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Churchtown Primary School

Parents’ Information Meeting

Year 6

Year 6 Class Teachers

Cedar Class Teacher

Mrs Bluck (YGL)

Aspen Class Teacher Mrs Collins

Sycamore Class Teacher

Miss Hart/Miss Morris

Year 6 Teaching Assistants

Miss Francis

Miss Fearon

Miss Williamson

Mrs Patten

KEY SENIOR STAFF:

Mrs Payne Headteacher

Mr Dowd

Assistant Headteacher

Mr Bowen

Interim Assistant Headteacher

Mr Miller

Interim Deputy Headteacher

FAMILY SUPPORT & PASTORAL CARE

Behaviour

Our core values are currently being revamped after consultation with ELT, staff, pupils and parents.

Maths:

Place Value:

• To know the value of digits to 10,000,000.

• To read and write numbers up 10,000,000.

• To compare and order any integers.

• To round any integer.

• Looking at negative numbers.

Written Calculations:

• To be able to use a written method for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

• To solve multi-step problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Multiplication:

• To be able to identify factors, multiples and prime numbers.

• To have a knowledge of square and cube numbers.

• To know the rules of divisibility.

RE: In RE we will be exploring the question 'What matters most to Christians and Humanists? We will explore what makes the world a better place, what is a Humanist and we will consider the theme of peace.

English: This half term we will be reading 'War Horse' by Michael Morpurgo. Our writing will be based on the text and will conclude with the children composing their own animal adventure story. In grammar and sentence work we will begin by ensuring children can create well-structured sentences. We will move on to using conjunctions correctly in sentences, the use of adverbials and understanding grammatical terms.

Year 6 Autumn 1:

History Focus

Science: In Science, we will be studying the topic of electricity including learning about electrical components, how to make simple circuits, the history of electricity and we will carry out a scientific investigation into the brightness of bulbs.

Reading: The children will work on their retrieval skills, understanding vocabulary and phrases, how to infer from the text and how to use evidence to support inferences. They will read a wide range of texts and extracts across different themes.

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.

Our first mathematics unit will look at the following objectives…

Place Value

Year 5/6 Writing

OUR FOCUS

Handwriting and presentation

Spelling

Being proud of their work

Setting an example

High school ready

PSHE

In our school, we follow the 1 decision scheme to teach our PSHE. Through PSHE, we see the children develop and grow – building positive relationships with their peers. Our school values are discussed often.

During our PSHE lessons in Year 6, we will explore: feelings & emotions, keeping healthy, being responsible, the working world and we will continue to talk about puberty.

This year, Year 6’s ‘Relationships, Health and Sex Education Week’ will be w/c 17th March 2025. Prior to this week, parents will be informed of the arrangements/content via letter or Parent Workshop.

UNIFORM

Children can wear summer uniformor winter uniform in September, but Winter uniform starts officiallyafter October half term. Please ensure that all white shirts are tuckedin.

Winter Uniform:

ChurchtownPrimary 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 bookbagwith logo

Summer Uniform:

Grey shorts withyellow, 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!

Monday Swimming for some children

Tuesday PE for all classes

Friday 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

SWIMMING

In Year 6, some children go swimming at Tarleton Academy.

The children will swim on a Monday morning for 14 weeks.

Swimming commenced on Monday 9th September

Children will be required to bring a swimming costume/trunks, a towel and swimming hat.

Further information has been sent out to the relevant children.

READING AND 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.

READING AND HOMEWORK

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.

KEY ASSESSMENTS

End of KS2 Assessments – Week Beginning 12th May 2025

SPaG

Spelling

Reading

Maths (arithmetic)

Maths (reasoning) x2

SEND (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.