Welcome to Year 6  

Thank you to the parents who attended our writing workshop- we hope this was useful for you to see the process and understand where you child is and how they can progress to the next level.

The presentation is available here and the

accompanying documents can be found here.

Term 4 has been fun but busy! We have started our new class text called Skellig by David Almond. This gives us some great vocabulary and lots of opportunities to stretch our reading skills, including recognising common themes and patterns within and between texts. In addition, some of our assessed writing will be based on this text, including a diary entry and a formal letter. 

We continue to work hard in Maths and practising our SPAG skills in preparation for our SATs tests next term. But our learning is SO much more than working towards the tests.

Somebody was late all day long on World Book Day...

Our Geography topic for Terms 3 and 4 is about earthquakes and volcanoes. We started term 3 learning about the structure of the earth and how the surface of the Earth is made of tectonic plates. This involved some atlas work, building upon our prior knowledge of the continents, oceans and lines of latitudes and longitude. We then went on to learn about how volcanoes are formed, the side effects (both positive and negative) of living near a volcano, how earthquakes occur and the effects of earthquakes on the land and those living in the area. 

The weather has been improving, which means we have been able to get outside and make use of the playground and the field for PE. Our Term 4 unit is about Tag Rugby and builds upon previous learning about invasion games as well as introducing the new skills and rules that come with the game of rugby.

We've been exploring the fascinating subject of 'light' in Science, as well as the thrill of Science Week; We've moved on to days of the week and months of the year in French; our DT sees us designing a multi-functional device for a company who need orienteering tools combined down into one smart device; Music and Computing give us opportunities to explore sound effects and get creative both with physical instruments and digital music making software.

On top of all that, we've enjoyed a fantastic Family Breakfast, Red Nose Day, World Book Day and performances from the band. Such fun!

Year 6 2024-25