If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to speak to a member of the Year 6 team.
Colossians 3:23
‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,’
Our Collective Worship theme for this half term is Love.
Love is God's unconditional and sacrificial love for humanity, demonstrated through the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Love is the Great Commandment, calling Christians to love God with all their heart, soul, and mind, and to love their neighbors as themselves.
Love is community, caring, unity, and mutual support in everyday life.
Love is a call to action, reflected in acts of kindness, compassion, service, and justice toward others.
KS2 SATs
Year 6 is a particularly important year as all children will be sitting their SATs in May; many children and parents coming into Year 6 can often feel apprehensive about these - please don't, we're here to help.
SATs will be taking place Monday 12 May to Thursday 15 May 2025; we will share more information with you throughout the year and will be holding a parent information session early in March.
Booster sessions will be starting later in the year - we will let you know which groups and days your session will be taking place closer to the time.
Reading at home
In Year 6, we ask your child to bring their reading record and reading book into school every day.
We appreciate that it is not always possible to read every night with your child, but do ask that you make every effort to read at least 5 times per week with them, and make a comment in their reading records. Each time a child reads and gets their book signed, they will receive a raffle ticket to be entered into our reading draw, where they have the opportunity to win a wonderful prize at the end of the term.
Reading at home doesn't always mean their school reading books, it could be anything from a newspaper, magazine, kindle books to instructions of a board game.
Follow the link to access the Oxford Owl Ebooks library for a wide range of reading choices - you will need your login details.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
You can also access EPIC which is an online book library.
Homework
In line with our school policy, children in Year 6 will be expected to complete the the following homework each week:
TTRS - To support children’s fluency in recalling their times tables, every week children will be asked to complete 10 minutes to play on TTRS at home. We ask that you encourage your child to play a few 2/3 minute games throughout the week rather than completing this in one go.
Year 6 staff will monitor who is regularly completing this homework and enter these children’s names into our exciting prize draw where one lucky child will receive a prize each half term.
P.E Days
Our P.E days this half term are Thursday and Friday.
Children now come into school in their PE kits on their PE day. As our PE is outside and the weather is still chilly, please send your child into school in jogging bottoms and school jumper.
PE kit consists of:
*a plain white t-shirt; *black shorts/tracksuit bottoms ; *black PE pumps.
Children may also bring in roll-on / cream stick deodorant for their personal hygiene - no aerosols will be allowed.
Bags, Water bottles & snacks
Due to the limited space we have in the cloakroom, please can children refrain from bringing in large rucksacks/handbags. They are too big for the pegs and children cannot hang their coats up properly. Instead children will only be permitted to bring the green school reading book bags to put their belongings in. Thank you for your co-operation with this.
Please remember to bring a water bottle in every day - it is important for the children to stay hydrated throughout the day. Please clearly label your child's water bottle. These are to go home every night to be cleaned, re-filled and brought back to school the next day. Water bottles should be carried to avoid leakages in their book bags.
Children can purchase bread sticks at the start of each half term, this is payable through Parent Pay or children can bring a healthy snack for break time.
Maths
We have lots of Maths to get through this term with lots of preparation and revision ready for the SATs. Some of the areas we will look at are:
To support your child to be as prepared as they possibly can, please encourage them to use the links below to practise:
https://mathsbot.com/primary/ks2Mini
https://www.mathplayground.com/Triplets/index.html
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/fractions/equivalent-mathman-review/
English
In English we will be reading " The boy in the striped Pyjamas" and using this as a basis for our writing. We will be writing the following pieces:
The children will be using the following grammatical devices in their writing
Encourage your children to play this game to help them with Grammar revision:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbm8scw
