Year 6

Year Six is a really important and exciting year for all the children.  Throughout the year children will be provided with a wealth of opportunities that are designed to help them develop into responsible, resilient and independent young people ready to make the transition to secondary school.  All children will be challenged to fulfill their academic potential, develop their independence and to contribute to the wider school community.

If parents or carers have any questions or queries during the academic year then please do not hesitate to contact the school office and make an appointment to see any of the Year 6 Team.

Oak National Academy
activities & resources
reading at home

English

Throughout year 6 children read a variety of books, asking questions and developing understanding of inference and the author’s use of language. They use discussion and role-play to explore characters. They develop editing, proof-reading and peer-review skills. They plan, edit and write a story from a different character’s point of view as well as letters, diary entries and setting descriptions. Across the whole curriculum, children will be provided opportunities to plan, edit and write. We will be focussing upon handwriting and spellings each week and hope that you can help your child learn their spellings.

Maths

Year 6 complete daily maths activities designed to improve children’s ability to confidently solve a range of mathematical challenges. Topics include:

Daily Maths – Number

  • Place value and ordering numbers
  • Counting in powers of 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000
  • Negative and Positive numbers and using a thermometer
  • Addition and Subtraction
  • Short and long division and multiplication

Mental Maths

  • Mental maths strategies
  • Times tables as well as the corresponding division facts.

In order to help your child learn their multiplication and division facts, please practice them as often as possible, using their homework.

Reading Homework

All children must read at least 10 pages every day at home, record what they have written in their reading diary and if possible talk about what they have read. This will help the children to develop the higher reading skills required for comprehension, deduction and inference.  Even if your child is a very fluent reader, it is still important that you take the time to hear them read as they will still come across words and phrases that they do not understand.  It is also enjoyable and exciting to talk to someone about the book you are reading.

PE Kits

Children in Year 6 will have P.E sessions each week. For this they will need a Park Brow kit of maroon t shirt, school jumper/ cardigan, black jogging bottoms and trainers.  Sometimes, P.E sessions may be taken outdoors and therefore the children will need to have warm clothing. Please send your child to school in their PE kit on Mondays.