Year 6 Class Page

Summer Term 1

Welcome back after the Easter Holidays!

In Summer Term 1, our Year 6 children focus on their final preparations for the Key Stage 2 SATs which take place the week beginning 12th May 2025.  This is a busy and important time as children will be revising core skills in Literacy (reading, grammar and spelling) and Maths through practice papers, targeted lessons and booster sessions.  We ensure that children feel confident and well prepared whilst also balancing the schedule with engaging topics and creative activities to keep learning enjoyable.  After SATs week, we celebrate the children's hard work with fun projects and transition activities as they look ahead to Secondary School.

It is very important that children are dedicated to working hard every day.  I recommend at least 15 minutes of Mathletics, 30 minutes of Reading Eggs, 15 minutes of spelling and 30 minutes of reading daily.  If your child is struggling with any of these areas, please support your child to spend more time on these.  This is in addition to the homework that is posted each Friday on Google Classroom.  Homework needs to be submitted by the following Wednesday.  Please ensure your child has support, a space and time to complete homework.  If there are any questions about the homework, children can come to see one of the Year 6 team each Monday lunchtime and we will go over this with them.

PE days are Tuesday (pm) and Friday (am).  Children need to bring a PE kit with them on both these days to get changed during school time.  PE kits consist of a white t-shirt, black bottoms and black trainers.  It is very important that children are getting changed fully for PE to promote good personal hygiene.  School uniform is a red school jumper or fleece with a white or red shirt underneath.  Bottoms should be grey trousers or skirts, not tracksuit bottoms or leggings.  All shoes should be black.

Reading records need to be completed DAILY with a comment from the child.  It is not expected that parents complete the reading records as this is something the children can now take responsibility for.

This half term's topic is 'Secrets'.  In Destination Reader we will be reading the book 'Theres a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom' and in Literacy, we will focus on persuasive writing and narrative stories using formal and informal language as well as a variety of punctuation marks.  In Numeracy our learning focus will be on decimals, multiplication and division.  During Science lessons, we will learn about electricity and in Geography, we will explore the North America.  Our RE sessions will centre around Christianity and more specifically, how the Christian message has survived 2,000 years.

School begins with a 'Soft Start' Tuesday - Friday at 8:45am.  This is a time for children to respond to marking feedback or address any difficulties they may be experiencing with their work.  The Year 6 Team will always be in the classroom at these times for support and guidance.  

Important Dates:

SATs Week

• Monday 12th May - English grammar, punctuation and spelling test (Paper 1: short answer questions, Paper 2:  spelling)
• Tuesday 13th May - English reading test
• Wednesday 14th May - Mathematics (Paper 1:  arithmetic, Paper 2:  reasoning)
• Thursday 15th May - Mathematics (Paper 3:  reasoning) 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss any aspects of  your child's learning or welfare, please make an appointment to see one of us.  Thank you,

The Year 6 Team 

If you would like more information about the curriculum SPSM follows, please ask your child's class teacher.  Thank you.