"Do everything in love” 1 Corinthians 16:14

 

Learning to love, loving to learn

Welcome to Year 6

 

Our staff

Mr Davies (Monday- Wednesday) and Mrs Alley (Thursday- Friday) are our class teachers and Mrs Whittaker/ Mrs Mitchell will be supporting our learning.

The following information tells you a little more about the coming term in Year 6 and your child's learning. However, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

nathan.davies@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

stephanie.moss@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

General information

• Please tie up long hair.
• Please have a bottle of water at school every day. This can be refilled as necessary.
• Please bring a small school bag, reading book and homework record every day (if relevant to your child).
• Please return your homework on or before Thursday for marking. Homework will be sent out on a Friday.
• All school uniform needs to be named but particularly jumpers and cardigans.
• A full PE kit should be in school at all times. 

PE is timetabled for Thursday and Friday during Spring 1. This will be outside whenever possible so please account for this when sending in your child's PE kit.

 

Autumn Half Term 1 2026

Welcome Year 6!

Mr Davies, Mrs Alley, Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Whittaker are excited to welcome you to your new classroom and learning. This year has some exciting topics and experiences in store, and we are looking forward to exploring them together. We aim to make your final year at St Mary's a memorable one and hope you do too. 

 

Our Christian Values

During the Autumn term, our Christian values are love and compassion.

Love of reading

In Year 6, we love to read and listen to stories which challenge the way we think or tackle difficult life events. We feel that this helps us build our empathy and resillience for the wider world. With this in mind, we will be reading Once by Morris Gleitzman. This book will also help up deepen our understanding of the impact WW2 had on children across Europe. 

 

English

In this half term we will use the book 'Star of Fear, Star of Hope' by Jo Hoestlandt. This will help us with writing fiction, including emotion and character point of view. 

 

Our weekly routine will include spelling and grammar, handwriting and guided reading sessions. Daily reading at home continues to be essential, even in Year 6, and we would ask that you question your child regularly on the book they are reading to develop a deeper understanding of a range of texts, to develop new vocabulary and strengthen writing skills. Please sign at least once a week. The children's diaries will be checked on Thursdays and Fridays with a reward at the end of each half term for consistent reading.

Our Pathways to Read text will be 'We were warriors' by Emma Carroll. This will help us understand and expand our vocabulary for writing, but also allow us to develop our reading skills and awareness of the style we will be writing in.

Spelling

We will continue to use Pathways to Spell as part of our English lessons to develop spelling strategies and learn spelling rules, as well as the Y5/6 words.

Maths

As mathematicians, the children will learn through concrete experiences moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds. They will also be expected to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems. 

During the Autumn term we will focus on place value, the four operations and fractions.

Science

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. This half term we will be investigating living things and their habitats and animals including humans. 

Our focus scientist will be Carl Linnaeus .

History

In history, we will be realting to and discovering how WW2 impacted life in Britain. We will learn about key events, figures and turning points. 

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning. This half term we will explore the question: Is every persons journey the same? 

Justice and Responsibilty

As we continue to live our lives and act out the teachings of Jesus, we will look to be courageous advocates and support hte work of conservations.

PE

Our PE will concentrate on invasion games.This will be hockey and football. We will also be developing out gymnastics skills.

Art

As artists, we will be looking at how some artists have used the anatomy to inspire their work. We will study important peices throughout history and use them to inspire our own peices.

DT

We will be using pulleys and levers to create our own cable cars.

PHSE

In PHSE, we will follow the Heartsmart scheme. This will start with us reminding ourselves about the importance of keeping our emotional and mental heart healthy. 

Music

As musicians, we will be using Charanga to explore different music genres and new terminology. To do this we will use a range of instruments to explore using notes to create tunes. we will be learning how to accompany melodies and improving our compositions. 

MFL

As linguists, we will learn how to discuss our family and school in French. this will involve learning new words and phrases and perfecting our pronunciation. We will be writing in French too.

Computing

We will be looking at how computer systems communicate locally and globally.

Homework

This will be sent out on Friday to be returned on or before the following Wednesday. Please come and see us if there are any difficulties or write a note on the piece of work. It is important to complete each piece as they will either build on taught skills or pre teach skills ready for the following week. Homework completion will be monitored. Homework for next half term will predominantly be focused on gaps in learning, consolidation and SATs style questions to allow the children to show their best selves come 12th May.

Possible trips & visitors

March residential to Edinburgh
After SATs, the children will visit Phoenix Park.
During the year sporting events will be arranged