Year 6 2025 - 2026

Class Teacher:  Mrs Harkness 

Class supported by: Mrs Walker (TA)

Our History topic this half term is World War 2. Our English texts in both reading and writing are linked to our History theme. In writing we are studying Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestlandt and in reading our text is When we were Warriors by Emma Carroll. 

In Maths we will be studying place value, rounding, formal written methods for the rules of number and practising and applying our times tables.

Our RE focus this half term is Creation and Covenant. The children will be learning about:

• The Creation Story Genesis 2
• The Fall Genesis 3
• Original Sin
• Laudato Si
• The Sacrament of Baptism
• The Nicene Creed
• Science and Religion

In Science, our topic is Light. The children will learn about how light travels, how shadows are formed and how they change. 

PE sessions will take place on Wednesday and Fridays. We will be focusing on football and netball this half term.  Remember the children come dressed in their PE kit on those days. 

Homework

Homework will be set on a Friday and will be due the following Friday.

There will be Maths, SPAG, Reading and timestables homework each week. We recommend that the children spread the homework out across the week completing short 10-15 minute sessions. This helps with concentration and focus as well as the quality of the work the children produce.

The children will be given a new spelling rule each week, which will be taught and practised little and often throughout the week. There are no formal spelling tests. The focus is on the correct application of taught spelling rules to the children's writing across the curriculum. 

The expectation is that the children read out loud 4 times a week to an adult for 5-10 minutes.

Reading records will be checked on a Friday.