2016 SATs sample papers

By 11th March 2016

Here are the links to the government website, where you can download and view the 2016 SATs sample papers.

SATs

If anyone would like to help at home over the next few weeks, until the SATs papers, please encourage children to read every night (and to read a rich variety of texts) as well as reading to your children (so they can hear how we add expression, pause for punctuation etc) Spellings and times tables are things you could verbally quiz your children on whilst they help you make dinner in the evenings (spelling lists can be found on the website or please ask your child’s class teacher, who will be happy to print you a copy)

Recommended revision guides – CGP and Rising Stars

 

Thanks

 

Year 6 team

Skim and scan video – great for practising your ‘find and retrieve’ reading comprehension questions!

By Miss Rebecca Snowdon24th February 2016

The video below is a short one minute video explaining the essential reading skills of skimming and scanning a text to find information and to read at speed.  Both skills are vital for you to practise in preparation for your ‘find and retrieve’ reading comprehension questions!

The website also has other pages that go into these explanations in more detail and there are practise tasks provided.  A great one to do at home – enjoy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/skimming-and-scanning

Year 5 and 6 parent workshops

By 11th February 2016

Thank you to all the parents who attended our Year 5 and 6 workshops tonight. We know it was a lot of information to take in all at once but hopefully you have improved your understanding of how we teach Maths, Reading, Writing, Spellings and times tables in school and have some more ideas of how you can help in some of these areas at home.

 

Powerpoints, resources and handouts will be posted on the website soon.

 

Year 5 and 6 team

Year 6 Viking Ignite day

8th February 2016

Year 6 have had a fantastic day today on their Viking Ignite. We spent the morning pretending we were real Vikings and Saxons, making lots of Viking artefacts, including:

  • Viking rune necklaces
  • clay pots
  • candles
  • clay brooch casts
  • Viking runes and bags to put them in
  • medicine bags

We then heard some Viking stories and learnt new facts about the Viking and Saxon period.

In the afternoon, we became archaeologists, doing our own archaeological digs to find artifacts and try and work out what they were and what they told us about life in Viking times.

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who made such an effort with your Viking outfits, you looked amazing!!