculum (Miss Brown)
3. Secondary Transfer (Mrs. Robinson)
4. SATs (Miss Brown)
5. Close of meeting – general questions
The Year 6 Team
• 6B Miss Brown (Year Leader) – Supported by Mrs Whiting & Mrs Felton
• 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 – Mr Yaxley• Set 4b – Miss Brown
• 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 & be
available on the school website
The Curriculum• Literacy: Journalistic writing
MacbethPersuasive WritingPoetryWeekly SPAG focus
• History: The Vikings(Cross curricular links to Art, Music & Literacy)
• Art / DT: Links to the Vikings including making a Viking shoe
• Science: Living Things & Habitats plus Animals• PSHE:Feelings, Friends & Friendships
Financial Capability
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
• 2014:– 19/09/14 – Bikebility Starts– 24/09/14 – Mayflower School Roadshow (19:00)– 03/10/14 – Harvest Festival (10:45 – 11:45)– 10/10/14 – Young Shakespeare Company – 15/10/14 – 6B & 6S to Wat Tyler Country Park– 16/10/14 – 6M & 6R to Wat Tyler Country Park– 20/10/14 – Year 6 Test Week
• 2015:– 19/01/15 – Mock SATs Week 1– 16/03/15 – Mock SATs Week 2– 11/05/15 – SATs Week– 18/05/15 – Year 6 Activity Week
Secondary Transfer
• 8th September 2014:– Information Meeting at Buttsbury Junior School
• 20th September 2014:– Test for selective schools (11+)
• September/October 2014:– 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 2014:– Deadline for common application form
Secondary Transfer
• 2nd March 2015:– National offer date
• March 2015 – Opportunity to lodge appeals
• April - July 2015:– Appeals held
• September 2015:– Your child starts secondary school
Important Dates
Mayflower High School
Mayflower High School Roadshow for Year 6 ParentsWednesday 24th September at 7.00pm at BJS
Mayflower High School Open EveningThursday 9th October 2014 – 6:30pm
Mayflower High School Open Morning13th – 16th October from 9am
Important Dates
The Billericay School
The Billericay School Open EveningMonday 29th September 2014 from 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Head Teacher talks at 6:45pm, 7:30pm & 8:15pm
The Billericay School Open Mornings2nd, 3rd & 7th October Tours at 9:10am & 10:10am
SATs
• The week beginning Monday 11th May 2015• Writing is a combination of teacher assessed
based on work covered in class.• There will be a grammar, punctuation and
spelling test (GPS).• Preparation programme (Jan. 2015 onwards)• Mock SATs – January and March• Booster Classes (start after the February half-
term) and Easter revision school (hopefully!)
Monday11th May
Tuesday12th May
Wednesday13th May
Thursday14th May
Friday15th May
Reading Test60 mins.
(am)
Level 6 Reading Test pm
English Grammar,
Punctuation and Spelling Test
(am)
Level 6 English
Grammar, Punctuation and
Spelling Test (pm)
Maths TestPaper 145 mins.
(am)
Mental Arithmetic
(Taped Test)(am)
Maths Test
Paper 245 mins.
Level 6Maths TestPaper 1 &
Paper 2
Draft SATs Timetable May 2015