Year 6

Welcome to Year 6!

 

Welcome to our Year 6 class page! Our class teacher is Miss Sykes - she is also our school's maths and science lead. Our wonderful teaching assistants are Mr Herbert and Mrs Buxton. Miss McQuirk teaches the class on a Thursday afternoon to cover PPA time.

Our Timetable 

Click here for Y6 Curriculum Overview
 

Key Information

Key Days 

Monday

• Swimming at Tarleton Academy. Children should come to school wearing their PE kits and should bring their swimming kits. 

Tuesday

Wednesday

• The children who have guitar lessons should please bring their guitars into school each Wednesday.
• Children will have a short spelling test each Wednesday.

Thursday

• Homework is due in on a Thursday. This is usually set on online platforms, and the children are given the opportunity to complete this in school if they do not have access to devices at home.

Friday

• Homework and spellings are set for the following week.
• Library time - children should please bring their library books in so that they can swap them.
• PE day - children should please wear their PE kits to school.

A Kindly Reminder 

• Children should please bring water bottles to school every day - these should be clearly labelled with their names. 
• Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled - hopefully this will help us to avoid things getting lost.
• Reading records should be brought into school every day please. 
• Children need a school PE kit that consists of pumps, black shorts and a blue T-shirt. For outside sessions during the winter, children can wear black/navy bottoms and their school jumper or cardigan for warmth or a suitable hoodie or tracksuit top.

Homework

• Homework is set on a Friday and should be returned by the following Thursday. This will include work set on our online learning platforms: Times Tables Rockstars, SPAG.com, maths.co.uk and Spelling Shed. The children's login details can be found in their reading records. Spellings will be sent home on a Friday and the children will be tested on these on Thursdays. I will update DOJO each Friday with details of all homework tasks and information about upcoming events in school.

Useful Websites

The children could access the following websites to support their learning at home. Please contact me if you need another copy of their login details. 

• Times Tables Rockstars
• Hit the Button (no login details required)
• Maths.co.uk
• Spelling Shed
• SPAG.com
• BBC Bitesize (no login details required)
• mathsbot.com (no login details required)
• White Rose Maths - home learning (no login details required)

Autumn Term 

Here is a sneak peak of what we will be studying in Autumn 1:

• In English, we will be reading the book 'Goodnight Mister Tom'. We will write diary entries, narratives and persuasive letters.
• In science, we will be learning about the human circulatory system. 
• In RE, we will begin to explore whether life is a journey. We will learn more about baptism. 
• In history lessons, we will learn about life during World War 2. 
• Our art topic is called 'In Flanders Fields'.