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Welcome to Year 6 with Mr. Briley, Miss Booth, Mrs. Collins, Ms. Macleod, and Mrs. Paddison! Learn about school times, attendance expectations, uniform requirements, curriculum topics, assessments, and home learning. Contact us for any questions.
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Welcome to Year 6
Year 6 Team Mr Briley Miss Booth Mrs Collins Ms Macleod Mrs Paddison
School Times Gates open/ soft start at 8.45 am Register closes at 9.00 am Learning finishes at 3.15 pm
Punctuality give your child the best start to their day!
Attendance Good attendance is important to ensure good progress Attendance below 90% is now categorised as persistent absenteeism Term time leave will only be authorised in exceptional circumstances
Uniform · Bottle green sweatshirt with school logo · White or green polo shirt · Pinafore dress, grey skirt or trousers · Black or dark sensible shoes · Plain white/grey/black socks tights · Plain black/white or green hijab PE Kit—Plain, St Mark’s green or white t-shirt, plain dark coloured or white shorts, plain tracksuit, black plimsolls No jewellery unless for religious reasons Uniform at St Mark’s In preparation for the new academic year in September please can I remind parents and carers of the school uniform expectations. 
Topics in Year 6 • Autumn – WW2 / Alive! • Spring - Victorians / SATs prep • Summer – Light it up / fabulous fossils
P.E. and Music Wednesday afternoon
Trips and Visits: Imperial War Museum, Theatre Company, Mosque, PGL
How well is my child doing? • Parent consultations • Informal meetings with parents • Report to parents
Assessment We will be assessing children against end of year objectives set out in the National Curriculum During the year we will be assessing whether your child is on track to meet those objectives At the end of the year children will be assessed using the following:
Home Learning What? When? Y6 English: daily reading – to be recorded in reading records. Spelling words to learn. Weekly grammar or reading comprehension activity. Maths: weekly times tables practice and a task relating to the topic currently being studied. This may be on a worksheet or on mymaths website. Topic: An open ended topic-related task once each half term.
English Teaching Year 6 • Reading • Guided Reading • Each class has a daily session. • Will read with the teacher or other adult at least once a week. • Other activities include pre-reading and comprehension questions.
Reading at Home • What we ask of you: • 20 mins daily reading. • Reading diary in school everyday. • Ask your child about what they’ve read. • Initial or comment the diary each day. • Talk about and enjoy books at home and read aloud to your child – whatever age they are!
Writing Power of Reading Quality texts which stimulate writing in a range of genres
Writing Lessons involve: • Discussion and drama • Deconstruction of examples • Teacher modelling – shared writing • Clear success criteria • Opportunities to improve and edit writing • Guided writing groups • Feedback and support from the teacher
Handwriting • All children are encouraged to write in the cursive style. • It facilitates flowing handwriting. • It aids punctuation by joining all letters except capitals. • It aids spelling by developing a motor memory of joins. • This is the letterformation of ourchosen handwriting style: • A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z • a b c d e f g h i j k l m n op q rs t u vwx y z
Spelling in Year 6 • What is taught: • Revision of all Year 3/4 and 5/6 words • A range of spelling patterns – taught across the year • How spelling is taught: • Use of No Nonsense spelling • Patterns taught weekly and embedded during writing lessons • Common exception words practised during writing lessons • 5 spellings linked to explicit teaching sent for homework • Spelling linked to handwriting • Weekly dictation
How grammar is taught: • Explicit teaching of new concepts • Use of No Nonsense Grammar • Finding examples in texts • Teacher modelling during shared writing • Embedded during independent writing
As part of Ealing’s new PSHE scheme we will teaching the PANTS rule which is a campaign for protecting children by the NSPCC. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/
Contact us: Contact us via the school office admin@st-marks.ealing.sch.uk and mark the email for our attention