Welcome to Year 6 Curriculum Information. Staff in Year 6 Miss Harrod & Mrs Carter in Class 6HC Mrs Phillips in Class 6P Staff your children may work.

Welcome to Year 6

Curriculum Information

Staff in Year 6

• Miss Harrod & Mrs Carter in Class 6HC

• Mrs Phillips in Class 6P

Staff your children may work with:

Mrs Kelly, Mrs Zengin, Miss Langford Jackson, Mr Graves,Mr Foster, Mrs Mangan, Mr Kavanagh

• This evening, we hope to give you a brief overview of the subjects and skills that will be covered throughout the year.

• We would like to create a partnership so that you can help your child make the most progress possible.

• We intend to inform you of arrangements and changes to the National Curriculum and end of KS assessments.

Areas of Learning• RE• English (reading, writing and grammar)• Maths• PE• Music • PSHE• Computing• MFL - French

Subjects that will be taught as part of our learning challenge topic.

• Science• History & Geography• Art & DT

Reading In Year 6 children will –• Revise and further their understanding of a range of fiction

and non-fiction texts• There will be a particular focus on how to answer a range of

comprehension questions.• Read for pleasure and information. They will be given

opportunities to report on what they have read – giving their own opinion.

• Listen to, read and analyse stories, songs, rhymes and poems• All children must read at least four times per week and make

a record of this. Adults need to make a record of this once per week.

Writing

In Year 6 children will –• Revise and further their understanding of writing in a range of

genres• Increase their understanding and ability to use VCOP• Write for different purposes and audiences.• The BIG WRITE will continue and Talk for Writing will be used

to support this. • All children must develop further their stamina in writing and

the quality of writing produced.• Please continue to support your child in learning spellings,

improving their handwriting and writing at length for a purpose.

Maths

Some areas of learning in Year 6:• Increase understanding of place value including decimals• Using a range of strategies for adding, subtracting,

multiplication and division• Using and applying the 4 rules of number to problem solving• Confidently name, describe and make 2d and 3d shapes• Use a range of measures accurately.• Improve mental calculation strategies.

Presentation Expectations

• All children have a copy of the presentation expectations stuck into their Mathematics and English books.

• We will be monitoring their work to ensure that all children work neatly.

• Hopefully when you view their books, you will notice lots of effort being put into presentation!

R.E. Some areas of learning:• The Kingdom of God• Justice (including Advent)• Jesus – The Bread of Life• Jesus – The Son of God (including Easter)• The Work of the Apostles• Called to Serve• We will also be studying Judaism and Buddhism.

Learning Challenge Curriculum

• This will be topic questions that are based around Science, History and Geography, eg. What would a journey through your body be like?

• These are cross curricular topics and will also incorporate aspects of maths, English, RE, PSHE, computing, art and DT

• These topics are in line with the expectations of the New National Curriculum.

SATs

• SATs will be held during the week beginning 9th May 2016

• The SATs papers include reading, SPAG and mathematics (which includes arithmetic and mathematical reasoning). Writing is now assessed throughout the year.

• Possibly science if we are selected as a sample school.• Our intent is that the children should not be stressed about

this – we will be doing a number of practise papers with them, along with revision during lessons in the half term before the SATs.

HomeworkDirected Homework

• Maths: given on Thursday. Must be returned completed on Monday

• Writing: given on Thursday. Must be returned completed on Monday

• Reading: from time to time your child will be given a comprehension homework.

• Spellings: given at the beginning of each half term and tested every Friday

Reading

• Please encourage your child to read at least 4 times per week

• Ensure that they keep a record of what they have read in their Reading Journal. This must be done regularly.

We may also give occasional Learning Challenge homework.

We will also be sharing the marking policy with you so that you understand the symbols that we use.

Uniform

We believe that if the children look smart and take pride in their appearance then this will also filter into their work. In Year 6 the children are expected to wear: White shirt, school tie, maroon jumper or cardigan, grey skirt for girls and grey trousers for boys, grey socks, and sensible black shoes.EITHER the school coat or a plain black coat.

Attendance

Year 6 is such an important year that we encourage the children to be in school as much as possible.If you can make appointments for outside of school hours we will be very grateful.The register is taken in every class at 8.55.It’s really important that the children are in school on time as we do Early Morning Work from 8.45, if your child is late then they will often miss out on introduction or revision work.

PE Information• PE kits must be brought to school on Monday and taken home

for washing on Friday• Outdoor PE: jogging bottoms after half term when it gets a

little colder for outdoor PE. Trainers for outdoor PE only• Indoor PE: Plimsolls or bare feet are acceptable. No trainers• Girls: socks not tights for PE

• Please NAME all school uniformThis term our main PE session is swimming every

Wednesday afternoon.

• There will be some events where we and the children would appreciate your support and attendance. For example;

• Year 6 Class assemblies• The Year 6 Leavers Mass

Trips

Trips that will need to be paid for:• Harry Potter Studio Tour• PGL• Chessington

Other opportunities may arise throughout the year, however we are aware that the planned trips are expensive so we will try to keep costs to a minimum or free of charge if possible.

Resources

• Year 6 support for parents.• TES guide to the new KS2 SATs• Map of Parental Engagement Workshops• Tips to keep children safe on the internet and

social networking• St Joseph’s postcards

Any Questions?