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Welcome to Year 6.
Please find below information and materials on how you can support your child in preparation for SATs.
Spag mat
Explanation of all the vocabulary and terminology your child needs to know for the test. We do use it in class too :)
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/stjosephscatholic/UploadedDocument/99af5e2c-e82d-40e7-960b-8b1e3a19ad56/spag-mat.jpeg
Spelling
Year 5 and 6 spelling list that the children will be tested on.
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/stjosephscatholic/UploadedDocument/15c3f772-8cb0-431b-8bc0-d5eee821d8fd/year-5_6-spellings.pdf
Year 3/4 spellings might come up too!
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/stjosephscatholic/UploadedDocument/7aca5fa0-c48c-4b49-aaaf-53fc284a466d/year-3_4-spellings.pdf
All the spellings your child learns in each year:
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/stjosephscatholic/UploadedDocument/1ab8a7e3-06aa-47f9-a3c8-ab351e467d61/english_appendix_1_-_spelling.pdf
Glossary of terms for spelling
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/stjosephscatholic/UploadedDocument/c0e569ef-778d-49ab-9c09-30b09da6b895/year-6-grammar.pdf
Information for parents about grammar and punctuation key terminology
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/stjosephscatholic/UploadedDocument/c76b5615-338c-4125-9847-d9b15d7ead18/parents-grammar-punctuation-revision-activity-booklet.pdf
How progress and attainment is measured
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/stjosephscatholic/UploadedDocument/6eb78b8a-c3fd-4fbd-a3f8-eb9ab4677424/progress_8_and_attainment_8_how_measures_are_calculated-1.pdf
Maths: fractions
https://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions-menu.html
Maths topics to help revise and information for parents
https://www.mathsisfun.com
Homework
Set on Thursday and due on Wednesday.
The homework is as follows:
TTRockstars: practice timetables. Children can practice fluency with all the timetables or set timetables by the teacher.
Mathletics: The tasks set are linked to topic. Children need to go to Explore tab and choose place value topic for Autumn 1 half term.
Reading: 20 minutes a day. Hard copy book. Children are allowed to borrow a book from class library to read at home.
Spelling.
Spelling is given out (on Purplemash) every Thursday. Children are tested in class on Monday and then Friday.
Occasionally, homework on Purple Mash will be set that is related to topic.
TTRockstar
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth
Purplemash:
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stjosephssg14
Timetables
http://www.mental-arithmetic.co.uk/Times-Tables.htm
Mathletics:
https://login.mathletics.com/?_ga=2.118819017.1122752804.1568235304-667603280.1568235304