"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 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.

 

Summer Half Term 1 2025

Welcome Year 6!

Mr Davies, Mrs Alley 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 Summer term, our Christian values are honesty and determination.

Love of reading

We are contining to read a favourite of Mr Davies' (and now of the class!), 'The Bubble Boy' by Steward Foster. A story about empathy, kindness and real-life superheroes.

 

English

In this half term we will use the book 'Manfish' by Jennifer Berne. A poetic and beautifully descriptive biography about the famous inventer and oceanographer Jacques Cousteau.

 

 

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 'Great Adventurers', by Alastair Humphreys. 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 Summer term we will focus on ratio, angles, shapes and circle facts. We will also recap fractions and using the four operations for a range of problems.

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 light. 

                                                                                                                               

 

Our focus scientist will be Sir David Brewster .

 

History

In history, we will be celebrating and discovering all things 'Black and British'. We will learn more about famous people of colour and the important role they have played in British history.

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning. This half term we will explore the questions, What is the nature and character of God? and, Have you discovered any beliefs about God in common across different faiths?

Courageous Advocacy

As we continue to live our lives and act out the teachings of Jesus, we will look to be courageous advocates and challenge big questions about how we protect our planet and the oceans/ seas around us.

PE

Our PE will concentrate on striking and fielding games.This will be rounders and cricket. We will also be developing out athletics skills in preparation for sports day.

Art

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

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. The songs we are focussing on this term are Wake Up!, Down by the River Side and Dance the Night Away.

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 creating variables to design and make games.

Homework

Homework 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

After SATs, the children will visit Phoenix Park.
We will also be visiting Phoenix Park for a water safety event in June and some children will be attending a CDAT cricket event.