DarwinNewton Franklin

Open Door Policy

• If you have a query or concern then please let us know.

• At the end of the day we will be visible out on the playground.

• Any notes/ messages please write them in their home school diaries – please tell your child to show us.

• Make an appointment to see us.• First port of call – your child’s class teacher.

Open days + Entrance Exams

• A letter will go out tomorrow with all the dates (that we know), please let us know which dates you will be attending. You do need to check if you need to make an appointment.

• Please let us know when you will be sitting them – so we can authorise the exam session.

Applying for secondary Schools

• You need to apply online. If you applied for your place at Auriol online you must use the same password for your secondary schools. If you have forgotten these – it can take up to 5 days to get your password emailed to you. www.surreycc.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/schools/school-admissions/apply-for-a-school-place.

• Please do not leave it until the last minute. Deadline Thursday 22nd October 2015. Submit and accept

Autumn TermWW2 – History– DT making Anderson Shelters– Electricity – learning about the Morse Code. – WW2 tea party – To be confirmed– children to dress

up. Grandparents/parents invited to join celebrations.

• School Trip – WW2 experience day

– Hands on practical learning – real Anderson shelters, history clues. Sayers Croft.

– 3rd November – provisionally booked- approx. £15 – Have to be at school for 8:15 back 4pm.

Spring Term

• Frozen Kingdom – independence and adaptation – features of polar regions – making igloos

• School Journey to France

Summer Term• SATs • Gallery Rebels–Different artists

• Blood Heart –Dissecting a pig’s heart– fundraising events - enterprise – healthy lifestyles

• Production• Secondary Transition

HomeworkHomework is designed to consolidate or move learning on. It will get progressively harder.

• Maths – Set on a Wednesday and due in on Friday. • Grammar/Punctuation– Set on a Friday and due in

on a Monday. • Reading – Every night for 15 minutes +

comprehension set on a Thursday due in on a Wednesday.

• Spellings – Set on a Monday tested on a Friday.• Topic – WW2 project – independent or group work.

Maths• Teaching for Mastery for all – no setting/ scaffold learning for

pupils needing support with a concept/ extension through questioning

• Textbooks – using the mastery teaching approach from Singapore, created specifically for children living in the UK.

• This approach will build on and promote the current Mathematics teaching in the school, which was highly commended by Ofsted.

• Maths Parent Workshop– 19th Oct - 6:30pm- 20th Oct – 9:30am- 22nd Oct – 1:45pm

• Daily Counting• All lessons include intelligent practice to develop mental

agility in mathematics – in preparation for arithmetic work.

Spelling

• As Policy related to pattern being taught • Combination of pattern words, end of Year

expectation word and incorrect words

Assessment without Levels

• All year groups are now moving to new assessment system introduced last year. – Workshops 24th September 2:15pm and 6:30pm

• SATs tests the bar has been raised. – Reading– GAPS– Maths – Science

• Library – volunteers needed to work in library during the school day. Please contact Miss Dempster

• Uniform – no trainers including Vans or Nike air force 1

PEPE will be on a Tuesday afternoon.

Please keep the PE kit in school Monday – Friday encase we have additional PE lessons.

PE Kit - If children are not able to take part in PE a written letter from parents/guardian is required. Children who do not have their PE kit, will not be able take part in the lesson.

Locker Keys

• Please make sure they hand their phones to the class teacher to look after for the day.

• If not they will be kept in office and parents will have to collect them.

Mobile phones

• Locker keys are to be kept in school.

Trips and Events

• Sayers Croft WW2 experience - £15PROVISIONAL• Bikeability - £23 PROVISIONAL–1) Franklin 5th October – 9th October –2) Darwin 12th October – 16th October –3) Newton 19th October – 23rd October

• Year Books - £15 • Visit to church – Free

Year 6 School Journey

France

Suggested Payment Plan £100 non-refundable deposit by Friday 23rd January 2015

£100 by Monday 6th July 2015

£50 by Monday 14th September 2015

£50 By Monday 12th October 2015

£50 by Monday 9th November 2015

Any Questions?

We are really looking forward to

working with you and your children this year.