Year 6 2025 - 2026

Class Teacher:  Mrs Harkness 

Class supported by: Mrs Walker (TA)

Our History topic this half term is Slavery/Windrush Generation. Our English text A Place for Me by Floella Benjamin is linked to our History theme. 

In Maths we will be studying fractions and decimals. 

Our RE focus this half term is Prophecy and Promise. The children will be learning about the key female figures from the Bible.

In Science, our topic is Classification. The children will learn about how and why we sort living things. 

PE sessions will take place on Wednesday and Fridays. We will be focusing on dance and basketball 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.