Upper Juniors Parent Information

Tuesday 23rd September 2014

Trinity Primary School

New Curriculum

• Topic webs• New topics – cross curricular approach• Emphasis on grammar• Languages – continued link with Gillotts

HistoryThe Terrible Tudors – issues affecting the Tudors including a source-based mystery

investigation

PE- Outdoor games

FrenchLearning correct

pronunciation through phonics

ComputingMultimedia and word processing to present information about the

Tudors

ScienceForces - gravity, air resistance, water resistance and friction. Understanding

balanced and unbalanced forces and their effect. Investigations into how levers, pulleys

and gears help us use smaller forces.PSHE

Exploring the schools value: friendship

RE- Moral Maze

Music-Year 6 Brass lessons

-Year 5 - exploring rounds

Design and Technology

Building a Tudor Street

Equipment

PE Kit (to be kept in school PE bag)

Plain Navy track suit bottoms Navy shorts School sports t-shirt School hoody (optional, and for PE only) Trainers

Equipment Classroom equipment

ONE small pencil case (this must fit in your tray) Two sharpened pencils Small rubber Sharpener Ruler (not bendy) Handwriting pen (no biros/ink erasers) A few coloured pencils Glue stick Whiteboard pen Highlighter Scissors (optional)

Homework Update homework policy last year Set on a Tuesday to be handed in the following Monday Five areas:

– Weekly sentences based on spelling words– Reading records 3x/5x per week– Compulsory science/English homework– Maths homework– Optional homework grid

How parents can help with homework… Help children establish a good evening/morning routine. Give encouragement but don’t correct every mistake. Help children to manage their time so they are not doing all the

homework at the last minute. Encourage them to read aloud to you from time to time and

write an encouraging comment in their homework diary.

What you can do to help English1. Reading – 20 minutes every day is the ideal.2. Learn about the different text types yourself so you can

discuss them/3. Discuss television programmes / films – why did that

character respond that way? What might happen next?4. Read anything and everything and discuss it.5. Discuss what you are reading with your children. Share your

likes and dislikes.6. Look at posters/adverts – how are they laid out, do they catch

your eye? Why? 7. Work on improving/extending sentences in their writing

including Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation (VCOP)

What you can do to help

Maths1. Guide to helping children online on website

2. Times tables!

3. Discuss real-life situations that use Maths.

4. Give children opportunities to handle money, to weigh out ingredients to measure.

5. Talk about time – analogue and digital clocks. How much time will we have to have dinner before Strictly starts? How long does the X Factor last tonight? Does that include the advert breaks?

6. Play games that involve keeping score.

Year 6 - SATs

English •Reading comprehension •Writing – Teacher assessments throughout the year. There is a paper that they sit but those results only informs the teacher assessments.•Grammar

Maths Written paper A Written paper B

Mental maths test