Welcome to our Year 6 Class Page

Welcome to Year 6 and we hope you enjoy reading our class page.

Thank you to everyone for all your lovely Christmas cards, gifts and wishes, We hope that you have all have a lovely time and we are looking forward to seeing you on Monday 5th January!

Your teaching team will be Miss Hicks, Miss Cuthbertson, Mrs Meek, Mrs Stubbs and Mr Ferguson. 

Monday: Miss Hicks all day and Mrs Stubbs supporting in the morning.

Tuesday: Miss Hicks all day and Mrs Stubbs supporting in the morning.

Wednesday: Miss Cuthbertson and Mrs Meek every morning and Miss Cuthbertson and Mr Ferguson on alternate afternoons. 

Thursday: Miss Cuthbertson all day, Mrs Meek supporting in the morning. 

Friday: Miss Cuthbertson all day, Mrs Meek supporting in the morning and Mr Ferguson supporting in the afternoon.  

Topic information will be updated ready for the start of each half term, although some topics have the information for the term. 

MOBILE PHONES:

Please note: if your child walks to school and therefore brings their mobile phone with them, they will need to hand them in to us, in the classroom at the start of the day; they will be stored securely in the school office.  Please remind children that for safeguarding reasons, phones must be turned off once they are on the school site

Please ensure that you are wearing your PE uniform with suitable sports trainers, have long hair tied up and earrings either removed or covered with a plaster – before you come to school! 

Upcoming Events:

Monday 12th January - RockSteay Music workshop

28th - 29th January - Dside 

Week beginning 2nd February: Assessment Week 

Wednesday 11th February - Year 6 Parent Afternoon - 2.00pm

Wednesday 25th March - Year 6 class trip to Skelton Grange (Science link)

BikeAbility - Week beginning Monday 20th April 2026 (The children will take part in 1.5 days of BikeAbility training in small groups over that week. Bikes and helmets can be provided if needed. ) 

SATs Assessment Week: Monday 11th May - Thursday 14th May 2026

                                           Monday 11th May:        Grammar and Punctuation test  (45 minutes)

                                                                                 Spelling Test   (not timed) 

                                           Tuesday 12th May:        Reading test (1 hour)

                                           Wednesday 13th May:  Maths Paper 1 (arithmetic - 30 minutes)

                                                                                 Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning and Problem solving - 40 minutes)

                                           Thursday 14th May:      Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning and problem solving - 40 minutes) 

KS2 End of Year Writing Assessments: This will take after SATs through to the end of June. 

Latest News:

Spring 1:

PE will be on a Tuesday and a Thursday 

Weekly Arithmetic Tests: The children are now completing an arithmetic test each week. These are being marked in school and the children will bring them home. If you have the time, we would really appreciate you going through these test papers with your child. We would recommend only focusing on a couple of questions each week. Thank you for your support.

Homework expectations:

In preparation for the children being ‘High School Ready’ homework will be planned in the following way:

• Weekly times tables test to be marked in class - this will be on a Friday
• Children have received their 10-minute test revision guides which will form the basis of this homework.  They will have one for English and one for maths.  Please ensure that children have a go at all the activities in the 10-minute test and feel free to guide them, should they need some help.  PLEASE CAN YOU GO THROUGH THESE WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND MARK THEM - ANSWERS ARE IN THE BACK.  We will clarify any queries that the children may have ON A FRIDAY so children MUST bring them into school on a Friday morning (this will be monitored).  
• Spellings – The children will have weekly spellings tests ON A MONDAY based on spelling patterns and a list of statutory Y5/Y6 words. Following the test in class, words that the children will need to learn again will be recorded in their spelling books and we ask that you revise these with your child at home. 
• TTRS - this will be used as part of the homework and we expect children to be accessing this regularly. A minimum of 20 minutes per week. 
• Reading – Please use BoomReader to record the reading you have been doing at home - THIS IS MONITORED IN SCHOOL.