Year 6
2024-2025
Welcome to the year 6 class page. This page will share the different learning experiences that take place in year 6 throughout the year. Please visit this page regularly to see updates of our learning.
Teacher: Miss Hartill
PPA Teacher: Mrs Vontzalidis (Thursday morning)
Teaching Assistants: Mr Gee, Mrs Kihara and Miss Exelby
Summer 1 Update
Welcome back to your final term at St John Fisher Catholic Primary School. This term will be a busy one!
This half term, we will be continuing getting the children ready for their SATS in May. In maths, we will continue looking at algebra, area and perimeter, volume and geometry. In English, we will be looking at using inverted commas in our writing to entertain the reader. Then we will be looking at creating balance arguments. Alongside this we will be revising SPaG concepts ready for the SATS in May. The SATs dates are as follows;
Monday May 12th: Spelling, punctuation, and grammar (Grammar/Punctuation Test) – 45 minutes
Spelling, punctuation, and grammar (Spelling Test) – 20 minutes
Tuesday May 13th: Reading Paper (English) – 60 minutes
Wednesday May 14th: Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic) – 30 minutes
Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning) – 40 minutes
Thursday May 15th: Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning) – 40 minutes
Dates for your diary
Date | Event |
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 | Children Return to school |
Monday 5th May 2025 | May Day Bank Holiday |
Monday 12th May 2025 |
Spelling, punctuation, and grammar (Grammar/Punctuation Test) – 45 minutes Spelling, punctuation, and grammar (Spelling Test) – 20 minutes |
Tuesday 13th May 2025 | Reading Paper (English) – 60 minutes |
Wednesday 14th May 2025 |
Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic) – 30 minutes Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning) – 40 minutes |
Thursday 15th May 2025 | Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning) – 40 minutes |
Friday 16th May 2025 | Year 6 Sporting Competition |
Friday 23rd May 2025 | End of Summer 1 |
Monday 2nd June 2025 | INSET day |
Tuesday 3rd June 2025 | Children return for Summer 2 |
Wednesday 2nd July 2025- Friday 4th July 226 | PGL Trip |
Monday 7th July 2025 | Bike Ability Week |
Tuesday 22nd July 2025 | Last Day of Term school closes at 1:30pm |
Things to Remember
- PE is on a Monday and Thursday. Remember to wear your PE kits on this day.
- Homework goes out on a Friday and is due back the following Wednesday.
- Spellings are tested on a Friday morning.
Our Learning Experiences
Art- We have started our painting unit. We explored the artist Patrick Heron and have created our own versions of his work.
RE- We have revisited the schools core values, to remind us what we as a school expect from all children. We created posters to help the younger children understand what each statement means.
PE- We have been learning how to be a good sportsman/ sportswoman. We have completed bench ball in a friendly manner.
Crucial Crew- Year six, went on their first school trip of the year to the London Road fire station. We spent the afternoon looking at different scenarios and learning how to deal with them in an appropriate way.
Priest Visit - We welcomed Father Michael to our class. He discussed what God has done to help us and how he doesn't expect anything in return.
Mini Police- We had a visit from PCOS Chris. We are embarking on the Mini Police programme.
Mental Health Week- During the week, we have had many pause points to focus on our mental wellbeing. We have enjoyed doing a range of different activities such as doodling, colouring and word searches.
Number Day- We have enjoyed taking part in the NSPCC number day. We enjoyed adding all the numbers we wore to school together. In Year 6 we added up to 15587.14. We also took part in maths mystery where we had to use our maths skills to find out who had done the crime. Then to top the day of we took part in the TTRS battle against Year 3,4 and 5.
Science- In our topic of Electricity we have tested different fruits and vegetables to see if they are able to conduct electricity in a complete circuit. We were surprised my the results!
Extracurricular- The Ollie Foundation came in for a whole school performance. Year 6 took part in a magic workshop in the afternoon.
Design Technology- We have created and made our own Easter boxes for Easter sweets. Our target audience for the boxes were children.
Class Timetable
Curriculum Newsletters
SATs Revision
Recommended Reads
Knowledge Organisers
Humanities
Science
Autumn Term
Maths
Music
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Unit 5 - You to me are everything
Summer Term
Unit 8 - Exploring identity through song
Unit 9 - Ame sau vala tara bal
Italian
Art and Design
Computing
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Unit 5 - MicroBit
Summer Term
PE
PSHE
Autumn Term