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 term ahead! Towards the end of this term, we will carry out standardised assessments known as NFERs and, of course, SATs will follow in the Summer. These tests are really useful in allowing teachers and children to celebrate successes and pinpoint targets.
We will continue with the homework grids that have been introduced this year, requiring all children to participate in a range of home-based activities over each half term. Last term, the children really seemed to enjoy bringing in completed tasks and sharing their talents. There were some outstanding pieces. 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. This 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?
Please watch out for messages that outline the offer of SATs Booster sessions that will be before and after school throughout the term ahead.
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 rest of 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:
Wednesday 29th January - Visit to Liverpool Museum for mummification workshop
Wednesday 5th February - 5:00pm SATs Parents' Information evening in the Y6 classroom
Mon 12th - Thu 15th May - SATs exam week
Spring - Ancient Civilisations (with a focus on The Ancient Egyptians)
RE – Islam – How do my personal beliefs affect the way life is lived?
Maths – Ratio, Algebra, Decimals; Fractions and percentages; Area, Perimeter and volume; Statistics
History - 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?
Science – Living Things and their Habitats and why this is important in the life cycle.
PSHE – Healthy Relationships
Art – Exploring Identity
D&T – Pulleys and Gears
PE – Netball outdoors and Dance inside
Computing – Variables in games and Introduction to Spreadsheets
French – Healthy Lifestyles and Me in the World
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 The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and Suffragette: The Battle for Equality by David Roberts. Reading lessons will be based on Malala by Masala Yousafzai.
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?