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Year 6

Welcome to Year 6

In Year 6 children are encouraged to work with a high level of independence as they start their journey in their final year of primary school. The classroom is highly structured and well-organised to ensure the children are able to select their own resources to complete the range of tasks set. Children engage excitedly in collaborative learning activities across the curriculum in order to refine their skills of teamwork and partnership. High-quality displays are there to further assist children’s learning, celebrate achievement and to provide inspiration. 

Please find additional details about this academic year below.

If you would like any further information about Year 6 at St. Thomas’s, please do not hesitate to arrange a visit. We would be delighted to share our learning with you and always enjoy welcoming new friends.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to speak to us in the morning or at the end of the school day.

Year 6A - Mrs Thomas

Year 6B - Miss Shah

Key things to remember

6A PE Day is on Tuesday

6B PE Day is on Monday

P.E.

This year, our P.E. lessons will take place either on a Monday (6B) or a Tuesday (6A). Year 6 must come to school weraing full P.E.kit. Earrings must be removed, hair tied back and your child will need a water bottle and coat. 

Parent Hub

We use Parent Hub to keep parents up to date with any key information and to show parents what we have been doing in Year 6. It is essential parents are signed up to Parent Hub in order to keep up to date with information from the classroom.

If you have any questions or are able to support us in any of our curriculum areas, please speak to us after school. We are always here to help.

Homework

Children will be given homework weekly to support the teaching that we have been doing in school.  This will be mainly in the form of the Sat Booster Booklets. This homework will mainly focus on developing Maths and English skills.  The children can complete this work independently or with the support of parents. 

It is also extremely important that as part of their homework, your child completes the below for at least 10 minutes every day:

  • Reading
  • Playing TTRS

Reading Books

Reading books will be changed as often as the children need to. We use accelerated reading as a tool to give the children personalised goals to work towards each half term.  The children are given a specific level of books to read and once they have finished reading they take a quiz to assess their understanding. Reading quizzes monitor comprehension, while literacy skills and vocabulary quizzes extend student learning.

It is important that your child reads every evening for at least 10 minutes with the help of an adult or older sibling and 10 minutes independently.

Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS)

The children will have individual logins for Times Tables Rock Stars. They can access the app at home on a laptop or iPad. Please encourage your child to access the website at home for at least 10 minutes a day as this will give them much needed practice of the Times Tables they are unsure of.

Please cut and paste the link into Google to access the TTRS website.

Spellings

Children will be given a spelling list every Wednesday. Please ensure your child practices these as they will be tested on these spellings the following Wednesday.