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