Welcome to Year 6!

Class Teachers:

Chestnut: Mr Gook

Walnut: Mr Wicks

Support Staff: 

Mrs Barber

Mrs Skinner

Key Messages/Dates

• PE is on a Thursday. Please ensure your children come to school in full PE kit. 
• Reading Cafe:
• Walnut Monday 31st March (14:30 - 15:15)
• Chestnut: Thursday 3rd April (14:30 - 15:15)

What are we learning in Year 6 this half term?

Summer

Reading

These are the texts that we cover throughout the year:

Writing

At St Margaret's Primary Academy we follow CUSP for our writing curriculum. The CUSP curriculum is a vocabulary rich, knowledge based approach to help develop pupils' retrieval, vocabulary and deepen learning. During Summer term Year 6 will be learning to write newspapers, Shakespeare's Sonnets, discursive writing and speeches, poems that create images and explore vocabulary, first person stories with a moral.

Maths 

At St Margaret's Primary Academy we adopt a Mastery approach to teach maths lessons. The mastery approach supports children in becoming fluent and confident mathematicians. Maths lessons include ‘Flashback 4’ where children recap 4 previously learnt skills, fluency activities and opportunities for children to apply their knowledge to reasoning and problem solving. This term we will be covering a range of units in preparation for our End of Key Stage 2 tests.

Children will have the opportunity to practise and develop their times table knowledge daily. 

Geography 

In geography, the children will be comparing the UK, Europe and North America, and studying Ordnance Survey maps and fieldwork. 

History

In history, we will be learning about the Battle of Britain.

Science

 This half term, children will learn about living things and their habitats, and evolution and inheritance.

Home learning

We expect children to read a minimum of 3 times a week at home; this should be logged on Boom Reader. If you need support with Boom Reader, please come and speak to a member of the Year 6 team who will be more than happy to help. 

Children are expected to practise their times tables at home regularly using Times Tables Rockstar. 

Useful Links for SATs Practise