Welcome to Year 6!

Class Teachers:

Chestnut: Miss Hendley

Walnut: Miss Brereton / Mrs Sandwell

Support Staff: 

Mrs Barber

Mrs Skinner

Key Messages/Dates

• PE is on a Tuesday. Please ensure your child comes to school in full PE kit. 
• Walnut Reading Cafe - 18.5.2026
• Chestnut Reading Cafe 21.5.2026 
• Year 6 SATS week: Week commencing 11th May 

What are we learning in Year 6 this half term?

Summer Term

Reading

These are the texts that we cover throughout the year:

At St Margaret's we are passionate about reading! We teach a daily reading session based on a  Curriculum for Unity School’s Partnership (CUSP) text.

This half term, our core text is Skellig by David Almond. The core texts are supplemented by a variety of additional texts, to support children developing their reading fluency and confidence across a range of text types.

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 the Summer Term Year 6 will be learning to write news reports, discursive writing and speeches, poems, first person narratives and third person narratives. 

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 shape, position and direction and problem solving. 

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

Geography

In Geography, we will be comparing locations. 

We will be looking at these areas in more depth:

• Poland: Where can we find the Tatra mountains? 
• What are the Tatra mountains? 
• The Caribbean and Jamaica: What do we know? What's the terrain like? 
• What is similar and different between the Lake District, Tatra mountains and the Caribbean? 

We will also be looking briefly at map skills, navigation and orienteering. 

We will be looking at these areas in more depth:

• What is orienteering? How do I orientate a map?
• How do I navigate a simple indoor course using controls?

Science

This half term, we will learn about living things and their habitats. We will be covering:

• Describing how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals
• Giving reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.

Computing

This half term we will be studying web page creation. In this unit children will be introduced to creating webpages for a chosen purpose. Children will identify what makes a good web page and use this information to design and evaluate their own website using google sites. Throughout this unit, children will pay particular attention to copyright laws and fair use of media, the aesthetics of the site and navigation paths. 

PSHE

In PSHE we will be looking at relationships. We will be covering:

• What is mental health? 
• Love and loss 
• Power and control 
• Being online 
• Using technology responsibly 

French

Topic: Learning Together

Objectives:

• describe the school day using ordinal numbers
• read and describe a timetable
• read a description of a school day
• read the time
• use colour and size adjectives to describe the contents of a pencil case.

Religious Education

This term in Religious Education we will be studying what is the best way for a Muslim to show commitment to God?

• Objectives:

• I can discuss what I have been committed to and what I would like to commit to in the future
• I can explain why some reasons for prayer might be important to Muslims.
• I can explain why helping the poor or needy might support a Muslim in showing commitment to God
• I can explain how fasting might show commitment to God for a Muslim
• I can explain some of the ways that Muslims might show commitment to God

Art 

This term we will be focusing on painting. We will be covering: 

• How substances can be added to paint to create a variety of visual effects. 
• How effects can be achieved by combining substances and techniques. 
• How to create an illusion of water using highlights and dark shades. 

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 extra work