Year 6 Parents’ Information Meeting
Key Senior Staff
Headteacher
Headteacher (EYFS/KS1)
Mrs Ward Deputy Headteacher
Mr Miller Assistant Headteacher (KS2)
Mrs Tudor Assistant Headteacher (SEND/Pastoral)
Family & Pastoral Care
Mrs Pearce Operations Manager Miss Simms Safeguarding Officer
Ms Assistant SENDCO
Welsh Attendance Officer
Mr Bateman Manager
YEAR 6 STAFF
Aspen Mrs Collins (Class Teacher)
Beech Miss Doran (Class Teacher)
Cedar Mrs Bluck (Class Teacher)
Sycamore Ms Hart & Miss Morris (Class Teachers)
Additional Year 6 Staff: Mrs Anderson Mrs Aspinall Mrs Parkes
Churchtown School Values
Independence
Being self-directed and self-determined — having the confidence to carry out tasks independently, take responsible actions, and be accountable for our choices, all while feeling safe and supported in our environment.
Connection
Being part of a happy, loving community where positive relationships are built through knowing, supporting, and respecting one another — where we feel valued, learn how to mend friendships, and create meaningful connections by being respectful to all
Churchtown School Values
Growth Growth comes from facing challenges with resilience, knowing that it's okay to find things difficult — because with purpose, determination, and something to strive for, we learn, improve, and become stronger.
Acceptance
Embracing who we are and valuing others for who they are — celebrating diversity and creating a community where everyone feels they belong.
Churchtown School Values
Joy Grows through purposeful, active learning and a broad, balanced curriculum full of variety
— creating space for play, shared experiences, and the simple recognition that making time for fun brings energy, connection, and balance to life.
Year 6 Curriculum
Art and Design: Make my voice heard
Children will develop skills in using different art styles, exploring effects with tools, understanding and applying chiaroscuro, and creating symbolic and expressive drawings. It encourages children to form their own opinions about art, understand the impact of techniques, and convey messages through their artwork.
PSHE: Our topic for this half term is 'Feelings and Emotions' with a focus on 'Worry'. We will explore what emotions are, identify how we can reduce our feeling of worry, learn how to support others, and recognise that our actions affect others.
Computing: This half term our focus is online safety. We will spend time thinking about the impact and consequences of sharing online and explore strategies that will help to keep us protected online.
History: This half term we will be learning about The Great War. We will examine the events that led to the outbreak of war, the use of propaganda and what life was like in the trenches for soldiers. The unit ends by learning about how the war came to an end and the Treaty of Versailles.
Year 6 Autumn 1: History Focus
Me presento / Presenting Myself (recap unit):
• Revisit basic greetings, ask somebody how they are feeling and their name in Spanish and reply when asked.
• Count up to 100 in Spanish.
• Ask somebody how old they are and where they live in Spanish and reply when asked.
• Express our nationalities in Spanish with further understanding of gender agreement rules.
Music: In Music this half term our focus element of Music is pitch. The unit is called Happy and is based on the song by Pharrell Williams. We will be singing the song, playing the keyboards, composing, improvising and exploring music from the 1960’s.
PE: In PE we will develop skills in invasion games and athletics. We will also swim for 5 weeks during this half term.
Tuesday PE for Aspen and Cedar
Wednesday PE for Beech Sycamore
Thursday Field session for all classes
PE Kit : No branded kit.
• Plain navy joggers/leggings
• Navy shorts
• White t-shirt
• Navy sweatshirt/hoodie
• Pumps or trainers
Reading & Homework
One of our key priorities is developing reading. We strongly believe reading underpins our children's successes across the curriculum.
The requirement of all children is to read at least three times per week at home. This can either be to an adult or they can read independently.
Each child will be issued with a home/school planner for parents to record their child’s reading each week. This will be checked in school.
In Year 6, children are permitted to write a comment in the diary themselves, however, we ask that parents still initial/sign to acknowledge the comment.
Homework is set weekly on a Friday to be returned by Wednesday the following week.
Weekly maths and English Reading 3x weekly Spelling Frame TTRs
In their home/school planners, the children have the login information for ‘Times Table Rockstars’ (TTRS) & ‘Spelling Frame’
These are two programmes that school have subscribed to, for children to access with their learning both within and outside the classroom.
Throughout the year, we use Google Classroom so children will also have this login information in their planners.
In addition to the weekly homework/reading, we encourage the children to access these apps (as well as others) as frequently as possible.
(Special Educational needs and disabilities)
If you have any concerns about your child’s progress or well-being, the first point of call will always be to talk to the class teacher.
From this point, it may be that further provision is required, which the class teacher will organise and implement.
After this period of time, if there are still concerns, the SEND team (Mrs Tudor and Mrs Sutton) are always there to support and offer guidance for the children.
Uniform
Children can wear summer uniform or winter uniform in September, but Winter uniform starts officially after October half term. Please ensure that all white shirts are tucked in.
Winter Uniform:
Churchtown Primary School V-neck jumper or cardigan
Grey long trousers
Grey skirt or Grey pinafore dress
White, plain shirt, suitable for school tie
Black, flat school shoes (No Boots)
Grey socks or grey tights
School bookbag with logo
Summer Uniform:
Grey shorts with yellow, plain or logo polo shirts.
Yellow and white gingham dress or grey skirt with yellow, plain or logo polo shirts and white socks
Please put your child’s name in all of their uniform!
At Churchtown, we use the app SeeSaw to offer a window into the classroom. Staff in school use SeeSaw to journal the children’s learning and parents have the opportunity to access their child’s individual portfolio.
Your child will have already been transferred into their new class, so you will already be able to view their learning journey so far! Please remember the Code of Conduct which you signed when allowing access to SeeSaw last academic year, regarding the use of these images. If you wish to see this again, please ask at the school office.
Behaviour on the playground
• We can’t use the climbing equipment before the start of the school day
• Think – is there enough room for me or do I need to wait my turn?
• Only climb on things that are designed to be climbed on
• Use kind hands
• Use kind words
• Respect the equipment - we want to make sure the equipment is well looked after so we can all enjoy the playground for a long time to come!
KEY ASSESSMENTS
End
of
KS2 Assessments
– Week Beginning 11th May 2026
SPaG Spelling Reading
Maths (arithmetic)
Maths (reasoning) x2
There will be a SATs meeting for parents closer to the time.
Are you signed up to Arbor? Please contact the office ASAP if you are not connected!
Arbor is used for the following… Important messages/updates from school.
Distribution of school related letters Reporting an absence. Booking wraparound care. Paying for school lunches.
• Robinwood 24th – 26th September
• Parents’ Evening - W/C 20.10.25
• End of year celebration – TBC
• Show at the Atkinson – Friday 3rd July
• Celebration Trip - TBC
• Leavers’ Service – 16.7.2026
Thank you for your continued support.