Welcome to Year 6

Our class teacher is Mrs Jordan

Mrs Ramsay teaches us on Wednesdays

Our teaching assistants are Mrs Wood and Mrs Batan

 School start and finish Times

The doors open at school at 8.40am lessons begin at 8.45am. School finishes at 3:15pm.

Breakfast club is available every day from 8am for £1.50 per day. 

 

Helping your child at home:

Maths

The help sheets below give details about the different maths skills on the National Curriculum. 

The end of Key Stage Two tests (known as SATS) test material from Years 3-6. 

Therefore I have included information for all of these year groups

Year 3 Helpsheet

Year 4 Helpsheet

Year 5 Helpsheet

Year 6 Helpsheet

If there any areas of maths that your child struggles with, there are free video lessons that can be watched using the links below.

White Rose Maths Lesson Videos

NCETM Maths Lesson Videos

Here are some websites/apps that your child can use to practise with:

White Rose Maths One-minute maths app  

https://myminimaths.co.uk/

https://www.math-salamanders.com/

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/29485 

Reading

Please encourage your child to read daily. 

For advice on helping your child to read at home, click here.

Some children need a little extra support to become fluent readers.  They will have a book linked to their reading stage to take home and read with their parent. 

There is a wide selection of books in class that all children are invited to choose a book from to take home.  Children will be responsible for recording in their reading record what they have read. 

These children will also read regularly 1:1 to an adult in school.  They will have separate books for home and school so there will not be a set day for changing reading books.  Please just send the book back once it is finished.

Children can read online books for free here:

 https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/login?active-tab=students  

You will need a login for Oxford Owl.  Please see Mrs Jordan for the details.

Children can practise their reading comprehension using these quick practice sheets.

Reading Practice Sheets Booklet - Basic

Reading Practice Sheets Booklet - Advanced

 

English

These are the lists of words children are expected to spell correctly by the end of Key Stage Two.  We will also learn other useful spellings too.

Year 3/4 Words

Year 5/6 words

This website contains useful information about primary school spelling

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/primary-spelling/

This website contains a guide to the grammar we teach in school

https://www.theschoolrun.com/primary-grammar-glossary-parents

This link contains games for spelling and grammar practice

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar

Science and Topic Work

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/

 

For an overview of our topics for the year, click the link to view the long-term plan below.  Please note this may change slightly to suit the needs of the children. 

Long Term Plan 2023-2024

 

Homework & Spellings

Maths and English homework will be sent home each Friday to be returned the following Friday. 

Staff will go through the answers with the class.  There will be a raffle ticket rewarded for each completed piece of homework.

A paper spelling list will also be sent home each Tuesday to be tested on Friday.  Some words may be highlighted; these are the ones to focus on first.

 P.E.

Y6 children need to come to school each Tuesday in their PE kit.  They should wear school shoes and their pumps should be in school at all times.

This half term, children will have a dance lesson.  They will wear uniform and will change into pumps (which should be kept in school at all times.

PLEASE NOTE PE DAY WILL CHANGE EVERY HALF TERM

Twitter

Please follow us on Twitter to find out more about our work in class

 @StPats_Year6