Year 6
Miss Smith, Mrs Llewelyn and Miss Evans.
Mr Holloway
Welcome to the Year 6 web page. In 5/6S you will find Miss Smith, in 5/6L you will find Mrs Llewelyn and in 5/6E you will find Miss Evans. Helping children across the classes, you will find the wonderful Mr Holloway. If you have any concerns or queries, do not hesitate to get in touch with the school.
On this page you can find:
- Class information including spellings and home learning;
- Information about our curriculum and learning, including an overview of our current topics.
Click on our logo to find out about our Year 6 Curriculum.
In Unit 2, our English lessons will focus on the book Holes by Louis Sachar. Holes tells the story of a boy called Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to a juvenile detention centre called Camp Green Lake. At this camp, the boys have to dig holes every day to atone for their crimes, but they soon begin to wonder: what are they digging for? Using this book, the children will write a setting description of Camp Green Lake and a balanced argument examining the positives and negatives of Camp Green Lake operating as a juvenile detention centre. In maths, the children will be continuing with learning about fractions and applying the four operations to fraction calculations. They will also be looking at units of measurement and how to convert between different units. Finally, the children will begin to study ratio. In Science, the children’s topic will be: Light Fantastic, where they will be building upon their learning from year 3, exploring the way light behaves - including light sources, reflection and shadows. In design and technology, the children will be creating their own phone cases out of textiles. They will explore a variety of different sewing techniques, design, make and evaluate their product. Our topic in Computing is Website Design. The children will identify what makes a good web page and use this knowledge to design and evaluate their own website using Google Sites. Throughout the process, they will pay particular attention to copyright and the fair use of media, the aesthetics of the site, and effective navigation paths. In Geography, the children will be comparing Alaska and the Galapagos, and learning about the geographical similarities and differences between the two places. In PSHE, our topic will be Celebrating Differences. In R.E., the children will be exploring the argument: ‘Creation and Science: Conflicting or Complementary?’ Finally this term, in PE the children will be playing tennis and performing gymnastics.
Home learning will be sent out every Wednesday and will be due the following Monday. The first home learning will be sent out on Wednesday 10th September. Spelling tests will be every Monday and the first spelling test will be on Monday 15 th September. Please remember to record your three weekly reads in your reading records and hand in every Monday. Oxford Reading Scheme books should be in your child's bag every day in case a teacher/TA needs to read with your child.
P.E days are as follows:
5/6S - Monday & Friday
5/6L - Monday & Thursday
5/6E - Thursday & Friday
Y5.6-Reading-Parental-Workshop-2025.pdf
