Welcome To The Year 5/6 Parent Information Session

• Overview of the new 2014 National Curriculum

• Examples of age appropriate writing

• Mathematical calculation methods

• Home learning• Standards of presentation• The new school website• Questions

Overview of the new 2014 National Curriculum

• Expectations have been raised with some objectives moving into lower year groups

• Introduction of new objectives

• Science is now a core subject again (along with Maths and English) with a focus on the five lines of enquiry, practical science and using the outdoor environment

• ICT is now called Computing and children should be able to code, programme and sequence by the end of Key Stage two

English

• SPAG testing introduced two years ago • Statutory spellings for years 3-6• Spoken language has new emphasis – in

order to write properly, children have to be able to speak properly (Ofsted)

• Classic English literature is now part of the curriculum (Take A Book)

• Poetry reciting

SPAG

(Spelling, punctuation and grammar)

T:\SPAG examples for UKS2 Parent meeting.docx

learn

achieve

extreme

amateurappreciate

possession

temperature

accommodate

Age Appropriate WritingLevel 3

Age Appropriate WritingLevel 4

Age Appropriate WritingLevel 5

Age Appropriate WritingLevel 6

Maths

T:\Maths Test examples for Parent Meeting.docx

• Standard written methods

• New SAT tests 2016

Standard written methods

Home Learning

• Home Learning book and contract• More flexibility with the tasks (seize

the moment!)• More interesting and open tasks• More personal / good feedback from

parents and children

Presentation

• School Improvement Plan target• Consistency• High expectations for all children across all subjects• Books not worksheets• Photos as evidence/recording

Websitewww.allhallowsprimary.co.uk

A way of involving you in school life: information, photos, school community.

Please check the site regularly.

Please let us know if there is anything you would like to see on the site.

What Can You Do?

• Practise the statutory and weekly spellings• Support your child with their

‘Home Learning Tasks’• Practise the times tables so your

child becomes fluent (all times tables up to x 12 by end of Year 4)• Practical maths – time, money,

measuring