Year 6
Year 6 team:
Mr Burton (Head of Year)– Earth class
Mrs Bartlett – Mercury class
Miss Hardstone – Jupiter class
Mr Sullivan – Saturn class
Overview of the year:
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Autumn term: The Egyptians and rivers |
Spring term: WW2 focus and local study |
Summer term: Holiday show |
History/ Geography |
The Egyptians and The River Nile |
Local study focus, World War 2 |
Mapping, history of focus countries. |
Suggested core text |
Pyramid of Secret |
Goodnight Mr Tom Friend or Foe |
Around the world in 80 days |
Art |
Sketching, painting, modelling |
Textiles, use of ICT |
Collage, painting |
DT |
Using flexible materials, mouldable materials |
Cooking and nutrition, textiles |
Electrical and mechanical components |
Computing |
Film making/Kodu programming |
Scratch animated stories/ spreadsheets |
Website design |
Science |
Animals including humans/ Electricity |
Evolution and inheritance/Light |
Living things and their habitats |
RE |
6.4 Christianity and Christmas |
6.2 Homelessness and refugees |
6.3Beliefs and actions |
PE |
Dance, netball, swimming – |
Dance, netball, swimming |
Dance, netball, swimming |
Music |
Composing |
Performing |
Appraisal |
PE/Swimming
Every child in year 6 is expected to have their PE kits with them at all times. If your child cannot take part in PE we need a signed letter confirming the reason/reasons why.
In year 6 all children will have the chance to go swimming. Swimming hats are provided but children will need to bring their own swimming costume/shorts and a towel. Children can bring swimming goggles if needed.
Homework:
The children will be set weekly homework for English/Grammar, Mathematics and Science as well as having a weekly spelling test. All homework will be set on Fridays and expected to be in the following Friday.
Maths homework will continue to be set on Mathletics. Your child’s password and username will remain the same as last year. For Grammar and English homework children will be set tasks to complete on SPAG.com.
Throughout the year teachers may also give paper based comprehension or grammar work. This needs to be completed and handed in on time.
For Science, every child in the year has been given a science revision book. Homework will be set every week to complete a topic from the book. This will be marked in class.
Reading/reading log/diary
All children in year 6 are expected to read 5 times a week at home, they can read with either an adult or by themselves. Once reading has been completed at home children should be filling in their reading on the relevant day in their reading record.
Spellings for each term are glued into the reading diary on a termly basis.
Any parent notes can also be written into the diary and the teacher will be able to read and respond to these.
Reading at home – Questions to ask which support the development of comprehension skills
Below is a suggested reading list to support you and your child’s decision on what books to read. We encourage children to read a range of text and promote enjoyment of reading.
Suggested reading list for year 6
Carrie’s War |
Nina Bawden |
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit |
Judith Kerr |
Forgotten Voices of the Second World War |
Max Arthur |
The Diamond of Drury Lane |
Julia Golding |
Framed |
Frank Cottrell Boyce |
Homecoming |
Cynthia Voigt |
Noughts and Crosses |
Malorie Blackman |
Knife Edge |
Malorie Blackman |
Private Peaceful |
Michael Morpurgo |
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ |
Sue Townsend |
Treasure Island |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
Mortal Engines |
Philip Reeve |
Clockwork |
Philip Pullman |
Dragon Keeper |
Carole Wilkinson |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
Mark Haddon |
Peter Pan |
J M Barrie |
Good night Mr Tom |
Michelle Magorian |
Wizard of Oz |
F Baum |
Robinson Crusoe |
Daniel Defoe |
Oliver Twist |
Charles Dickens |
Jungle Book |
Rudyard Kipling |
The Railway Children |
E Nesbit |
The Borrowers |
M Norton |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Mark Twain |
Alex Rider series |
Anthony Horowitz |
My Story series |
Various authors |
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl |
Ed. Otto H Frank |
Boy Overboard |
Morris Gleitzman |
Sabriel |
Garth Nix |
The Red Pyramid |
Rick Riordan |
Water Wings |
Morris Gleitzman |
Blabbermouth |
Morris Gleitzman |
Belly Flop |
Morris Gleitzman |
The Diddakoi |
Rumer Godden |
Stormbreaker |
Anthony Horowitz |
Walter and Me |
Michael Morpurgo |
Friend or Foe |
Michael Morpurgo |
Mister Monday |
Garth Nix |
Aquila |
Andrew Norris |
Harry and the Wrinklies |
Alan Temperley |
The Story of Tracy Beaker |
Jacqueline Wilson |
Double Act |
Jacqueline Wilson |
Northern Lights |
Philip Pullman |
A Christmas Carol |
Charles Dickens |
Dragon Rider |
Cornelia Funke |
Journey To Jo’burg |
Beverly Naidoo |
Journey to the River Sea |
Eva Ibbotson |
The Owl Service |
Alan Garner |
Pig Heart Boy |
Malorie Blackman |
Tom’s Midnight Garden |
Philippa Pearce |
Watership Down |
Richard Adams |
The Wizard of Earthsea |
Ursula K Le Guin |
Wolves of Willoughby Chase |
Joan Aiken |
Where the Red Fern Grows |
Wilson Rawls |
Little Women |
Louisa May Alcott |
The Secret Garden |
Frances Hodgson-Burnett |
Artemis Fowl |
Eoin Colfer |
The Wind in the Willows |
Kenneth Grahame |
Anne of Green Gables |
L M Montgomery |
Black Beauty |
Anna Sewell |
Holes |
Louis Sachar |
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom |
Louis Sachar |
Vicky Angel |
Jacqueline Wilson |
The Other Side of Truth |
Beverley Naidoo |
Harry Potter series |
J K Rowling |
SATs tests
Throughout this year, year 6 children will be working incredibly hard towards their SATs tests. As a year group we will be revisiting and revising different themes and topics the children have learnt throughout KS2, when revising we may set extra homework so the children have the best chance to do as well as possible in these tests.
We will keep you updated on the dates of when we are taking our SATs tests. These tests are extremely important as they are used as a measure of how ready the children are for secondary school and many of the secondary schools use the scores to band children.
Below you will find the calculation policy and the assessment statements from Target Tracker:
- Band 6 Poster English Reading SpokenLanguage
- Band 6 Poster English Writing
- Band 6 Poster Mathsall
- Bedonwell Maths calculation policy 2019
Useful websites for year 6.
Maths.
- http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
- http://www.educationcity.com/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/
- http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=20
- http://nrich.maths.org/primary-upper
English
- http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy/index.htm
- http://www.educationcity.com/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/
- http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
- http://primarygamesarena.com/literacy
- http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
ICT
- http://scratch.mit.edu/ - Scratch
- http://www.purplemash.co.uk/sch/bedonwell-junior - Purple Mash
- https://ec1.educationcity.com/home - Education city
Working together
At the Bedonwell Federation we are passionate about working as a team with parents and carers to support the learning and wellbeing of every child. If you have any questions, queries or information that you wish to discuss with us, please do not hesitate to speak to your child’s class teacher or the Head of Year. You can leave a message at the school office, write a note in your child’s reading journal or speak to the member of staff at the end of the school day.
We look forward to working with you and your child this year.
The year 6 team