Welcome to Year 6!

Hello everyone and welcome to Year 6 with Miss Jones (6HJ), Mr Moore (6JM) and Miss Evans (6LE)

We can't wait to get started with the new year and all of the amazing opportunities the children have in Year 6.

Important dates to remember can be found by clicking this link

Y6 Parent Welcome Meeting KS1 Hall - Monday 16th September 9am

Quarry Bank Mill Trip (Industrial Revolution and Victorian Britain) - Wednesday 6th November 2024

Sikh Gurdwara Trip - Wednesday 22nd January 2025

PGL Winmarleigh Hall Y6 Residential - Wednesday 12th - Friday 14th March 2025

SATS - Monday 12th - Thursday 15th May 2025. More information will be provided in a parent meeting closer to the time, but please feel free to speak to your class teacher if you have any questions.

Important information

• School day starts at 8:45 each day and finishes at 15:15
• If you are late please take your child to the main office to sign them in
• If you are collecting your child from school early, please collect them from the main office with the relevant evidence for early collection.  
• Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct uniform each day 
• Please can you remember to pre-order your child's dinner on Parent Pay. If you need any support, please contact the office.
• All correspondence from school will only be sent through the School Spider App. If you haven't done so already, please can you download the app and collect your login details from the main office.

PE and Swimming

PE days

6HJ and 6JM - Tuesdays and Thursdays

6LE - Wednesdays and Thursdays

• Please send your child into school in appropriate PE kit according to the uniform policy. No sports tops.  
• If your child has an after-school sports club, please send your child to school in their uniform and they will be given time to change into their PE kits before the club starts. 
• Swimming lessons will take place from the 28th October to the 15th November at a new and exciting on-site swimming pool. Specific information on your child's swimming days will follow soon.

Reminders

• Please provide your child with a water bottle that can be used each day. There are facilities in school for these to be refilled.
• We are a Healthy School, so please can you ensure that your child's water bottle is only filled with water and their snacks follow the Healthy Schools Policy.
• Don't forget to clearly label any clothing/shoes with your child's name and class to prevent them from getting mixed up/lost.
• Please send your child into school daily with their reading book and planner.

Homework

• Spellings - Your child will be given a spelling list every Wednesday to practise at home. They are tested on these spellings on the following Monday. Your child will also have a SpellingShed log in where they can practise their spellings through interactive games on any device.
• Maths and Literacy - Your child will be given a piece of Maths and a piece of Literacy homework to complete each week. It will be handed out every Wednesday and is expected to be returned by the following Monday. There will be a 15 minute detention for not handing in homework.
• Reading - Please can you ensure that you are reading with your child for twenty-five minutes each evening. When you have read with them, please let us know by writing a comment in their planner. We check planners at the end of each week and give out rewards to children that are reading at home. There will be a 15 minute detention for not reading at least three times in a week at home.
• Purple Mash - Your child has received their log in details to access PurpleMash online. There are various tasks that you can access to help support your child's learning in lots of different ways, including TODOs set by the team in school. Log in to find out more. 
• TTRockstars - Your child has also recieved log in details to access TTRockstars. This is a fun and engaging way to help children practise their times tables and division facts, which will help them with their Maths learning in school.

General

In Literacy and Guided Reading we will be reading the books Floodland and Street Child.

In Maths we will be focusing on place value and the four operations - adding, subtratcing, multiplying and dividing.

We will be learning about some fantastic things in Autumn Term, including Climate Change in Geography and Classifying Organisms in Science.

Please see attached in the files section the knowledge organisers for each subject. This will give you an overview of what your child is learning about.

Please keep checking the Year 6 page for further updates throughout Autumn Term.

Thank you,

The Year 6 team