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Curriculum Presentation

Wednesday 18th September 2019

 Mrs McGrath  Mrs Cook  Mr Hughes  Mrs Heaney  Mrs Pini  Mrs Barnes  Mr Osborne

Apologies Mrs Lawlor Carousel after Christmas

Medical Matters

 PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED!  We need to know of any allergies (use of epipens- please ensure

they are in date)

 Please provide inhalers and make sure they are in date  IF YOUR CHILD IS UNWELL, THEN PLEASE KEEP THEM AT HOME

AND RING THE SCHOOL OFFICE. ALLOW 48 HOURS FOR SICKNESS AND TUMMY UPSETS

 Please inform us if your child will be at a medical appointment

during school hours.

 Your child will be expected to do PE unless stated otherwise.

Equipment List

 These are the essentials and will need regularly replenishing:

 Glue stick  Pencils  Sharpener  Rubber  Ruler - Ideally a clear 30cm ruler  White board pen

Extra

 Revision guides and dictionaries (SPAG and Maths)

Expectations

 Homework  PE days  Communication via parent mail  Behaviour  Snacks  E-safety – use of technology in and out of school (CEOPS website can help with

this)

 Afterschool clubs – what is on offer etc..

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 8.50 It’s really important that the children are in school on time as we do Early Morning Work from 8.40, if your child is late then they will often miss out on introduction or revision work.

RE

 Assemblies  RE topics to be covered in the year:

AUTUMN 2018 SUMMER TERM 2019 6H/6MC Thursday 14th November 2019 Upper Hall – 10.10 am Year 6 Leavers Assembly Thursday 16th July 2020 Upper Hall – 09.10 am

Autumn 2019 Domestic Church (Family) Loving Baptism & Confirmation (Belonging) Vocation & Commitment Advent Christmas (Loving) Expectations Spring 2020 Local Church (Community) Sources Eucharist (Relating) Unity Lent/Easter (Giving) Death & New Life Summer 2020 Pentecost (Serving) Witnesses Reconciliation (Inter-relating) Healing Universal Church (World) Common Good

R.E

 Other Faiths: Judaism, Islam  EPR (PSHE)  Collective Worship (Hymn Books)  School Creed

Autumn 2019 New Beginnings Say No to Bullying Getting On and Falling Out Spring 2020 Going for Goals Relationships Summer 2020 Good to Me Changes

Our School Creed

This is our school, Let peace dwell here, Let the school be full of contentment, Let love abide here, Love of our school, Love of one another, Love of mankind, Love of life itself And love of Jesus. Let us remember That as many hands built our school, So many hearts make our school. Amen.

Reading

In Year 6 children will –

 Revise and further their understanding of a range of fiction and non-

fiction texts

 Look at the skills needed to comprehend a text  There will be a particular focus on how to answer a range of

comprehension questions.-Reading VIPERS

 Read for pleasure and information. They will be given opportunities to

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

 Encourage them to re read for meaning and understanding.  Listen to, read and analyse stories, songs, rhymes and poems  All children must read at least four times per week  Read Theory log in

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 a range of

higher level vocabulary

 Revise and further their understanding of SPaG  Write for different purposes and audiences.  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 vocabulary, 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.  Respond to challenges to show they have mastered the

curriculum and able to go deeper with their thinking

Maths

 Maths- mastery  Times table Rock stars  Resources and expectations of children using resources

Homework

 Each child will get a CGP book for Reading, Maths and SPAG.  This will be set and due in on Monday, Wednesday and Friday there will be a

timetable inside the book.

 If the book is lost it will have to be replaced.  Extra topic homework will be set over the course of the year.

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!

SATs

 SATs will be held during the week beginning 11th May 2020  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.

Curriculum – humanities

 Darwins Delights- Evolution (science/History/Geography)  ID- genetics (Science)  Revolution-Victorians (History/Science)  Blood Heart- Human Body (Science)  A Child’s War (History)  Frozen Kingdom (Geography/History/Science)  Gallery Rebels (Art & Design)  Tomorrow’s World (Computing)  Knowledge and skills. Overarching theme and other areas of the curriculum

will be touched upon.

Curriculum

Assessment

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How we assess pupils work at St Joseph’s

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Against NC learning objectives for each subject

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Children need to be meeting a certain amount of objectives in order to be Meeting ARE expectations by the end of the academic year

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Children’s progress is tracked and discussed at progress meetings

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Evidence from children’s books

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Formative – AFL ( questioning, checking understanding, thumbs up, RAG cards etc..). Marking policy and symbols used

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Summative – tests and tasks

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Data drops – autumn term, spring term, summer term- reported to parents at parents evenings and on end of year reports.

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All children are working towards (W) at the beginning of the year as each year group curriculum expectations are different.

Test Weeks

 16th – 19th September (baseline)  02nd – 05th December  03rd – 06th February  16th - 19th March 

20th - 23rd April (Mocks)

 Actual SATS – 11th – 14th May 2020

Trips/ visits/ residential.

 Grandparents Day – Year 6 grandparents invited for afternoon tea – Friday

04th October

 Preston Manor - (£19) 07.11.19  Assembly – Joint Class assembly on Thursday 14th November  Cinema trip – Wednesday 20th November - free  Harry Potter World – Date TBC (£25 approx.) January  Hindhead PGL – Friday 26th June - Monday 29th June (£225 based on whole

Year group attending)

Secondary School

Applications need to be completed and sent by 31.10.19

St Bede’s Open morning dates 26.09.19 27.09.19

Any questions?