Parent SEND Questionnaire

SEND Support - A Note from Nichola Jones (Assistant Director Inclusion, SEND and Wellbeing)

Dear Parent,

I hope you and your family are well. I’m getting in touch to invite you to take part in our short survey to share your experiences during lockdown and tell us your views on the support you have received from different education services.

Please complete one survey for each child or young person with SEND. The survey is anonymous, however you can choose to include your contact details at the end if you would like to be more involved in shaping future SEND services.

Click here to access the survey

Please feel free to forward this email on to other families of children and young people with SEND.

Thank you for taking part. We really value your feedback in helping us to monitor and continually improve our services for SEND families.  

Please note that the survey will close at 12 midnight on Monday 13 July 2020.

With very best wishes,

Nichola Jones

Assistant Director Inclusion, SEND and Wellbeing

The timetable shown above is a guideline for you to follow and this is what will be followed by the children coming into school from Year 6.

You'll find the lessons for each day in the folders below.

Today would have marked the end of your SATS and as we started the week with a poem we would like to mark today with another poem. Remember you may have missed them this year but they are not the be-all and end-all. You are much more than a test score!

SATs don't measure sports, SATs don't measure art,

SATs don't measure music, or the kindness in your heart.

SATs don't see the reasons you were put upon this earth.

SATs don't see your magic, how you make others smile,

SATs don't time how quickly you can run a mile.

SATs don't hear your laughter, or see you've come this far,

SATs are just a tiny glimpse of who you really are.

Remember SATs aren't who you are, remember you're the best.

So today, you should have been starting SATs, tests which you have all worked hard for this year! Even though SATs have been cancelled, all of us in Year 6 are incredibly proud of you!  

Today, instead of giving you ideas for work, we want to share a poem to celebrate how amazing you all are!

To our year 6's,

As SATs weeks arrives it is not quite the same, 

The tests that were printed this year never came,

The displays are still up, walls full of Maths 'rules',

But year 6 very different, at present, in schools.

For some of you, happiness, lots of relief,

For others a sigh of pure disbelief,

That you worked really hard in advance of this week,

Expected and Greater Depth marks you did seek.

Algebra, fractions, time tables drills,

Fact retrieval, skimming and scanning, all reading skills,

Passive, active and all the SPAG terms,

You've practised and mastered them over the years.

Fear not, although SATs will not happen this year,

Remember tests don't measure everything you learn,

Life at Timberley is varied, you've always tried your best,

And many of the skills you've gained can't be defined by a test.

So, here at Timberley, you've made us all proud,

We sit here with pride and we shout this out loud,

"Year 6, you amaze us, you've come incredibly far,

And we don't need a test to see how amazing you are!" 

Hello from the Year 6 Team.

Missing you guys already but remember to keep on learning.

To help you we have set work on Purple Mash and EducationCity. You have also taken home passwords for many other online learning platforms including TTR and Mathletics as well as books to read. There are many other activities that you can do such as baking, painting, listening to or creating your own music and keeping yourself active.

Here is a list of just a few online resources you may find helpful and interesting:

• Hour of Code, which gives you the opportunity to learn computer science as well as nurture your problem-solving skills, logic and creativity.
• Interlands, online safety games for KS2 children.
• BBC Bitesize, lots of age-appropriate topics with activities and end of unit quizzes.
• Spelling Frame, allows access to some free content including spelling lists and games for each year group.
• Topmarks, provides resources to support all areas of the curriculum.
• White Rose Hub, provides free maths resources including a problem of the day.

Hope to see you all soon. Keep safe and Keep learning!

Inspire Workshops

6P - Tuesday 11th February 2020

6B - Wednesday 12th February 2020

6K - Thursday 13th  February 2020

PE Lessons

PE kits should be in school EVERYDAY. 

At present, Year 6 PE lessons will be on a TUESDAY.  Please make sure all kit is named and remember that hair must be tied back and children cannot wear earrings during lessons.

Homework

Homework will be given out on a Friday and must be handed in on the following Wednesday.

Spellings will also be given out on a Wednesday ready for the test the following Monday.

Please ensure your child is completing both sets of homework and learning their spellings, as this is invaluable for them to access their tests at the end of the year.

Homework club is open to all year 6 children on a Wednesday 3.30-4.30 pm!