Welcome to Year 6. Our class teacher is Jillian Brown and she is assisted by Ashleigh Crowley . You can find out more about them on our Meet The Staff page
Below are a selection of documents with information about our Year 6 class.
Year 5 6 National Curriculum word list
Year 6 Long Term Overview 2025-26
This term, our P.E. lessons will be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. The children will begin the half term with yoga sessions before moving on to gymnastics. Each child will need their P.E. kit in school for every session and will need a pair of P.E. shoes as part of their kit.
Literacy
In literacy this term, we will be reading The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie. We will be developing and improving our writing using the skills that we have learned in previous years. The children will be further practising their grammar skills this year and will have the opportunity to apply each aspect learned to their writing.
Maths
In Maths, we will be following White Rose Maths. The children will be calculating ratio before moving onto algebra. A quick recall of times tables will really help with our maths topics this term. In class, we are working hard on this and recommend that children practise at home using TT Rockstars. Children on the top 5 leaderboard each Friday will earn money for their class bank account.
Science
Our Science topic this half term will be the circulatory system in the human body.
Foundation subjects
In our geography topic this half term, the class will be planning and carrying out a fieldwork investigation into services in our local area.
In French lessons, we will be learning about how to talk about food and drink. This will include stating preferences and learning how to order in a French speaking country We have a French lesson once a week and spend an extra five minutes each day revising key concepts.
Every child- in Year 6- has a Duolingo account so they can practice at home either on the Duolingo app or on the Duolingo for school’s website. Let me know via Tapestry if your child has forgotten their login details and I can send them again.
In DT, the children will be having a go at making automata toys with mechanical systems.
Our topic in PSHE will be Keeping Ourselves Safe.
How can you help your child?
We believe that any work you do at home with your child should be simple and purposeful. We would ask you to support your child in the following:
Reading- We will send home a reading book assessed at your child’s current reading level but reading any text with your child will help improve their fluency and knowledge. Children will get money to add to their class bank account each time they read to someone at home and get a signature in their planner.
Number skills- Basic number skills are a great way to help improve your child’s confidence in maths. We would ask that you support them to play Numbots/ Times Table Rockstars as this will help to improve the basic skills that will support them in all areas of numeracy.
Spellings- Each week the children will have a new list of spellings based around our rule of the week. The children will write the spellings for the next week in their planners on a Monday and they will also be shared on Tapestry every Monday. Spelling games such as letter scramble (mix all the letters up and then put them in the correct order) or hangman are a good way to practise at home.
As children are in their final year of primary school and preparing to move to secondary school, we are promoting independence. I am sure with your support this will enable children to be more than ready for the transition to secondary school. If there are any problems, please do not hesitate to contact the school for an appointment.
