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Mrs Hannah Quigley |
Year 6 Class Teacher and UKS2 Lead |
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Mrs Jane Hopkins |
UKS2 Teaching Assistant |
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Mrs Lisa Hall |
UKS2 Teaching Assistant |
Welcome to the Jupiter class page. We are looking forward to a busy year and we have some really exciting topics ahead. Jupiter class are lucky to have our UKS2 teaching assistants working with them supporting their learning. We have lots of enthusiasm and are looking forward to the year ahead. Please feel free to come and talk to Mrs Quigley if you have any questions.
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Mrs Hannah Quigley |
Year 6 Class Teacher and UKS2 Lead |
|
Mrs Jane Hopkins |
UKS2 Teaching Assistant |
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Mrs Lisa Hall |
UKS2 Teaching Assistant |
WCR = Whole Class Reading
On PE days, children are able to come to school in their P.E kits.
Swimming will be on Thursday afternoons for Jupiter class in Autumn 1 and Saturn class in Autumn 2. Indoor PE will be Monday afternoons and outdoor PE will be on Tuesday afternoons. Please make sure children come dressed appropriately for each session.
Our Year 6 Cornerstones Topics are:
What will my child learn in Year 6?
As in all other year groups, Year 6 follow the National Curriculum set out by the government. Children are assessed at the end of the year as to whether they have met the ‘expected’ national standard. At HCP, we strive to make teaching and learning personalised, exciting and creative.
The curriculum for English in Year 6
In Year 6, we follow a Mastery approach to English through the programme 'Pathways to Write.' Units of work are delivered using high quality texts and children in all year groups are given varied opportunities for writing. Skills are built up through repetition within the units, and children apply these skills in the writing activities provided. Many opportunities for widening children's vocabulary are given through the Pathways to Write approach and this builds on the extensive work we do in school to provide our children with a rich and varied vocabulary.
Here are some of the books we plan to use this year:
By the end of Year 6, children’s reading and writing should be sufficiently fluent for them to manage the general demands of the curriculum in Year 7 across all subjects. They should be able to reflect their understanding of the purpose and audience of their writing by selecting appropriate vocabulary and grammar. We will prepare the children for secondary education by making sure they can understand and control sentence structure in their writing. In Year 6, children’s confidence, enjoyment, and mastery of language will be extended through public speaking, performance, and debate.
The curriculum for maths in Year 6
The main focus of maths teaching in Upper Key Stage 2 is to ensure that children extend their understanding of the number system and place value to include larger integers. This should develop the connections that children make between multiplication and division with fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio.
At this stage, children should develop their ability to solve a wider range of problems using both written and mental methods of calculation. Year 6 will learn the language of algebra as a means for solving a variety of problems. In geometry, your child will learn to classify shapes with complex properties and will learn the vocabulary they need to describe them.
By the end of Year 6, children should be fluent in written methods for all four operations, including long division and multiplication, and in working with fractions, decimals, and percentages. They should be able to read, spell, and pronounce mathematical vocabulary correctly.
How will my child be assessed in Year 6?
Throughout the year, our Year 6 teaching team will be assessing children against the National Curriculum for Year 6, making observations, looking at the work the children complete during lessons and gathering evidence to support them with making an end of year judgement about how the children are attaining in writing and science by the end of Year 6.
For writing, children will be awarded a teacher assessment showing that they are:
For science, children will be awarded a teacher assessment showing that they:
In reading, grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) and mathematics, children will be assessed using a series of written test papers in May 2027. These are known as the Year 6 Standard Attainment Tests or SATs. We will be preparing the children for these papers throughout the year whilst also trying to minimise the anxiety these papers can cause for children.
Throughout Key Stage 2 (from Year 3 to Year 6), we will continue to use PiXL assessments throughout the year. PiXL tests have been designed to check children’s knowledge and understanding against the end of year expectations for each year group in reading, grammar, punctuation and spelling (GPS) and mathematics.
As well as informing each teacher’s assessments of each child in their class, PiXL tests also enable diagnostic evaluation of gaps in children’s learning and are supported by therapies and interventions which can support children in closing their gaps in learning.
Updates regarding how your child is attaining will be shared at our autumn and spring term parents’ consultations in November and March, as well as in your child’s end of year report which is sent home in early July.
A meeting will be held in the autumn term to provide parents with further information regarding Year 6 SATs.
Autumn Term 1 - Year 6 Curriculum Overview (Hola Mexico)
Autumn Term 1 - Year 6 Knowledge Organiser (Hola Mexico)
Please note that Year 6 do not have a Cornerstones topic scheduled for Summer Term 2, as the final 6 weeks of primary school will be celebrating their achievements and supporting the pupils with their transition to secondary school in September.
The expectation for homework in Year 6 will begin with regular use of Times Tables Rockstars to practise times tables. Times Tables Rock Stars is a carefully sequenced programme of daily times tables practice.
There is also an expectation that the children read at least four times a week and record their reading in their diaries to be checked every Monday. They will receive a reading raffle ticket which give them a chance to win a reading prize every half term.
Children will bring home a homework workbook each week. Every Thursday, they will be set three homework tasks:
All homework should be completed in the homework book, with children showing their working, methods and ideas where appropriate. Homework books should be returned by Tuesday of the following week to allow teachers time to mark and review the work before the next set of homework is issued.
In the Autumn Term, there will also be a Homework Club available during the first 30 minutes of lunchtime. This provides children with an opportunity to complete some of their homework in school and receive additional support if needed.
Year 6 Home Learning Tasks (Hola Mexico)
We recommend a number of websites for any extra studies that are completed at home:
https://nrich.maths.org for a range of mathematical problems to study.
https://play.edshed.com/en-gb/login for our school’s online spelling practice platform.
https://www.twinkl.co.uk where a number of free resources can be found, covering the entire curriculum.