Giraffes Class
Class Teachers: Miss G Wood
Orcas Class
Class Teachers: Mr J Atkinson
Welcome to our Year 6 Classes
Year 6 Expectations
In Year 6, the children should read every day. The school uses the Accelerated Reader scheme. Pupils have completed a Star Reading Assessment, and they have a reading zone written in their reading record book. You can check books from home too to see if they are in your child’s reading zone at https://www.arbookfind.co.uk/ . Reading quizzes take place at school once the book is completed, and certificates can be earned for correct questions.
Children have spellings sent home for a quiz on Friday. These words will be used in spelling and handwriting activities during the week.
We are working hard in class on times tables, so any extra support you can give your child at home would be appreciated. We encourage frequent use of Freckle www.freckle.com
Maths homework tasks are set each week on Freckle, a password-protected website, and you will find your child’s details inside their reading record. Please ask your class teacher if you would like their settings changed so that the questions are always read out loud.
PE Day
Giraffes and Orcas’ PE day is Tuesday. Please ensure that your child has the correct PE Kit, which can be found on our Uniform Page.
We ensure that we follow the national curriculum for the primary curriculum in England for programmes of study and attainment targets for KS2.
We look forward to welcoming you into Giraffes and Orca!
Contact us
To ensure that you can communicate with your child’s class teacher, we have created year-group email addresses. This email address is monitored daily Monday-Friday, with an aim to respond within 24 hours. When sending an email, please include your child’s name in the subject line.
If you need any urgent information/communication, please telephone or email the school office, as the administrative team can pass any urgent messages on to the class teacher.
Timetable
Our timetable can be downloaded below. Here, parents and pupils have the opportunity to view the class schedule to see the day-to-day routine including the range of curriculum that is covered. We have found that children with SEND have responded well to visually seeing the structure of the day ahead.
Terms/Topic Information
Parents will receive a Curriculum Booklet at the start of each term informing them about what the children will be learning. This will also be available for download below.
More Information about the subjects can be found on our curriculum pages.
| Term | Curriculum Booklet | Knowledge Organiser (Science) | Knowledge Organiser (Geography) | Knowledge Organiser (Music) | Knowledge Organiser (DT) | Knowledge Organiser (Spanish) |
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| 1 | Term 1 Curriculum Booklet | Term 1 Knowledge Organiser (Science) | Term 1 Knowledge Organiser (Geography) | Term 1 Knowledge Organiser (Music) | Term 1 Knowledge Organiser (DT) | Term 1 Knowledge Organiser (Spanish) |
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Home Learning
In Year 6, the children are expected to read at home daily for at least 10 minutes. The school is currently in the process of implementing the Accelerated Reader scheme. More information about this will be communicated later.
Children are expected, alongside their weekly spellings every Friday, to learn the times tables shared with them by the class teacher. A times tables test will commence every Friday. Home learning will be set up every Friday on Freckle Maths: Online Learning Platform.
Year 6 students are expected to read at home daily; this should also be recorded in their reading record book, which should be shown at school daily.
Revision Resources
Revision helps pupils to retain and confidently recall important information that they’ve learnt in their lessons. Here are some tips to remember when revising:
- Little and often (once a day) is better than one big push
- Get enough rest (tired minds don’t work as well)
- Drink plenty of fluids (thirsty minds do not work as well)
- Give yourself rewards if you complete your work everyday
- Ask if you find something you don’t understand
Useful Parent Resources in Year 6
For further useful resources, please visit each curriculum page.