Old Palace Primary School Year 6 Information meeting Miss Millward Deputy Head
Welcome This meeting is just to inform you of what your child will be doing in Year 6 and more importantly how you can best prepare and support your child this academic year. You will be issued a newsletter which covers in detail the information provided in this session.
Homework - Expectations Homework is a tool for children to consolidate their learning. It is very important that you set a routine for your child and support them as much as you can. Class teacher’s will be keeping a record of which children have completed their homework and those who have not (unless they were absent) will be sanctioned. Parents will be notified if this becomes a persistent problem. Your child may also be given ‘finishing off’ homework if they have not produced the required amount during the school day. Time is given go through it during class as a group activity. Unless there are any major misconceptions, parents will not be given feedback.
Homework In year 6 homework will be given to the children every Thursday and should be returned on Wednesday . If you have any queries please see the class teacher. Reading - please ensure that your child reads for 30 minutes every day . Your child will be given a key text to read and will be given activities and a number of chapters to read to support their understanding of the text. Please ensure that they take care of the books they are given and bring them in daily. Maths & English activity (Worksheet based) - each week your child will receive an activity to complete please ensure your child spends at least 20 minutes a day on either. Topic (research activity) – your child should do 30 minutes of topic homework per week. Spellings and times tables – They will be tested weekly . Please ensure your child learns these at home. In addition your child also has a rock stars account which is a digital programme the children can use which aims to provide a fun and competitive way to practise their knowledge of timetables.
Homework How to help with reading: • Check they are reading their home reading book, also check that they have taken books out of the school junior library to read. • If they are reading a fiction text (story) ask them to retell it to you focusing on the main parts of the story and provide a commentary on what they thought of of book. • If they have read part of the book, ask them to use their inference skills to deduce what might happen next and why. • Get your child into the habit of looking up words in a dictionary that are unfamiliar with and to find out the meaning of them. • After your child has read part of their book, discuss with them how they feel, e.g. if they thought they were going to read something funny, has it made them laugh? What did the writer do to make your child feel this way? • When they are reading non-fiction texts (information books) talk about who you think it has been written for (audience), why it has been written (purpose) and how it has been organised so that the reader can read it easily (organisation).
Homework How to help with English: • Get your child into the habit of saying their sentences orally before writing them down. • Once they have written a sentence, get them to check over it to make sure it is grammatically correct. • See if they can up level their sentences by using more adventurous vocabulary, use a thesaurus to help you. • Check the correct punctuation is used e.g. the use of speech marks for dialogue, the use of commas to break up long sentences. • Ensure your child is using a range of connectives to join their sentences together e.g. However, furthermore, meanwhile
Homework How to help your child in Maths: • The maths homework will be a consolidation of what they learnt in the previous week. • Check your child is confident in place value of numbers up to 100,000. E.g. knowing what the digit ‘6’ in 378, 6 05. • Make sure your child is practising their times table and division facts so they are able to calculate quickly and effectively. • Ask your child to check over their work by using the checking strategies they have been taught in class e.g. using the inverse operation. • Use everyday experiences to provide an opportunity for your child to practice using their mathematical knowledge e.g. reading a measuring scale when cooking, calculating the change when shopping, looking at a bus timetable and calculating how long the next bus will take.
Weekly tests In year 6 the children will have weekly tests. They will be tested on: • Spelling • Mental maths • Arithmetic Please ensure your child learns these at home.
Vocabulary
Research projects Alongside the weekly homework, children have a research learning project to do every half term. Projects involve the children spending time researching using the internet and books (which they can borrow from the junior library ) about a topic we are looking at in class. This half- term’s topic is “Invaders and Settlers after 1930”. Please ensure they spend enough time to complete their research and take an interest as these projects are intended to direct their own learning.
Newspaper article • This half- term’s topic is ‘Invaders and Settlers since 1930’. • The children will be looking at key events during WW2 and they will explore the impact of this on the lives of ordinary people. They will be expected to present their findings orally in class. They will also present visually through a newspaper article, depicting a key event from WW2 • Key Learning • Newspaper report writing links to their prior learning in year 5. • To deepen their learning by researching an area linked to their current topic • To decide on precise, relevant information. • To use report style vocabulary. • To structure the report using the key features.
SATs - Tests These are formal tests which all children in Year 6 must complete usually around the month of May. The children will sit the following exams: English Reading Paper (1 hour) Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary (45 minutes) Spelling Test (15 minutes) Maths – Paper 1: Arithmetic (30 minutes) Maths – Paper 2 & 3 Mathematical reasoning (80 minutes total – 40 minutes for each) The children’s writing and science will be teacher assessed. Using the link below, you can download information on the structure of the tests and what they will test https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum- assessments-test-frameworks
Week beginning Monday 11 th May Reading paper is out of 50. Math Paper is out of 110 28 out of 50 for expected. 41 out of 50 for Above 58 or more for expected SPAG is out of 70 95 or more to get Above 36 or more to get expected Arithmetic 40 marks 55 or more to get Above Reasoning papers x 2 35 marks
Supporting material Suggested websites to help support your child. • https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/ • www.nrich.maths.org • http://uk.ixl.com/math/year-6 • http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Britain.html • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/
Days of P.E. Year 6 will have PE every Friday afternoon and Fitness session every Monday . Please make sure that your child brings the PE kits to school for these days. They will also have a ‘daily mile run’ in order to provide opportunities for the children to exercise (2 times a week) A PE kit should consist of plimsolls or trainers, shorts and T- shirts. Jogging bottoms or leggings can be worn for outdoor PE.
Trips The children will be going to the Imperial War Museum ( Friday 13 th September ), Meet an Evacuee. • This is a unique chance for students to meet veterans and eyewitnesses from the Second World War to today, hearing their personal stories, asking questions and connecting through conversations. • ‘We Were There’ encourages active exploration of the causes and consequences of war, and helps students understand the impact of war and conflict on people’s lives, and the variety of these experiences. Through personal stories, question-based learning and conversation students have a chance to get to know the people who were there, living through conflict.
Behaviour Help us to help the children understand that their actions have both positive and negative consequences. Any concerns must go through the class teacher or support staff. If incidences need to be investigated further or is of a serious nature, then AHT will be involved. We take bullying very seriously and therefore bullying claims are recorded.
Serious behaviours Exceptional behaviours • Repeated moderate level behaviours. • Shown to be an independent • Vandalism (breaking school or others learner property deliberately) • Showing resilience and • Leaving or entering the perseverance playground/classroom without permission. • Working well collaboratively in • Threatening or throwing chairs. a group • Violent behaviour: vicious kicking, • Showing curiosity and creative hitting, biting, spitting, throwing or kicking an object at anyone. thinking • Entering the building without • Being an active listener and permission. contributing relevant ideas • Swearing or being aggressive towards • Helping someone in need other children and adults. • Dangerous refusal to follow without prompting instructions that may put them or • Exceptional manners others at risk. • Remained fully engaged with • Stealing. • Bullying at school or online. their learning. • Discrimination.
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