WELCOME TO YEAR 6 (2024–25)
THE TEAM
Teachers:
6B Mr Will Beadle
6G Miss Kate Gilmore
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs Sam Carr
Mrs Rachel Scrase
THE SCHOOL DAY
The school day remains the same in Year 6.
7.30–8.00am Breakfast club (charge)
8.00–8.25am Morning care – pupils supervised in the playground or dining hall (if wet)
8.25am Bell is rung to line up outside for registration
4.00pm End of school
4.00–6.00pm* Co-curricular clubs (charges may be applicable) and Upper School aftercare (charge)
* Aftercare ends at 5.00pm on a Friday
THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO
In Year 6, the children are role models for the school. They often help the younger children and take on extra responsibilities. There are also some exciting trips and visits to help prepare them for their transition to senior school. One such trip is to the Reigate and Banstead Junior Citizenship information day, which helps to prepare them for leading more independent lives as they move to secondary school.
Other fun things to look forward to in Year 6:
• Residential trip to France for five days
• The hugely anticipated Year 6 Production
• Treat day organised by the CPA
• Overnight camping at school
• Business enterprise scheme
UNIFORM, BELONGINGS & SNACKS
UNIFORM
The uniform remains the same in Year 6.
GAMES KIT
Children should come into school in their games and PE kits on days they have these lessons (see the table below). Boot bags should be dropped into the changing rooms before they line up for morning registration. Please do not go into the changing rooms with your child.
STATIONERY
Children in Upper School need to bring in a pencil case, which should contain an appropriate writing pen, HB pencils, coloured pencils, a pencil sharpener, an eraser, a glue stick and a 15-cm ruler.
SNACKS
Children may have fruit and vegetables, a small sandwich or fruit loaf, cereal bars, flapjacks (these must not contain chocolate), plain bread sticks, rice cakes or crackers, plain popcorn, smoothies. Please remember we are a nut-free school, so no nuts or sesame. They also need to bring in a named water bottle each day.
REPORTING
There are Parents’ Evenings and formal written feedback in the autumn and spring terms. A full report is prepared at the end of the summer term.
Please remember to name everything!
6B 6G Monday Uniform PE kit Tuesday Uniform Uniform Wednesday Games kit Games kit Thursday PE kit Uniform Friday Games kit Games kit
HOMEWORK
MICROSOFT TEAMS
Homework will be recorded in the Upper School Diary and made available on Teams. To record and communicate with us about reading, please use the Upper School Diary. There is an option on Teams to comment directly for specific pieces of work, or you can use the Upper School Diary. We check both Teams and the Upper School Diary regularly.
The following homework is set each week:
• Reading (20 minutes) daily – please record this in the Upper School Diary
• Spelling/Handwriting (5 minutes) daily
• Times tables (5 minutes) daily
• Maths – one activity a week (20 minutes)
• English – one activity a week (20 minutes)
• BOFA (autumn and first half of spring term) – one activity a week (30 minutes)
• Science (second half of spring term and summer term) – one activity a week (20 minutes)
COMMUNICATION
IN PERSON/BY EMAIL
Please do email the Year 6 team if you have any concerns about your child. We are very happy to have a brief chat at drop off, but if you would like to talk for longer, we can arrange a convenient time to meet.
Our email addresses are:
wbeadle@chinthurstschool.co.uk
kgilmore@chinthurstschool.co.uk
office@chinthurstschool.co.uk
HOME/SCHOOL
YEAR 6 TOPICS
We have exciting cross-curricular topics each term:
AUTUMN:
SPRING:
SUMMER:
The Egyptians (history); Africa (geography); Study of Islam and Christmas According to the Gospels (RS); Animals Including Humans and Electricity (science)
The Celts (history); African Issues, e.g. desertification, Apartheid (geography); Study of Christianity (RS); Light and Shadow, Living Things & Habitats and SRE (science)
Local History Studies (history); Child-led Learning (geography); Study of Buddhism (RS); Evolution & Inheritance and Science of Sport (science)
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
PARENT HANDBOOK – Contains detailed information on all aspects of school life.
SPORTS HANDBOOK – Further information about PE, games and swimming at Chinthurst.
WEEK AHEAD – Contains information about the children’s learning for the following week. These are issued by class teachers via Teams on a Friday.
THE CHRONICLE – Includes a message from the Head, a round-up of school news from the previous week and school notices. This is issued each week during term time.
SOCIAL MEDIA – Follow the school’s Instagram and Facebook accounts to see lots of the fun activities that take place on a day-to-day basis.
PRINTED CALENDAR – Issued at the start of each term.
CLASSLIST – We encourage parents to register with www.classlist.com to connect with other parents in their own class, year group or the whole school.
SPORTS WEBSITE
Contains details of sports fixtures.
SCHOOLSBUDDY APP
Has details and takes bookings for:
• Wraparound care
• Co-curricular clubs
• Trips
New parents receive a log-in before the beginning of term.
EVENTS
We hope to see you at our family events throughout the year. These include:
• Grandparents’ Morning
• Sports Day
• Swimming Gala
• Church Assemblies
• Year 6 Production
• Harvest, Easter and Christmas Services
• Leavers’ Service
Please keep an eye on the Chronicle and Classlist for more information about CPA events.
