Working in Year 5/6

							 Working in
   Year 6
Sarah De’Athe
• This is an important year for your
  child/ren.
• Preparing for their KS2 SATs next May.
  (w/c 14.05.12)
• Getting ready to leave primary education
and move onto
secondary school – hone
skills of independence
•   Literacy
•   Numeracy
•   SATS
•   Homework
•   Transition
•   Residential Trip
•   Other issues
• Literacy is taught within the class for
  at least one hour a day.
• Reading and writing are taught within
  and outside the literacy lesson.
• Numeracy is timetabled for an hour a
  day.
• Within class…not sets
• Basic Skills
• Tables
• Problem solving
• Vocabulary
• Take place week of 14th May 2012

• Test: Reading and Numeracy

• Writing – teacher assessment
• Science – Sample schools
• At the end of Key Stage 2
  U: Below level two
  Level 2: Well below the required standard
  Level 3: Below average
            Level 4: Expected level for most
                        primary children
            Level 5: More Able

            » Each level is also split into 3 sub levels with c the bottom
              end of the level and a the top end
• 15 minutes reading every night –
  yellow journal
• Spellings – Monday
• Literacy/Numeracy/Science/Topic
• Homework club Tuesday lunch time
• Homework Diaries
• If you opted for your child to sit the PESE
  (11+) tests, these were completed earlier
  this term, results are due 17th October
• Your child should have brought home a
  booklet about secondary transfer last
  week.
• Do make sure you visit each school and find
  out what it is really like.
• Transition work in class
• Days at secondary schools – usually
  July
• Visits by secondary school staff to
  speak to the staff here
• You should have
  received a letter
  about this last
  week.
• Windmill Hill, East
  Sussex in June
  2011
• http://www.pgl.co.uk/pglweb
•   Swimming
•   Responsibilities
•   Class newsletters
•   Attendance
•   Questions?