Parents’ MeetingParents’ Meeting

Year 6Year 6

Did you know- Did you know-

Children spend less than 15% Children spend less than 15% of their waking hours in schoolof their waking hours in school

Pupil-Parent ResponsibilityPupil-Parent Responsibility

Children should arrive in Children should arrive in timetime

Attendance at school – Attendance at school – 85%85%

Complete work to the Complete work to the best of their abilitybest of their ability

Doing corrections is a Doing corrections is a vital part of learningvital part of learning

Homework diaries are Homework diaries are checked every nightchecked every night

What your child needs -What your child needs - 30 cm ruler30 cm ruler Colouring pencilsColouring pencils ScissorsScissors Pritt StickPritt Stick Blue or black Blue or black

Berol penBerol pen DictionaryDictionary SharpenerSharpener Red or green penRed or green pen

HomeworkHomework AllAll homework must be homework must be

signed – written, Homework signed – written, Homework diary (Thur)diary (Thur)

Homework is an extension Homework is an extension of classwork, which helps to of classwork, which helps to reinforce and consolidate reinforce and consolidate knowledge and skillsknowledge and skills

Encourage children to take Encourage children to take responsibility for bringing responsibility for bringing the appropriate books, P.E. the appropriate books, P.E. kits and equipment to kits and equipment to schoolschool

Homework each nightHomework each night consists consists of-of- Set reading from Set reading from

reading bookreading book Spellings – practice Spellings – practice

bookbook Tables or a Tables or a

Learning ExerciseLearning Exercise Maths, English or Maths, English or

WAU written workWAU written work Sometimes a game Sometimes a game

or investigation or investigation

Helping with homeworkHelping with homework

Don’t rush in to help when your child Don’t rush in to help when your child struggles with an activity – encourage struggles with an activity – encourage them to keep tryingthem to keep trying

Break tasks into smaller chunks that Break tasks into smaller chunks that can be tackled one at a timecan be tackled one at a time

Help children understand mistakes are Help children understand mistakes are alright provided we learn from themalright provided we learn from them

TURN CAN’T INTO CANTURN CAN’T INTO CAN

Did you know….Did you know….

That your attitude That your attitude to learning is the to learning is the strongest influence strongest influence on how successful on how successful a learner your child a learner your child becomes……becomes……

LiteracyLiteracy

• Take your child to the library, Take your child to the library, books, audio tapes. books, audio tapes. magazines e.g. Young magazines e.g. Young Scientist etcScientist etc

• Listen to your child preparing Listen to your child preparing their class reading. Check their class reading. Check that they can pronounce that they can pronounce words correctly. words correctly.

• Encourage them to read all Encourage them to read all forms of reading e.g. fiction, forms of reading e.g. fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, non-fiction, poetry, comics, plays etcplays etc

• Have conversations with your child, Have conversations with your child, discuss newspaper headlines, current discuss newspaper headlines, current affairs affairs

• Encourage your child to watch Encourage your child to watch “Newsround”“Newsround”

• Play games – Scrabble, Taboo, Play games – Scrabble, Taboo, Crosswords, Wordsearches to extend Crosswords, Wordsearches to extend and enhance vocabularyand enhance vocabulary

• If a reluctant or struggling reader- use If a reluctant or struggling reader- use audio tapes or read to them – the audio tapes or read to them – the secret is discussing what you have secret is discussing what you have read e.g. how were different feelings read e.g. how were different feelings conveyed? conveyed?

NumeracyNumeracy Addition and subtraction facts Addition and subtraction facts

alongside multiplication and alongside multiplication and division tables must be division tables must be known-they are the basis of known-they are the basis of all Maths functionsall Maths functions

Mathematical facts are Mathematical facts are equally as important (e.g. equally as important (e.g. time, weight, capacity, time, weight, capacity, volume, area etc)volume, area etc)

Children must always show Children must always show their working outtheir working out

Encourage mental arithmetic by Encourage mental arithmetic by getting child to work out change getting child to work out change from £5.00, if sale goods have 20% from £5.00, if sale goods have 20% off etcoff etc

Play games with them e.g. Uno, Play games with them e.g. Uno, Battleships, Connect 4. YahzteeBattleships, Connect 4. Yahztee

Investigations/games from school Investigations/games from school are equally as important as written are equally as important as written or learning homeworkor learning homework

Learning StylesLearning Styles

visualauditory

kinaesthetic

Computer Based Computer Based AssessmentsAssessments

Did you know….Did you know…. If your child has low If your child has low

confidence or self-confidence or self-esteem it’s like esteem it’s like driving through life driving through life with the handbrake with the handbrake on?on?

CONFIDENCECONFIDENCE

SELF-ESTEEMSELF-ESTEEM

SwimmingSwimming

Playground PalsPlayground Pals

C.A.S.EC.A.S.E

ArtistArtist

Castlewellan Residential Castlewellan Residential CentreCentre May 2015May 2015

Transfer ProcedureTransfer Procedure

New format AQENew format AQE Meeting in January/February to Meeting in January/February to

discuss procedurediscuss procedure We will discuss with individual We will discuss with individual

parents in February/March parent parents in February/March parent meetingsmeetings

Don’t stress out now!!Don’t stress out now!!

Thank –YouThank –You