Melbourne -  taught by Miss Willington & Mrs Watson

Sydney- taught by Mrs Dunbobbin

Our support staff are Mr Farrall, Mr Raiswell and Mrs Simpson

Year 6 Information

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All the World's a Stage!

This summer term our learning focus is entitled 'All the World's a Stage.'

During this term we will study Shakespeare's stage (Macbeth) and will look at the underwater 'stage' of Jacques Cousteau and his Hollywood films.

We will also perform our own production!

English - Writing

Our main book to support our writing for the first part of this term is Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau. Our developing vocabulary and our Mastery Keys are below.

During the second half term we will be looking at a shorter version of Macbeth. Our reading and writing pathways expectations are below.

 

English - Reading       

Reading

Our reading book for the first half term will be Alastair Humphreys' Great Adventurers: The Incredible Expeditions of 20 Explorers. During the second half term we will be reading a shorter version of Macbeth. Our Mastery Keys and Pathway Expectations are listed below:

 

Maths

In maths this term we will be looking at:    

  • All previously taught areas of Y6 maths
  • Test technique
  • Maths mystery problems
  • Some Y7 maths ready for high school

Useful Websites:

To help you along the way we have found some websites which they may find useful.   Many of these are interactive and use brief tutorials or engage the children to use their knowledge through the playing of games. 

 

Other areas of the Curriculum

Science: Animals Including Humans  

PSHE: Relationships, Changing Me 

PE: Sports Day/TS , Modified Rounders, Tag Rugby, Striking and Fielding Games 

Geography:  Linking with local history, map how land use has changed in local area over time. 

RE: Why is there suffering? (part 2) What place does religion have in our world today? 

Art: Keith Siddle – Seascape scene  

Computing: Purple Mash:  Networks Quizzing Binary

Long Term Plan

Our long-term plan is attached:

PE

This term the Year 6 children will have PE on a Monday and Thursday with WCLA staff.

On these days we ask that children come to school in their PE clothes rather than their school uniform.

Weather dependant they can wear their shorts and school coloured PE T- shirt and House PE sweatshirt. If the weather is cold, then tracksuit bottoms/leggings would be more suitable. Trainers are preferable to pumps as it is possible the children may be outdoors for some lessons.

Please ask at the office if you are unsure on the expectations of PE kits.

Year 6 Weekly spellings. 

The Y6 spellings will be put onto the learning poster each week. 

To encourage the children to use an online system for homework (as they will at high school) and to promote sustainability in school, please note that these spellings will not be given out on paper. Children will be expected to access the newsletter at home to learn their spellings.

Year 6 Homework

Homework is always set on a Friday and is completed by 8am on the following Wednesday. Children will be asked to find their homework online. If a child is off on a Friday, the expectation is that the child will ask a friend/teacher or use the website for the homework before the Wednesday deadline. 

Y6 homework in a nutshell:

  • Spellings (test every Weds)
  • Reading (3 times a week)
  • Planner signed every week
  • 15 mins of TTRS

Reading

Children in Year 6 are expected to read with an adult 3 times a week to ensure comprehension and decoding skills are in-line with the books they are reading. A signature in the planner will let us know that this has been done.

Spellings

Spellings are added to the newsletter on the previous week and the children are tested the following Wednesday. The spellings we use are mapped in the school spelling curriculum and we may revisit some of them over the year to embed them.

Completing homework

To prepare the children for the demands of high school, homework is monitored by the class teachers each week.

To reward children for completing homework and learning spellings, there are lots of positive reinforcements in place to encourage them to make positive choices.

We will also let you know if your child has not completed their homework so that you are kept in the loop.

Thank you for your support.

SATS 2025 information

The KS2 SATs are scheduled for Monday 12 May to Thursday 15 May. Please do not book any holidays during this time.

Monday
English GPS Paper 1: questions
English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling

Tuesday
English reading

Wednesday
Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic
Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning

Thursday 
Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning

The papers are both set and marked externally. Your child’s marks will be used in conjunction with teacher assessment to give high schools a broader picture of their attainment.

Reading paper

The reading test is a single paper with questions based on three passages of text. Your child will have one hour, including reading time, to complete the test.

There will be a selection of question types, including:

  • Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story’
  • Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the story’
  • Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that suggests what the weather is like in the story’
  • Short constructed response, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’
  • Open-ended response, e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that begins Once upon a time. How does the writer increase the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.’

GPS and spelling

Usually, the GPS test consists of two parts: a grammar and punctuation paper requiring short answers, lasting 45 minutes, and an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting around 15 minutes.

The GPS test includes two sub-types of questions:

  • Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’
  • Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe.’

Maths

Children sit three papers in maths:

  • Paper 1: arithmetic, 30 minutes
  • Papers 2 and 3: reasoning, 40 minutes per paper

Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and division. Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including:
 

  • Multiple choice
  • True or false
  • Constrained questions, e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or completing a table or chart
  • Less constrained questions, where children will have to explain their approach for solving a problem

Results

After SATs, each child will receive a scaled score for each subject (reading, maths and GPS) and whether they have reached the expected standard set by the Department for Education.

The range of scaled scores available for each KS2 test is:

  • 80 (the lowest scaled score that can be awarded)
  • 120 (the highest scaled score)

The expected standard for each test is a scaled score of 100 or more. If a child is awarded a scaled score of 99 or less they won't have achieved the expected standard in the test.