Welcome to Year 6

6B                                                       6Y

Teacher - Mr C Sheldon                                      Teacher - Mrs F Fulton

This is the Year 6 teaching and learning programme for 2024/2025

Important days

• Homework is given on Friday and expected to be handed in by Thursday the following week.
  - English Homework will be a combination of reading and SPaG activities; it will be stuck into your child's orange homework book.
  - Maths homework will be a worksheet based on an objective we have been covering that week in lessons or alternatively, some arithmetic practice.
  
  
• Spellings are given out every Friday in their brown spelling book and tested the following Friday. Please help your child to practise these and revise the spelling rule for the week.
  
  
• Reading. Your child is expected to read a minimum of five times per week. They are expected to write three child comments about what they have learned when reading or 5 words they have used their breakdown strategies with. They should read two times per week to an adult and an adult should then write a comment in the record.
  
  
• Outdoor games or indoor PE:
  • 6B – Outdoor games: Monday, Indoor PE: Wednesday
  • 6Y – Outdoor games: Wednesday, Indoor PE: Monday

Please ensure your child comes to school in the correct kit on both days.

Indoor kit: white t-shirt, blue/black shorts/leggings

Outdoor kit: white t-shirt, blue/black shorts/tracksuit bottoms, trainers, non-hooded sweatshirt (for cold weather).

Reading

We love reading in Year 6!

Every day we have our Class Story Time and read a book together that the children have voted for as a class.

A new class read will be selected by each class in the form of a democratic vote (Article 12 - Your right to say what you think should happen and be listened to).

The children will be able to choose from a selection of books taken from the Year 6 Reading Spine.

Both classes are currently reading 'The Final Year' by Matt Goodfellow

Here are 50 Recommended Reads for Year 6:

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-6

Learning at Home

If you wish to further support your child's learning at home, please use the following links:

Maths:
https://ttrockstars.com/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39

English:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhrrd2p

All subjects:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2

SATs

Year 6 children will be sitting their KS2 SATs on the week beginning Monday 12th May 2025.

The tests are sat across 4 days following this timetable:
Monday: SPaG - 2 papers (Paper 1: Punctuation & Grammar; Paper 2: Spelling)
Tuesday: Reading - 1 paper
Wednesday: Maths - 2 papers (Paper 1: Arithmetic; Paper 2: Reasoning)
Thursday: Maths - 1 paper (Paper 3: Reasoning)

The children will be thoroughly prepared for these tests through all the work we do with them in school.

However, should you wish to support their preparation for these tests at home, you can purchase additional materials from our recommended provider. Please follow the link:

https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/primary-books/ks2/year-6-(ages-10-11)