Northbrook Primary Academy Parents’ Information
Afternoon
Year 6
NPA Values
Welcome to Year
6
Class Teacher
Teaching Assistant
Key Staff:
Mrs Adams Executive Headteacher
Mr Cunniffe Headteacher
Mr Dowd Assistant
Headteacher
EYFS/KS1 Lead
Mrs Morris Assistant
Headteacher
KS2 Lead & SENDCo
Mrs Cole
Inclusion Coordinator
English: This half term we will be enjoying the book ‘The Nowhere Emporium’. In this, we will be looking at the magic of travelling through time from the Victorian era to now and the wonderful world of magic that he encounters on his journeys. This book unleashes a riot of imagination, colour and fantasy and will take us on a world of adventure, where we will write our own magical stories.
Science: In Science, we will be looking at Electricity where we will begin with revision of simple circuits & then lots of hands-on experience with symbols, diagrams & incomplete circuits. The children will investigate the effect of the length of wire in a circuit, compare series & parallel circuits then face some Circuit Challenges!
Year 6 -
Autumn 1:
‘The Victorians and the Empire’
Maths: Place Value- Number
We will be revising and revisiting the concepts we have learnt around reading and writing and rounding numbers all the way up to 10,000,000 including those with decimal places. We will also apply our knowledge to use negative numbers and calculate intervals across zero.
Addition and subtraction
We will be improving our mental and written calculations, using the order of operations to carry out calculation Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use to solve multi operation problems and why
Geography: We will be using our map skills to name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical identifying regions human and their and physical characteristics, land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.
We will also look at the effects of the Victorian era on other UK cities growth and development – settlements and trade links and the Historical links to the British Empire.
History:
Throughout this half term we will be learning about the Victorians. We will learn about who the Victorians were and when they lived and studying the power of monarchs and turning points in history. We will also learn about the life of a child in Victorian England and the difficulties that they faced.
Art:
As artists we will be creating our own wallpaper prints based on William Morris. We will look at the History of the Artist and experiment with different patterns and prints.
Year 4
Autumn 1/Half-term 1: ‘Britain at War’
RE: In RE will be looking at Christianity (God) and asking the question: How do Christians mark the ‘turning points’ on the journey of life?
PSHE: We will look at being responsible citizens. We will also be discussing the issue of stealing and its effects on others in the community.
Computing: This term we will continue to develop our coding skills by using scratch to code our own games.
PE: In P.E. this half term we will have 2 lessons of P.E. These days are Tuesday and Thursday.
We will also continue to ensure we understand how to keep ourselves safe on the internet when we are using search engines for research.
PSHE
In our school, we follow the 1 decision scheme to teach our PSHE. This half term, we will be focusing on how to be responsible and in particularly how to look out for other people. Through PSHE, we are seeing the children develop and grow – building positive relationships with their peers. Our school values are discussed often, with this half term focusing on happiness.
PE & Swimming
Day Class
Monday Reception, Year 1 & Year 2
Tuesday Year 1, Year 5 Swimming & Year 6.
Wednesday Reception, Year 3 & Year 4
Thursday Year 3, Year 4 & Year 6
Friday Year 2 & Year 5
PE kit (only to be worn on PE Days): • Plain black joggers/tracksuit
• Black shorts
• School Purple t-shirt
• School Purple hoodie • Pumps or trainers
Reporting
Parents’ Evening Thursday 5th October 2023 – focus on the children’s engagement.
Parents’ Evening Thursday 21st March 2024
Full Reports to Parents Week Beginning 15th July 2024
Academic Judgement
Engagement Judgement Class teacher Comments
Preparation for SATS
‘Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of being.’
Don’t get stressed just do your best!
SATS Preparation
The KS2 SATs will take place between Monday 13th May 2024 – Thursday 16th May 2024.
o Monday May 13th 2024: Spelling, punctuation and grammar (Grammar/Punctuation Test) – 45 minutes
o Monday May 13th 2024: Spelling, punctuation and grammar (Spelling Test) –20 minutes
o Tuesday May 14th 2024: Reading Test – 60 minutes
o Wednesday May 15th 2024: Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic) – 30 minutes
o Wednesday May 15th 2024: Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning) – 40 minutes
o Thursday May 16th 2024: Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning) – 40 minutes
Moving On To High School
During Year 6, we will be preparing your children for the move to secondary school – a significant milestone in their lives. This preparation will include:
• Sign posting to ‘Open Evenings’
• ‘MOTHS’ work in PSHE lessons – considering hopes and fears, research, timetables and rewards and sanctions.
• Taster days at their new schools
• Visits from some of their new teachers and support staff
• Clear communication with you as parents
The deadline to apply for a secondary school place for September 2024 is 31st
October 2023
Playground leaders / Leadership team
• Head boy/girl
• Deputy head boy/girl
• House captains •
Prefects
Seesaw
At Northbrook Primary Academy, we use Seesaw to communicate with parents and children. Your child’s teacher can send you:
• Photographs,
• Videos
• Notes
• links to websites
• Upload documents
• Important messages or reminders
There are two different ways to access Seesaw both as a parent and as a child, either using a laptop/desktop computer, or through a phone or tablet by downloading the app. Seesaw can be accessed by parents or by children, and each option looks different.
A window into the Northbrook world…and one that we will be working hard to improve further. Our website gives access to the school calendar, school letters our twitter feed as well as much more...
For those parents that use social media it is also a good idea to follow and like us on Facebook and Twitter
www.northbrookpa.org
School Website -
Parent App/Parent Pay
Parent App Connect : This is the app that we use for interacting with you as parents. When we send information home electronically it will come through this app as either a notification or an email. As such it is important you have your notifications turned on so you don’t miss any important information. This could be anything from a reminder about PE days to information about school trips.
Parent Pay: As we are a cashless school all payments are made using Parent Pay. Signing up is simple. You are given a username and password and you go to www.ParentPay.com and enter them to log in. Then you sign up with your information and change your password so it is secure. Once you are signed up the office can start adding you to items to be paid for. This can be anything from bacon or sausage sandwiches all the way up to residential trips.
Free School Meal Entitlement
Your children can qualify for a free school meal if you receive:
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on
• Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
To apply, you should contact the South Are Education Office. You will be required to provide your:
Name, Date of birth, National Insurance Number. In addition, the school can get extra funding called pupil premium if you register.
FON – Friends of Northbrook
At the ‘Friends of Northbrook’ we have a team of dedicated helpers made up of parents, carers, grandparents, family friends, siblings, teachers and people from the local community, who help organise social events for the children such as film evenings and discos.
We also do lots of fundraising for the school such as holding various events through out the year, along with Christmas and Summer fairs. We are a welcoming bunch of people that work hard to ensure children at our school benefit. If you have a little bit of spare time and would like to join our team then please either come along to one of the meetings or contact Mr Sharkey (l.sharkey@northbrookpa.org). Thank you!
Key dates for the term
Thursday 5th October Parents' Evening – Engagement
Tuesday 17th October Open Day (New Intake) 2:00pm & 6:00pm
Half-term Holidays
Monday 23rd October to Friday 27th October
Monday 30th October INSET Day (School closed to children)
Wednesday 15th November Open Day (New Intake) 10:00pm & 6:00pm
Friday 24th November INSET Day (School closed to children)
Tuesday 12th December 1:30pm & Wednesday 13th
December 4:30pm EYFS/KS1 Christmas Play
Thursday 14th December 1:30pm & 6:00pm KS2 Christmas Performance
Wednesday 20th December Christmas Party & Christmas Dinner
End of Term Holidays
Monday 25th December – Friday 5th January
Afterschool Clubs: Half-term 1
Day Year Activity/time Staff Lead
Monday Year 5 & 6 Years 2 & 3 Girls' only football (3:15 –4:15) Recorder Club (Lunchtime)
Tuesday Year 3 & 4
Wednesday Year 1 &2 Years 4/5 & 6
Thursday Year 1 & 2 Year 3 & 4
Miss Vanroose-Peer
Mrs Morris
Cheerleading (3:15 – 4:15) Mrs Goldfarb
Lego club (Lunchtime)
Northbrook Young Voices Choir (3:15 – 4:15)
Art Club – colouring and drawing (Lunchtime)
Dodgeball (3:15 – 4:15)
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Spence
Mr Dowd Miss Vanroose-Peer
Friday Year 5 & 6 Basketball (3:15 - 4:15) Mr Cunniffe
All clubs start at the end of school and finish at 4.15pm. Children must return a letter signed by parents to attend the club and wear appropriate PE clothing such as their PE kit.
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