Dates to remember:

Date EventWednesday 4th September Term startsWednesday 25th September Year 6 information evening (5pm)Thursday 26th September House Captain talksFriday 11th October Harvest AssemblyTuesday 15th October RAF STEM Trip (10children)Wednesday 16th October Parents’ Evening (Long)Thursday 17th October Parents’ Evening (Short)21st - 25th October Half TermThursday 31st October Closing date for Secondary School

applicationsFriday 8th November Year 6 good work assembly Monday 11th November Cinema TripWeek beginning 11th November

Primary Maths Challenge and Anti-bullying week

Friday 15th November RAF Museum HendonFriday 22nd November Dr BikeWeek beginning 2nd December

Bikeability

Thursday 19th December Christmas holidays (2pm)

Don’t forget to keep checking on our school Twitter page, for recent photographs of school activities and sporting events.

Year 6 Newsletter

Autumn Term 2019

Edition 1

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope the following information is of help to you. The aim is to give you more detailed information about activities and events taking place in Year 6 this half term and further improve communication between school and home.

We look forward to working with you and your children throughout this academic year and hope that you all had a restful and enjoyable summer.

The Year 6 team

@lady_bankes

Team building The children have spent some time working together and getting to know their teachers. They have all demonstrated some brilliant team building skills and have been really supportive to one another. Well done Year 6!

Year 6 information eveningWe would like to invite you to a meeting on Wednesday 25th September at 5pm to share information about how we can all help support the children in preparation for their SATs in May.

SpellingsThe children have been given their Look Say Cover Write Check booklets for this half term, which they should be completing daily at home. They also have a second copy that they will complete daily in school. An overview of all the spellings tested this year will be handed out during the information evening.Please also use this QR code to find the statutory word list for Year 5 and 6. These are words frequently used and often misspelled in pupils’ writing.

Trips information 2019/20We have already started planning a number of exciting trips for the children. Please see the trips and activities in Year 6 for this school year.Cinema trip Monday 11th NovemberRAF Museum Friday 15th November Theatre trip Date tbc PGL Residential 3rd-5th July

Home learning timetable

Handed out Due inSpellings WeeklyGrammar Friday Tuesday

Maths Friday TuesdayReading Minimum 3 times per week

Equipment listTo ensure your children are ready to learn each day, please provide them with the following equipmentA blue or black pen (no biros) Glue stickA green pen Whiteboard penPencil Colouring pencilsRuler ProtractorRubber Pencil sharpener

TimetablesEach class has been given their own class timetable. Please have a look to see what is happening each day. Please ensure your children’s PE kit is in school every day for activities such as fitness and The Mile.

Useful websitesA list of some useful websites, to support your child with learning at home:https://login.mathletics.com/https://ttrockstars.com/loginhttps://corbettmathsprimary.com/http://www.coolmath.com/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmnhttps://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammarhttps://www.topmarks.co.uk/search.aspx?q=spellinghttps://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/springcroft-primary-school/UploadedDocument/915522a464444cfa96a70bc9bdaee45d/ultimate-ks2-maths-sats-organiser-y6-daily-mini-videos-puzzles-for-y5.pdfpdf