Year 6 2024 - 2025
Welcome to our Year 6 page - 2024-25
Class Teachers - Mrs Stonier & Mrs Keenan
Support Staff - Mrs Katterloher, Mrs Herbert-Jackson & Miss Davidson
Key Information:
What an important year ahead! Towards the end of each term, we will carry out standardised assessments known as NFERs and, of course, SATs in Summer. These are really useful in allowing teachers and children to celebrate successes and pinpoint targets.
New homework grids have been introduced this year, requiring all children to participate in a range of home-based activities over each half term. We hope that the class will enjoy bringing in completed tasks and sharing their talents. Each week, we will look at a different spelling rule and have lots of fun practising in class. There is a long list of words that are deemed to be important for Year Sixes to spell correctly before heading up to high school. Each term, during our assessment weeks, children will be tested on these words. Please see the attached file for a complete list. Why not practise these and test yourselves at home from time to time?
We will have reading lessons each Friday in which we will focus on reading comprehension. Additionally, it is absolutely imperative for daily reading to be continued outside of school and for a parent or guardian to sign each child's planner once a week. Feel free to bring your own books from home or browse the school or class library - there are some excellent titles.
Developing mental arithmetic will be another key focus over the year. There is an expectation that children in Year 6 should know their times tables and be increasingly confident with the quick recall of related facts. Why not have fun with Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS) or 'Hit the Button' at least two or three nights a week to keep on top of those recall skills.
As always, we thank parents and carers for your continued support with home-based learning.
FYI:
PE lessons - Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Children to come to school in their full school PE kits.
Mrs Stonier teaches from Monday to Thursday lunchtimes. Thursday afternoon and Friday lessons are taught by Mrs Keenan.
Dates:
Thu 12th September - 'Meet the Teacher' online Teams meeting.
Tue 26th November - Visit the 'Crucial Crew'.
Mon 12th - Thu 15th May - SATs exam week
Autumn
RE - Expression of belief through Art and Music; and Sufferage
Maths - Place Value, 4 Operations, Fractions and Measurements
Geography - South America - We compare this wonderful location to places in the UK and explore the famous rainforests! We also look at the work of Darwin
Science - Everything Changes and Light up your World
PSHE - Aspirations; Similarities and Differences
Art - 2D drawing to 3D making
D&T - Frame Structures
PE - Rugby, Football and Sports Hall Athletics
Computing - Communications and Collaboration; and Webpage Design
French - My School and Our World
Spring - Ancient Civilisations (with a focus on The Ancient Egyptians)
What did the first civilisations have in common and what were their achievements?
During the autumn term we look at ancient civilisations! We explore and compare the early civilisations: Ancient Sumer, Shang Dynasty, Ancient Egyptians & Indus Valley. We will then focus on just one of the ancient civilisations: the Ancient Egyptians! We will be studying key facts about this amazing civilisation. How many pyramids are in Egypt? Who was Tutankhamun? Why did the Egyptians mummify people?
Where appropriate, we will link our topic to other curriculum areas such as Art, Geography and Computing! There's a lot to look forward to! Our writing will be based on award-winning novel 'The Explorer' by Katherine Rundell. Our Science topics will see us learning all about the Heart and Lungs and the jobs they do to keep us healthy. We will hopefully have a special trip this term too.
Summer - Journeys
It won't be long before we set off on our own brand new journey - to High School. We will be preparing for this important transition in many ways.
During the summer term, we look at journeys. What is a journey? Why do people go on journeys? What journeys have we been on? Why do people decide to come to the UK? Why do some people decide to leave the UK? We learn all about immigration and emigration this term. Why do people migrate? Can we think of any times in history where people have decided to migrate?