Welcome to Year 6
Our class teacher is Miss Darvill and our Learning Support Assistant is Mrs Humm.
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 2026
We have arrived!
We have arrived at Bawdsey safe and sound! On arrival, we had our packed lunches before enjoying a tour of the sight. Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4, then took part in their first activities of the Giant Swing and Archery. We were so impressed with the bravery and accuracy shown! Group 5 also took part in Giant Swing but their second activity was rifle shooting. The children then settled into their dorms before our first meal. We then spent this evening playing ‘Balloon Splash’. A great first day all round!
Tuesday 13th October 2026: This morning, we all enjoyed a hearty breakfast after a good night’s sleep. All five groups battled it out in archery tag, showing good teamwork and determination. Groups 1-4 also demonstrated their teamwork skills by pulling each other up Jacob’s Ladder, showing immense bravery as they went. Some of the other activities enjoyed throughout the day included aeroball, abseiling, rifle shooting and a lovely coastal walk, where we attempted to find shark teeth. This evening, the children showed off their dance moves at a silent disco. Another brilliant day!
Wednesday 14th October 2026: Following another huge breakfast, many more activities were undertaken throughout the day! Some of the activities included zooming down the zip wire, flying through the air on the trapeze and jumping high on the aero ball. In the evening, everyone enjoyed another yummy dinner before warming themselves around the campfire, toasting marshmallows and singing songs together.
Thursday 15th October: Today has been another busy one! We have scaled the climbing wall, built dens at Survivor and put our problem-solving skills to the test. The children have all shown incredible resilience, persistence and teamwork across the week and should be very proud of themselves! We will finish off today with PGL games before two final activities on Friday. The children can’t wait to tell you all about their favourite activities and moments from the week when they return home. See you all soon!