Year 6
Welcome to Year 6
This page contains useful information about starting in Year 6, including the curriculum focus for each term highlighted as 'golden nuggets'.
Staff | Contact details |
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Mrs Tina Lawrence (Year Group Lead) | tlawrence@riverscofe.co.uk |
Mr Simon Colley | scolley@riverscofe.co.uk |
Miss Billie-Jo Dearden | bjdearden@riverscofe.co.uk |
Routines/equipment
- Indoor PE lessons: 6TL Mondays/6SC and 6BD Thursdays.
- Outdoor games : Friday.
- Devices need to be charged daily at home.
- Pencil case which includes HB pencils, glue stick, coloured pencils, rubber and sharpener.
- Spelling tests every Friday. New spellings are also brought home on Fridays.
- Named water bottle.
- Homework is handed out on a Friday for the following Wednesday.
Break / lunchtimes
Lunchtime: 13:00 -13.45
Playtimes: 11:00 – 11.15
The children will need to bring in a healthy snack. Please note we are a nut free school.
Trips and special events
Children in Year 6 enjoy a variety of trips as well as workshops where visitors come to the school.
Trips this year include:
Autumn: Residential trip to France/Bewdley Museum WWII Trip/Magistrates visit/Codebreaking workshop/WWII Coffee Morning.
Spring: Community police officer visits/RGS ‘Play In A Day’ workshop/Commandery Trip/Bikeability/SATs tests.
Summer: Year 6 production/Bell-Boating Regatta/Summer Fayre stalls/Box-Car Rally at Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb/Sports Day.
Various sporting activities linked to High Schools also take place, such as athletics, netball and cross-country.
Reading
In Year 6 it is hoped that children still read regularly at home. Reading is a fantastic way to wind down, and it also positively impacts children’s spelling, writing and grammar understanding. We read class texts in Year 6 which are aimed to develop their love of reading, which promote rich discussion and which lead to purposeful and engaging writing activities.
Please make sure that your child brings their reading book into school each day.
Clubs
Various clubs are in place for Year 6 pupils throughout the week such as netball (Tuesdays), sketching (Tuesdays), art (Thursdays), Sign Language (lunchtimes), etc.
Practical ways to support your child’s learning
We expect children to read at home on a regular basis in Year 6 and keep practising the rapid recall of their times tables.
Spellings are given out on Fridays and tested the following Friday.
Homework
Weekly maths homework will support and consolidate their learning in school. At weekends, children will receive topic-based homework which is designed to enhance their learning in school. In the Spring Term, to support the forthcoming SATs tests, children receive daily homework (Mon-Thurs) which is maths and grammar based. This should take around 15 minutes.
You will be given SeeSaw logins early on in the first half term. Sometimes homework may be loaded onto the SeeSaw platform. On occasions we will share notices and announcements via SeeSaw.
PE
Please ensure that your child arrives at school in their PE kit on the days mentioned above.
Surgeries
All classes have their surgery night on Tuesdays after school.
Curriculum overview
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
History: World War II |
History: Worcester and The Civil War |
History: Black History (thematic unit) |
Geography: South America |
Geography:The Rainforest |
Geography: How Sustainable Is Our Local Area? |
Art: Henry Moore |
Art: Buildings in Worcester |
Art: Artist Study |
English: Goodnight Mr Tom/Anne Frank/War Poetry |
English: The Explorer/Persuasive Writing/The Plague |
English: Alma/Ghost stories/Charles Dickens/Year 6 Production |
Maths: National Curriculum |
Maths: National Curriculum |
Maths: National Curriculum |
Science: Light/ Animals Including Humans |
Science: Evolution and Inheritance |
Science: Classification |
DT: Textiles (doorstops) |
DT: Food (bread making) |
DT: (Box Car Rally) |
RE: Why Do Hindus Want To Be Good? |
RE: Creation v Science/Salvation |
RE: Pentecost |
PSHE: Drugs and Peer Pressure |
PSHE: Managing Stress |
PSHE: Changes /SRE |
PE: Lindy Hop Dance/Gymnastics/Outdoor games |
PE: West Side Story Dance/Gymnastics/Outdoor games |
PE: Athletics/Outdoor games/Outdoor and Adventurous activities |
Music: Vocal performance |
Music: Composition, History of Music |
Music: Year 6 Production |
French: Location and Where I Live |
French: Family |
French: School and school subjects |
Computing: Graphical Modelling |
Computing: Variables in Programming |
Computing: Spheros |
Specialist lessons
Music with Mrs Kainey
French with Mrs Peever
Computing with Miss Tauk
Enrichment
- Residential Trip to France in September
- Year 6 KS2 Assessments take place in May
- Year 6 Production in July
- High School Transitions in June/July