Year 6
Welcome to Year 6!
On this page you will find some important information about our curriculum this year.
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Meet the Team
Mrs Taylor (UKS2 Phase Leader/Year 6 Teacher)
Mrs Crosland-Nash (UKS2 Phase Leader and Year 6 teaching support)
Miss Quimby (Year 6 Teacher)
Mrs Kirkland (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Maguire (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Bright (Teaching Assistant)
We are also supported by Mrs Dixon, Mrs Darlington, Mr Lowe and Miss Young.
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Key Information
Homework is given out weekly in Year 6. They will be given three pieces each week on a Friday and are expected to have this ready to mark in school the following Friday.
Please encourage your child to read as much as possible outside of school. It would be useful for all children to read a range of genres and authors over the course of the year as this will develop their knowledge and understanding substantially. Additionally, children can quiz on texts read via our Accelerated Reader programme used in school.
All children also have an individual login for TT Rock Stars. It is imperative in Year 6 that children have a secure and quick recall of their times tables as it underpins many mathematical concepts. TT Rock Stars can be accessed via the app, which is free to download or via their website: https://www.ttrockstars.com/ . If your child has any issues regarding logins or passwords, please ask them to speak to their class teacher.
Our P.E. days are Monday and Thursday. Children are required to come into school in their school uniforms and get changed into P.E. kits before their lesson. Kits can be left in school for the half-term.
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Important Dates:
SATs week commences on Monday 12th May 2025
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Useful Links for Home Learning
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
Grammar - Year 6 English - BBC Bitesize
SATS - Key Stage 2 Arithmetic (mathsbot.com)
English programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2 (rollama.com)
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Curriculum in Year 6
Autumn Term 2024
The Autumn Term is a very exciting one in Year 6! We are currently enthralled in our learning about the First World War. This term, we will be using Hilary Robinson's Peace Lily, Michael Foreman’s War Game and Shaun Tan's 'the Memorial' to stimulate our writing, and we have been enjoying 'The Skylark's War' as part of our Reading lessons. In History, we will be finding out how the Great War started and looking at how propaganda encouraged so many men to enlist. We will support our understanding of the war by undertaking an in-depth study of Europe in Geography. Art will see us produce our own clay poppy sculptures and we will design and make our own pair of slippers in DT. Additionally, we of course have our residential trip to Condover after half-term which we are really looking forward to!
