Elder Tree- Year 6 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Year 6 Elder Tree Class!  

We hope you have all had a lovely Christmas break and are ready for an action packed Spring Term. 

As we are sure you are already aware, this year all Year 6 children will complete their End of Key Stage 2 National Assessments – more often known as SATs. These will take place in the month of May and we ask that you ensure any absences are prevented as best they can be during this time. Your child will be prepared for these throughout the year as part of normal classroom practise and if you have any questions at all regarding these, please contact a member of the Y6 team in school.

We hope that you have found the information in this letter useful, but for any other updates or information – please remember to follow our class web page and twitter feed @elder_sankey ‎ If you wish to contact us at any time, we are available through the school office or at the end of the day most afternoons.  We are very much looking forward to the year ahead, and know that with your continued support, it will be a great one!

Kind regards,

Mr Waters

  Homework

Your children’s homework will be set on Fridays and they will be expected to work through this independently – returning it to school by the following Friday. Homework should be treated as any other work in school and work should be completed to the highest possible standard.

There is an expectation that children are reading regularly at home in addition to their daily whole class reading session in school and we ask that they aim to fill in their planners at least 3 x weekly with a signature and / or comment from parents each week to share how children are getting on at home. Teachers will also comment / sign the pupil planners.

SATs 

In May 2025, children in Y6 will complete their statutory end of key stage assessments known as SATs. The children will be tested in Reading, Maths and Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling with Writing being teacher assessed in school. The tests will take place the week beginning 12th May 2025 so we ask that any holidays or time off is not taken during this month. An information for parents giving further details was held last term and a timetable will be sent out to you in the first week of the Summer term to confirm arrangements. SATs Booster sessions will take place after Christmas and will run up until SATs. 

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Curriculum Information:

Maths

We will be focusing on developing our understanding of fractions, decimals and percentages then position and direction, measurement and shape - in particular perimeter, area and volume. Throughout our sessions, the children will focus on developing their problem-solving skills, making decisions, working logically and checking results.

English

In our English lessons this term, we are continuing to work on our knowledge of punctuation and grammar from across KS2, with a particular focus on being able to extend our sentences through the use of different clauses. All of our writing across the year will be inspired by high quality texts and children's literature and we will be starting the term off with some writing linked to the story, The Darkest Dark.  Where possible, we will try to link our spellings in class to our writing also. We will be completing daily whole class reading sessions to develop the children’s reading stamina, pace, understanding of vocabulary and comprehension skills alongside individual reading sessions where each child will be heard to read by an adult weekly. Alongside everything we do in school, it is incredibly important that children are reading a variety of texts both fiction and non-fiction regularly at home and recording their comments in the planners. The planners need to be in school daily and to be signed at by an adult regularly. Finally, the children will need to focus on using spelling strategies and rules consistently to ensure they spell a variety of common and uncommon words accurately. They need to be practising their spellings regularly at home. Please see the spelling strategies document to support your child learning their weekly word lists at home.

Science               

This term, our science focus will be on light - how we see, shadows, reflection and refraction. The children will learn how light travels and how this enables us to see objects. Please read through our curriculum overview and knowledge organisers to see some of the exciting things planned.

Geography                              

Our Geography topic for this term is ‘Why Is The Amazon So Important?’ and the children will be looking at the direct impact and effects of The Amazon Rainforest and River as well as the wider effects on the world. 

History                 

In History, we will be studying The Ancient Egyptians and looking at what life was like in 3000BC.

PE:

Sessions are scheduled for Mondays and Fridays where we will complete our outdoor and indoor sessions respectively. Topics this term are rugby and Health & Fitness circuits. Please ensure the children are in the correct PE kits for these days: they need to wear a house coloured t-shirt and black leggings/joggers with trainers. Long hair needs to be tied back and earrings removed or covered.