Wylde Green Primary School Year 6 Meet the Teacher presentation 2016

1. Welcome, Parents!
Year 6

2. Staff Working in this year…
•Class teachers are Mrs Bains and Miss Paul
•Extra teachers are Mr Hamilton-Martin,
Mrs Dobson, Mrs Kelly and Mr Ronan
•Teaching assistant is Mrs Howes

3. Classroom
Schedule
8:50 – 9:05 Start of Day Activities and Registration
9:05 – 9:35 First Lesson - Guided Reading
9:35 – 10:35 Numeracy
10:35- 11:05 Assembly and Break
11:05 – 12:05 Literacy
12:05 – 12:35 SPaG
12:35 – 1:30 Lunch
1;30 – 1:45 Registration and Story
1:45 – 3:30
Creative Curriculum:- ICT; Science; PE; French; Music;
Art; Design Technology; History; Geography; PSHE; RE
Note Super Star assembly is on a Friday morning at 9:05
3:30
School is Dismissed if your child is allowed to walk home by
themselves please advise the teacher through a written note.
This is what a typical day in our
classroom looks like.

4. Topics covered this year are…
Science
Autumn: Living Things and their Habitats and Electricity
Spring and Summer: Animals Including Humans, Light and Evolution and Inheritance.
Creative Curriculum
Autumn: Save our World
Boreatton Park
Kingsbury Water Park
Spring: Greece Lightning and Out of this World
Summer: Rule Brittannia; Yes Minister!

5. Home Reading
• Books are taken in and sent out on a Monday and Friday.
If your child has finished the school reading scheme they
still need to record their personal reading in their
reading journal.
• We have a well stocked book corner and children are
encouraged to choose a book to read at home and
school.
• Our class author this year is Anthony Horowitz.

6. SpaG…
• Children will take a Spelling, Punctuation and
Grammar test at the end of Year 6.
• These skills are taught as part of Literacy lessons as
well as a daily SPaG session.
• Children will bring a spelling list home weekly and
they will be tested on a Monday. Please can you
ensure that children are practising their spellings at
home.

7. Maths Challenges
• To improve speed and
accuracy of multiplication
facts, children will complete
maths challenges weekly.
• When they score full marks
on two occasions on a
challenge level, they
progress onto the following
level.

8. Impact Workshop
•Literacy - date to follow
•Maths - date to follow

9. Homework…
• Spellings – Set Monday to Monday.
• Mental Maths - Mathletics – Set weekly.
• Bug Club will continue and will be monitored.
• POW! Each half term children will have to complete activities to award
themselves 5-8 points.
• Activities will be given out on Fridays and might span two weeks. Children will
be encouraged to bring in work as they complete it and it will be put on display.
• Specific homework in preparation for SATs will be given out in the Spring Term

10. Bug Club
• Log into Bug Club from ActiveLearn (can be
accessed through google).
• Username: First 4 letters of first name, followed by
first 4 letters of surname.
• Password: Class name
• School Code: 3969

11. Behaviour
At Wylde Green we are continuing to improve children’s learning behaviour by changing
the vocabulary that we use with them and our systems for monitoring behaviour.
Good Behaviour is rewarded through praise post-cards, whole class extra play.
Children are asked to make the right ‘choice’ with their behaviour and understand that
the consequences are as follows:
Warning.
Move down the ladder.
If behaviour persists they will be warned and moved again. If after two warnings there is
further inappropriate behaviour they will be issued a Yellow Card and will miss the next
morning break.
Red cards are issued for serious offences such as fighting (including play fighting),
damaging property and serious disrespect.

12. Ideas to extend your
research skills (2 pts each:
•Research renewable energy
sources and create a leaflet
to share.
•Research the importance of
the rainforest. Present this
in any form you like.
Ideas to explore your
mathematical skills (2 pts
each):
•Research the cost
effectiveness of using solar
panels in the home.
•How energy efficient is
your home? Present your
findings in a table or chart.
Ideas to explore your
locality (2 pts):
•Find out as many facts as
you can about pollution in
the local area.
•Compare the differences
between the life of a tribe
in the rainforest and that
of life in the U.K.
Ideas to develop your
creativity (2pts each) :
•Create a collage using
recyclable materials e.g.
Crisp packets.
•Create a poem or song about
the importance of ‘Saving our
World.’
•Imagine you are an
indigenous tribe living in the
rainforest- design a tribal
badge.
This half term’s POWer Project is:
‘Saving our World’
Choose your projects to achieve 8
POWer points or more!
Remember you can add with your own
ideas too!
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13. Timetable
Monday - Children will need to bring in their reading books.
Spellings will be tested and new spellings given out.
Year 6 will require their outdoor PE kits.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday - Year 6 will require their indoor PE kits.
Friday - Power Projects will be celebrated and given out.

14. Working Together
• Year 6 – This is an important year and we look
forward to working with you to make this a
successful and enjoyable year for your children.
• SATs week will be the week beginning May 8th.

15. Let’s Have a
Great Year!

16. Questions?