Welcome to Year 6
Our class teacher is Miss Darvill and our Learning Support Assistant is Mrs Khan.
Year 6 provides a challenging final year in primary school for our eldest children aimed at preparing them for their transition to their chosen secondary school. Expectations are very high in all aspects of school life as the children are exemplar role models: setting the highest standards of behaviour, attitude, responsibility and academic ability for the rest of the school to follow. In order to promote the student’s status as role models, they will wear the prestigious black tie with red stripes.
This year, we are able to once again embrace our tradition of a buddy system whereby our Year 6 children will have the opportunity to spend time with their Reception buddies: sharing stories; playing games; and carrying out art and craft activities together, encouraging our youngest children to develop their reading, speaking and listening skills and social skills.
House Captains are elected democratically, and our elected Year 6 children will be responsible for leading the houses and totalling weekly house points which have been awarded across the school. There are many other responsibilities delegated to our Year 6 children throughout the year which help the school to run smoothly.
Topics
The topics that we will cover this year are:
Autumn: World War II
Spring: Ancient Greece
Summer 1: Inspirational Women
Summer 2: Groovy Geography
Learning at Home
In Year 6, you can support your child by:
- Practising and encouraging daily reading, helping your child to select text from a range of different genres and responding to their reading both orally and through meaningful written responses in their reading record books.
- Reading aloud to your child regularly to promote reading for pleasure as well as modelling intonation and expression.
- Keeping on top of times tables: knowing multiplication facts and related division facts up to and including 12 x 12 as well as the inverse such as 121 ÷ 11 = 11
- Encouraging independence in tasks at home as well as preparing themselves for school each day including checking they have all the equipment they need.
- Practising the words on the statutory Year 5 and 6 spelling list which can be found in your child’s reading record book
- Helping them to recognise and recall square numbers as well as the first 10 prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29)
You can find the Year 6 full curriculum map, showing you the topics we cover and when, on the school website. This is a working document and subject to change throughout the year.
Homework
Weekly homework will be set on Fridays on Seesaw and will be due in the following Wednesday. Please check over your child’s homework before uploading it. Homework will be gone through as a class as part of a lesson to reinforce prior learning. Children can attend homework club if they are unable to complete their homework at home.
PE
Both Kipling class and McGough class will have PE on Monday and Tuesday. Information regarding hair and jewellery can be found by looking at the Uniform Policy on the school website.
Thank you for your continued support, and please feel free to contact me if you require any further information or support – no question is too small.
Miss Darvill
Bawdsey Manor 2025
Monday 20th October
The children have arrived safely at Bawdsey Manor and are settling in well! They have put up their room name signs, which they decorated this morning, and have all chosen their bunks! We got stuck straight into activities this afternoon! Groups 1,2,3 and 4 have all tried their hand at climbing and rifle shooting. Group 5 have zip wired and done some orienteering! We have been really impressed with the children’s positive attitudes and how they are giving things a go even when they seem scary at first! We will soon be going for dinner and then have an evening activity. Whilst it has been wet, the children have remained in great spirits!
Tuesday 21st October
We were up bright and early this morning ready for another exciting day at Bawdsey Manor! The children enjoyed a cooked breakfast, as well as a cereal selection bar, which set them up for the day! Groups 1,2,3 and 4 have done Sensory Trail, Orienteering, Giant Swing and Archery. Group 5 have done Sensory Trail, Survivor, Climbing and Aeroball! Aeroball and Survivor were both activities that we haven’t done in previous years, so Group 5 enjoyed being the first Home Farm children to partake in these activities. This evening, we will be enjoying a game called Balloon Splash where the children will try and build protective covers for their water balloon using coins earned!
Wednesday 22nd October
It was another bright and early morning for Year 6 today and another cooked breakfast which gave them all the energy they needed for the busy day ahead. Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 enjoyed Jacob’s Ladder, Zip Wire, Challenge Course and Survivor today, whilst Group 5 tackled Trapeze, Archery, Jacob’s Ladder and Fencing. The children are really looking forward to the Campfire tonight! They will learn lots of PGL songs and also toast marshmallows!
