Welcome to Year 6!
Staff your children will meet:
Mrs Savory – Group Teacher Maths and Literacy
Mrs Muncer / Mrs Pillinger – Class 7 Teachers
Mrs Stokes – Class 8 Teacher
Ms Stone – PPA cover
Mrs Sedar – Teaching Assistant and SMSA
Mrs Screen & Mrs Mosson – Teaching Assistants
Mr Shackleton – Head SMSA
Timetable
Year 6 Timetable
NB – This timetable is a guide and may change to meet the needs of the year 6 curriculum
LITERACY
ICT
Tuesday
NUMERACY
LITERACY
SCIENCE
BUDDIES
TOPIC
PSHE
NUMERACY
Thursday
NUMERACY
Friday
NUMERACY
LITERACY
GUIDED READING
Wednesday
Afternoons
LUNCH
NUMERACY
BREAK
Monday
ASSEMBLY
11 – 12 noon
REGISTRATION
9 – 10 a.m.
Homework
PE –
Gym/Dance
LITERACY
PE- Games
R.E.
LITERACY
SCIENCE
FRENCH/
MUSIC
Maths
Although not compulsory until 2014, we are
following the new curriculum guidelines.
Maths is now divided into three broad areas:
• Number
• Geometry and Measures
• Data
This all builds on their learning in Year 5, and
aims to consolidate and take them further.
Literacy
• Reading comprehension skills will continue to be
developed through reading at home, Guided
Reading and written comprehensions.
• Writing will be developed through Talk For
Writing units, experience of a range of genres
alongside skills work based on grammar and
sentence level activities. This will be as crosscurricular as possible.
• Spellings will be tested weekly and will include
discrete spelling rules, phonics and phonemes
and etymology.
SATs
Maths – marked externally
SPAG – marked externally
Reading Comprehension – marked externally
Writing – based on Teacher Assessments
throughout the year – will be moderated
• Whole year’s planning is designed to support
the children to achieve as highly as they can
without causing them undue stress.
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Science
• Science this year will continue to develop
knowledge and understanding through
investigating, researching and explaining and
applying scientific concepts.
• As much as possible, we will link science work
to the topics we are covering through the year.
• New curriculum compulsory in September
2014
Homework
• Your child will be given two Literacy and two Numeracy
tasks for homework each week. The specific days will be
confirmed by their group teacher and should be written
in their homework diaries or homework books for you
to peruse.
• As we are trying to prepare your children for the
homework demands of secondary school, if they don’t
hand in homework they will lose 2 dolphins, but have
the chance to earn one back if they complete it in break
times.
• How you can help: there will be a bank of useful
websites available soon on the school website.
Other curriculum areas
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ICT
PSHE
P4C and Challenge Time
Music
French
R.E.
Gym / Dance & Sports Skills
Art
Geography / History
Topics this year
Geography - Mountains – this may include the
following:
• Explorers’ diary writing
• Multimedia research
• Creation of Mountains
• Art inspired by landscapes
Topics this year
History –
Britain since 1930 including World War II
– this may include the following:
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Multimedia research
• Research through artefacts
• Art inspired by war – Picasso’s Guernica etc.
Design & Technology
• Christmas Biscuits and Packaging (end of
Autumn Term)
• Slippers (Summer Term after activities week)
Please note that there may be a nominal cost or
provision of ingredients / materials involved and
we hope you will support your child in this.
Equipment
• P.E.
• General classroom equipment – no need for
2/3 pencil cases!
• Art shirts
• Water bottles – fill in morning, playtime,
lunchtime only
• Mobile phones – permission slips from office
• Coats!
Year 6 Experiences
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Christmas concert
End of year production
SRE and Changes – after Half Term
Activities week / Barton Hall
Role Models!
Trips and the broader curriculum
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Lifeskills – October
Science Dome - November
Macbeth - December
Whole school Theatre Visit – ‘The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe’ - December
Science Fair at Bath University – February
Childline Workshop – April
Bath Abbey - April
First Aid Workshop - May
Thank you!
Thank you for attending this meeting to
support your child in Year 6.
If you need to speak to any of the teachers
at any point this year please feel free to
contact the office to arrange a mutually
convenient time.
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Maths Activities Websites.
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www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/
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www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
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www.mad4maths.com/
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www.mathszone.co.uk/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml
This one is a list of recommended sites for 4-11 year olds.
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www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm
This site has resources for all subjects.
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English Activities Websites.
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www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/
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www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension.
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www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
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www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=46