Welcome to Year 6!

We are already halfway through the school year- where has the time gone?! It is another busy term in Year 6 with lots of learning continuing in our different themes of learning. We will be introducing new learning as well as recapping previous topic areas, to ensure the children have all the knowledge they need to be able to be successful in their end of year assessments. This term requires a lot of perseverance from the children and we know that they will be using their Growth Mindset to help them overcome any challenges they face!   

 

Curie Class - Mr. Purton & Mrs Aiano  (purton2@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk)

Owens Class - Mr Mills, Mrs Penny & Mrs St.Clair (mills@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk)

Attenborough Class - Miss Yussuf & Mrs Wawrzewski  (yussuf@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk)

  

                                  

 

Please find the Year 6 Meet the Teacher Powerpoint for 25-26 here.

 

Please find the Year 6 SATS Update Powerpoint here

 

 

Year 6 Curriculum Overview 25-26

year 6 curriculum overview 2025 26.pdf

 

 General Reminders 

• The class doors will be open from 8.40am until 8:50am. If your child arrives after this time, please take them to the school office (School telephone number 01322 663792).
• The school gate opens at 3:10pm, and you can collect your child between 3:20pm and 3:30pm. If you are unable to collect your child, running late, or if someone else is due to collect your child, please telephone the school office. If you have made regular arrangements for someone else to collect your child, please put this in writing to your child’s class teacher.
• All children require a pencil case with 2 of each of the following; writing pencils, handwriting pens, whiteboard pens, large glue sticks, a pink, purple and green biros, along with a ruler, sharpener, rubber and their school reading book/ reading record.
• Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather!
• PE Days are Monday and Friday this half term.

  

Term 4

Dates for your Diary:

• 23^rd  February – Term 4 starts

•  5^th March – World Book Day 

• 9^th March – Mid Year Reviews (3:40 -6pm)

• 11^th March – Mid Year Reviews (3:40 – 7pm)

• 30^th March – Spring Disco (5:45-7pm)

• 2nd April – Easter Fun/End of Term (1.30pm finish)

• 20^th April – Term 5 Starts

 

English

In English we will be reading a new text – The Super Sunny Murder Club! It’s a selection of crime and mystery short stories. Hopefully we can crack all the cases!

 

Maths

Maths in Year 6 consolidates and develops the skills which the children have been learning throughout primary school. Please support your child with Maths home learning tasks and if you are not sure of current teaching and learning methods, please ask.

In Maths this term, we will be returning to fractions and applying our previous knowledge with decimals and percentages. We will also be learning about areas of shape and measure, including angles and area.

 

 

 

Theme

During this term we will be continuing to focus our learning around a new theme for Year 6: Crime and Punishment! In this topic we will be learning about the development of punishment in the UK from Roman times to modern day. We will be learning about the development of prisons, punishments and how the court system in England works! 

To further enrich your learning, you could visit the Tower of London, The London Dungeons or the Clink Museum!

Science

In science we will be starting a new topic area, learning about the Human Body. We will learn about the lungs and the respiratory system, the heart, blood and how to live a healthy lifestyle!  

The children will learn through practical investigation and research. Please support your children by allowing them to research the topics independently.

 

PSHE & SRE - Sex Education

This half term we will be covering Sex Education in 3 sessions. The sessions will be as following:

1. Puberty, 2. Conception, 3. Pregnancy and Birth

If you would like to find out more about the content of these lessons then please speak to one of the Year 6 team.

 

Growth Mindset

 As always, we are striving towards developing young healthy attitudes towards learning, by focusing on risk taking, challenge and ways to use mistakes as part of the lifelong learning journey of being successful.

 

Home Learning

Thank you for all those who continue to complete homework with excellent effort. It has been great to see lots of fantastic pieces. A reminder that Home Learning is handed out on Thursday, to be returned the following Tuesday.

Please encourage your child to form a routine of completing homework this term – it is important to have it well-established before they go to secondary school!

Home Learning consists of a choice of tasks. The expectation is to complete one task each week as independently as possible.

We also ask that the children practice:

• - Reading - showing understanding of the text.
• - Times Tables and Division facts, using TT rock stars https://ttrockstars.com/    
• - Weekly spellings                                             

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