Year 6
Key Information
Welcome to the Year 6 class page.
Class Teachers
6RG - Miss Gurney
6JG - Mr Gourley
Learning Facilitators
Mrs Chouhan
PE days:
- Wednesday
- Thursday
Kit consists of black shorts or joggers and a white t shirt. If needed children can also wear a black hoody. These should be plain without logos.
Swimming:
6JG will begin their swimming lessons on Wednesday 23rd October. These will run for 6 weeks consecutively. Children should bring their kits with them to school every Wednesday.
Home Learning
In Year 6, homework is as follows:
Reading:
We ask that children read three times per week (as a minimum), with their reading journal signed by an adult to acknowledge this.
Maths:
Maths homework tasks will be assigned on Learning by Questions - see your child's teacher if you need support accessing LbQ.
Spelling:
Spelling lists will be sent home weekly in spelling books on a Thursday. The words will be tested on the following Tuesday.
Newsletters
Autumn 2 English
This half term, the theme of our English texts is Journeys and Migration. We will firstly be reading ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ by Brian Selznick, described as “a silent film on paper”. Through the study of this novel, children will learn and revise many of the grammar elements of Y6 and have the opportunity to apply them to writing. They will write a flashback chapter and write a biography about famous film direction George Melies.
Following that, children will read ’Windrush Child’ by Benjamin Zephaniah, where they will uncover a timeline of Jamaica’s history alongside the experiences of those journeying to Britain after the Second World War. They will write letters, diaries and poetry.
Autumn 2 Topic
Our Geography topic Location, Location, Location continues to see us explore the human and physical features of three places: the West Midlands; Andalucia in Spain; and British Columbia in Canada. Pupils will explore the geography of each location and weigh up the pros and cons to living in each region.
SATS
The dates for the Year 6 SATs are:
Monday 12th May 2025 - English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (Papers 1 and 2)
Tuesday 13th May 2025 - English Reading
Wednesday 14th May 2025 - Mathematics (Papers 1 and 2)
Thursday 15th May 2025 - Mathematics (Paper 3)
More information about SATs will be shared later in the year.
Useful Links
Mathsbot - https://mathsbot.com/primary/ks2Mini
Rollama - https://www.rollama.com/
Top Marks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing
TTRS (login details required) - https://ttrockstars.com/
LbQ (login details required) - https://www.lbq.org/Task