Today we held our bi-annual Y6 Learning Review Meetings.

These meetings always have been a good chance to catch up with parents and carers to discuss the expectations for the year ahead. But for the second year, our Y6 pupils have played a leading role in the meetings.

Throughout the day, sixty children have presented their opinions on their learning: what piece of writing are they most proud of? Why? What maths task did they find a challenge? What helps them to improve? What do they think are their next steps?

Using their 1:1 iPad, each child displayed a prepared keynote to their parent/carer, teacher and to me. This takes self-confidence and maturity and I saw both in abundance today. Each child has a secure understanding of their learning – their successes and challenges, and they own their learning. Today’s meetings highlighted how important it is to put the child at the centre of the learning process.

I know that the children have worked hard to prepare their presentations and I know they will be valuable to look back on as the year progresses. I am very proud of our Y6 pupils.