Introductory Meeting Scholastic Year: 2015-2016

Mrs Chantelle Bartolo Cremona

Year 5.1

Two-way communication.

Punctuality.

Respect deadlines.

Uniforms and PE Kits.

Consent forms.

Classroom behaviour

Discipline

Classroom rules

Good behaviour

Home works

Class work

Explanation.

Examples.

Sharing of ideas.

Feedback.

Reading and understanding notes.

20 – 30 minutes for class work task.

Unfinished work may be continued at home.

Home Work Moderate amount (year 5 policy).

Studying and reading are part of the hw tasks.

Supervise home work.

Helping with difficulties without spoon feeding.

Checking if all home work is done.

Date, titles and page numbers should be included.

Late hw will be noted and a note is sent when the

behaviour is repeated for the third time.

Correction

Correction must be done.

Studying

Students must study the notes daily.

Tests will be given to check understanding

of the topics covered.

Reading

Students should read every day for at

least 30 minutes.

They should fill in the reading log every

time they read a book.

Library homework.

Compositions

As a classwork / homework task.

Web of ideas.

Pre writing task.

Discussion.

Writing.

Revising.

Publishing.

Creativity.

Punctuation.

Sentence structure.

½ mark is deducted with every

orthography mistake.

Comprehensions

As a classwork / homework task.

Reading.

Understanding.

Punctuation.

Sentence structure.

½ mark is deducted with every orthography

mistake.

Maths

Times tables should be known by heart!

This is extremely important since they will

be used in many topics.

Malti

Ir- regoli ġodda huma importanti.

Jistgħu jitniżlu online.

malti.skola.edu.mt/

Hemm il-link fuq ilearn.

Structure of exam papers

Maths :

20%Mental paper

80%Main paper

English / Malti:

20 % Listening Comprehension

20% Speaking

30 % Creative writing

30% Comprehension

Social Studies

20% field work- Marsaxlokk (half yearly

exam)

20% field work- Mdina (annual exam)

Field work

I learn

Absentees

Hw and notes will be given when students

return back to school.

If the student is absent for 1 or 2 days,

please send a written note in an envelope.

If the student is absent for 3 or more days

please bring a medical certificate.

School Outings

Small bag containing lunch.

Do not give children large amounts of

sweets.

As a school we are not responsible for

cameras.

Other information

Make sure bottles are fastened properly

Students should bring 2 bottles of water

when they have a P.E lesson.

Healthy food should be given for lunch.

Thank you

for your attention