YEAR 6
Introduction
Welcome to Year 6. We have an exciting year planned and cannot wait to get started! This is a very important year for our Year 6 pupils and we know that they will work with dedication to do their very best with their learning this year. The children have made a good start to the year and we look forward to helping them Reach for the Sky!
Should you have anything you wish to discuss, please contact your child’s teacher at the earliest possibility and we will be happy to help.
We look forward to an exciting Year 6 together!
Year Group Staff
Teachers
Miss Rita Griffiths
Mr Andy Sutton
Teaching Assistants
Mrs Cheryl Cope
Mrs Tracy Orme
Curriculum theme for this half term
Should we remember Victorian Times as a ‘golden age’ of tremendous change for better or a ‘dark age’ of human suffering?
Subject Focus: History and Art
Home Learning
Take 15 and Maths practice is due in on Friday 20th October.
Spellings should be practised daily and will be tested in class during the final week of the half term.
Games and ideas for how to learn spellings are available in this document.
Children should aim to read for a minimum of twenty minutes reading a night to develop fluent reading habits. Reading books are required to be returned to school every day for reading sessions. Please ensure your child remembers their book each day. Once they have finished their book, they will take an Accelerated Reader quiz to check their understanding and help assess their reading progress.
Children should also be playing TT Rock Stars regularly to become fluent in their recall of Times Tables facts. The ideal amount of time to play is around 2 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Please let us know if you need another copy of their log in details.
Key Stage 2 Assessments - SATS
SATS week will take place between Monday 13th May and Thursday 16th May 2023. It is very important that all children are in school on these days to take their assessments. Further details about arrangements for the tests and how the children should prepare for them will be sent out during the academic year.
Additional Year Group Information
Keep some clothes in school that can get dirty for use in outdoor classroom; we will let you know when you might need wellingtons.
An old shirt for painting and crafting would be very handy to have in school too..
P.E. Information
Please bring P.E. kits in a named bag - please ensure children have the correct P.E. kit all week, as this subject is an important part of our curriculum. P.E. this half term will take place on a Monday and Wednesday. For Outdoor P.E., please ensure your child has warm, weatherproof clothing for these sessions. Outdoor P.E. Kit to include: house T shirt, jogging bottoms, a tracksuit top/hoody and trainers.
The children will be sent home in their PE kits after Wednesday’s lesson. Please ensure all PE kits are returned to school by the following Monday each week.
It is preferable for earrings be removed on P.E. days or please provide micropore tape.