Welcome to Year 6
In Year 6 this year we have Mr Coles, who will be teaching in Raven Class and Mr Carpenter and Mrs Boddington who will teach in Lark class. Mrs Wariner is our wonderful teaching assistant who will be supporting us across the cohort each day.
The enquiries we will be learning this year are:
How do we all live together?
How are lives saved?
Where does our food really come from?
Linnaeus and Darwin - how are they connected?
Who were the greater engineers - The Ancient Britons or the Victorians?
Why are shadows important?
and
How big is your footprint?
These enquiries will form the basis of much of our subject learning throughout the year (Science, history, geography, DT, art and music) while we will continue to follow the Discovery RE scheme and Jigsaw for PSHE. We will be enjoying plenty of outdoor PE sessions. Our English (both reading and writing) will take inspiration from our enquiry topics.
If you have any questions about life in Year 6, please email admin@queenscrescent.wilts.sch.uk
At the end of the academic year, our Year 6 children move on to their chosen secondary school. Most of our children move on to either:
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For further information about each term, please look out for our termly newsletters and any event letters that are sent home with the children.
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Newsletters
Y6 Residential PowerPoint Video 2024/25
To purchase any of the books listed or for additional genres please click the link below:-
https://www.booksfortopics.com/
Homework in year 6
This will be set on LbQ every Wednesday, due the following Wednesday and comprise of 4 tasks:
- Reading comprehension task
- Spelling task
- Punctuation or grammar task
- Maths task
Generally, the LbQ homework should be taking around an hour in total so if it is taking a lot longer than this, please let us know. We would expect all children to complete the understanding and fluency parts of the maths activity as a priority - if it's taking a lot longer then they can stop there, however completing the task would be most beneficial. If your child is struggling to complete it at home, please talk to their class teacher and we can organise for them to be part of our Thursday assembly homework club with support from a teacher. Initially, the maths objectives will be revising content from Years 3 and 4 so hopefully the children will find the content familiar.
As a reminder, the LbQ website is: https://www.lbq.org/task and the codes for each class are the same as last year which are:
Lark: uz 6k jz ht
Raven: r5 th e9 2g
If your child is struggling to complete the homework set or you have any technical difficulties, please come and speak to us - ideally before the day it is due in, so that we can help in advance to ensure all the children can be successful.
Homework club
Once a week, the year 6 team will provide an optional homework club at lunchtime for children that will benefit from extra support with their learning.
Additional reading at home
Even in year 6, reading opportunities at home are incredibly important for the children. This could be sharing a book together, an adult reading to a child or vice versa and/or the child reading independently.
Though we will no longer be expecting the children in year 6 to fill out their reading records, we would still like to express the importance of reading as much as possible to help support learning in all areas.
What should I do if my child doesn’t understand the homework?
We are more than happy to spend time offering support before the due date and can also help during the homework club.
We hope that this approach will support the children’s learning, as well as help prepare them for expectations at secondary school.
Thank you for your support.
Year 6 Team
Year 6 SATs Revision Packs: The links below offer short activities (10 minute activities for 10 days) to help revise and maintain knowledge and skills over any absences from school, or over the Easter holidays ( These are in addition to any daily learning packs sent home should there be a school closure).
Ten-for-Ten-KS2-Maths-Practice-Booklet---Working-Towards.pdf
Answer-Pack---Working-Towards.pdf
Ten-for-Ten-KS2-Maths-Practice-Booklet---Expected-Standard.pdf
Answer-Pack---Expected-Standard.pdf
Ten-for-Ten-KS2-Maths-Practice-Booklet---Greater-Depth.pdf
Answer-Pack---Greater-Depth.pdf
10-4-10-gps-glossary-for-parents.pdf
10-4-10-gps-answers.pdf10-4-10-reading-booklet.pdf
