Welcome to Year 6
Autumn Term Headlines
- Reading books and red reading records are to be in school every day please.
- PE kits are to be in school every day. Our PE lessons this half term are on Monday and Friday, however these may change on occasions. We will start swimming on a Tuesday morning after half term.
- Water bottles to be brought into school every day, they will all be sent home on Fridays.
- Fruit or vegetables can be brought in to be eaten for snack at morning playtime.
Key Dates
Mon 15th Sept -11+ Test
Wed 17th Sept- Junior welcome evening for Parents – 5pm
Fri 19th Sept- St Anselm’s Test
Sat 20th Sept -Upton Hall Test
Wed 1st Oct- Online Safety Session for parents – 4pm – 4.45pm
Fri 3rd Oct- Harvest Assembly – 9:15 am (Years 1-6)
Mon 6th Oct- Year 6 trip Stockport Air Raid Shelters
Tue 14th Oct- Parents Evening 3:30-6:30pm
Wed 15th Oct- Parents Evening 3:30-6:30pm
Fri 24th Oct- Break up for Half Term
HALF TERM
Mon 3rd Nov- Children return to school
Tues 4th Nov -Swimming starts Year 5/6 for 5 weeks
Wed 5th Nov- Individual and Siblings photographs
W/b Mon 10th Nov- Anti-bullying Week
W/b 17th Nov- Book Fair in school
Fri 5th Dec- Christmas Jumper Day
Tues 9th Dec -Whole School Trip to Pantomime
Tues 16th Dec- Christmas Play – 2pm
Wed 17th Dec- Christmas Play - 2pm and 6:30pm
Fri 19th Dec- Christmas Party pm
Fri 19th Dec- Break up for Christmas
Daily Essentials
Times Tables and Mental Maths - Please practise your times tables and other mental maths skills using a preferred method. We will have a x tables test on a Wednesday morning every two weeks.
Square and Cube Numbers - A big part of Year 6 is being able to recall Square and Cube numbers up to 12 quickly and accurately. See how many you can learn by practising some each day. (For Example: 22 = 2x2 = 4 53 = 5 x 5 x5 = 125)
Reading - Please read your school reading book every day. Should you finish it you could create a book review to tell other children about the book.
We encourage children to read for pleasure every day. Please see below in the documents section for a list of recommended texts for Year 6.
Spelling - Please learn your school spellings which you will be tested on in school. Below there is a document including the Year 5 and 6 National Curriculum words. Each day you could choose a few these words and make a poster, acrostic poem or other mnemonic device to help you to remember the spellings. Try to choose what you would consider the trickier words from the list.
Recommended Y6 reading list
Y5/6 Key word list