Welcome
Year 6 Meeting
Our School Prayer
This is our school, let peace be
found here.
Let the rooms be full of
happiness.
Let love abide here, love for one
another, love for God.
Let us remember that as many
hands build a house so many
hearts make a school.
Amen
Papers
Week of the
12th May 2013
English
•Reading
comprehension
•Grammar, spelling and
punctuation test
•Writing – Teacher
assessments throughout the
year.
•Speaking & listening - Teacher
assessments throughout the
year
Science Levels are teacher assessed
Maths
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Written paper A
Written paper B
Mental
maths test
English SATs consist of:
•A reading test
•A grammar, punctuation and spelling test
•15 minutes to read the reading booklet
•45 minutes to answer questions. Children
are allowed to refer to the reading booklet
during this time
•There are a variety of different
questions to be answered in different ways
•Children cannot have any adult help in this
test
•There are 4 main types of questions on the reading
paper:
•Literal – answer is there in the text
•Deductive – look for clues
•Inferential – read between the lines
•Authorial intent – e.g. why does an author use a
particular word
Sentence from:
‘A Day in the English Countryside’
As the afternoon light started to fade, the cow stopped
eating grass, stood instead with its head over the gate
and gazed expectantly down the lane.
1. How light was it? (Literal)
2. What three things did the cow do? (Literal)
3. What time of day was it? (Deductive)
4. Where was the cow? (Deductive)
5. What do you think the cow was expecting?
(Inferential)
6. What strategies does the writer use to give
the reader so much information in a single
sentence? (Authorial intent)
•Mathematics SATs consist of:
•A mental mathematics test.
This is a 20 minute orally delivered, taped assessment.
The mental mathematics test has a subject weighting
of approx 20%.
•Two written test papers
Test A and Test B
In test A and the mental mathematics test calculators are
not permitted, however they are in test B.
•Some questions are worth one mark and
therefore accuracy is important.
•Other questions are worth two marks and even if
the answer is wrong, a mark may be given for
correct working.
•Teachers may read questions in both written
papers to pupils if asked.
Homework
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The Year 6 children are set Maths homework on Tuesday
and Friday. They are set English homework on Friday which
is to be handed in on Wednesday. In addition to this they
may be set a piece of Topic work.
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Please sign your child’s homework book once they have
completed it.
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We do expect the correct amount of time to be spent on
homework and for it to be high quality. Children will be asked
to do it again if it is not of the correct standard and may
miss part of break times as a sanction for this.
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This is all good practise for secondary school.
How can parents help with
writing?
•Again, reading a variety of texts – the more
children read, the more familiar they
become with different text types
•Reading homework – text analysis
•Writing homework –Sentence structure
•Spelling – spelling lists / rules every week
•Grammar and punctuation homework
How can parents help with
reading?
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Ensure your child reads every night!
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Encourage them to read fiction and non-fiction.
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Try to listen to your child read and ask them
questions about the text.
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Help them with the different skills of reading
especially ‘skim’ reading where they are looking
for key words in the text.
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Speed reading
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Reading homework
How can parents help
with Maths?
•Support with homework – not just helping with the
Maths but reading the question can really help.
•TIMES TABLES!!!
•Help your child to check their work through – this
will help them to spot mistakes that can sometimes
be easily fixed.
What you can do to help
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Maths
Times tables must be known up to at least 12 x 12
Estimating, weighing, measuring are all good to discuss and
do practically. Must use metric measures.
Money – using it in the shops, working out change, adding
up bills, questions e.g. if 1 bag of sugar costs 56p, how
many will 7 cost?
Mental addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
Reading and writing numbers to 100 000
Doubling and halving, including decimals
Solving number puzzles e.g. Sudoko
How can parents help?
•The best help is interest taken in
learning and progress.
•Supporting homework.
•Good communication between the
school and home.
•Getting a good sleep on a school night!
Y6 TRIP TO
THE ISLE OF WIGHT
30th June –
th
4
July 2014