Elder Tree- Year 6 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Year 6 Elder Tree Class!  

I hope you have all had a lovely summer break and are ready for an exciting year ahead. To begin our school year, the whole school transition topic will be ‘Together we Learn and Grow’ which will culminate in our exciting whole school trip to the Ice Cream Farm.

If there are ever any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to get in touch. The support you give is essential for your child's progress and the closer we can work together, the better it will be for them. Finally, don’t forget to follow our class on twitter @Elder_Sankey for regular updates.

Kind regards,

Mr Ellis

  Homework

As in previous years, homework will contiue to be set on Google Classroom each week and this will primarily be completed in the 'Dactyl' homework books that are sent home with the children or on the SATs Bootcamp website that children have been given logins for. It is important these are looked after as these stay with the children across the year. The dates and times that homework are set will be the same each week where possible and further details will be added to the Google Classroom. Spellings are also set and tested weekly and this is all done through 'Spelling Frame', another resource that the children are used to using. It is important that spellings are practiced weekly so that any misonceptions can be picked up and discussed in class. 

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

Our Maths topics for this autumn term will focus heavily on number, place value and the four written calculations and it is imperative that children are supplementing this work with basic skills practise at home. Please encourage the children to use their log in for Times Table Rockstars regularly at home to ensure they know all the multiplication and division facts accurately and rapidly as this knowledge and recall will be hugely beneficial this year.

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 Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestlandt. 

• In Reading sessions, we will continue to improve our skills with particular focus upon discussing and answering questions using our inference skills, understanding unfamiliar vocabulary and around the author's viewpoint and their use of devices to engage and support the reader. Children will be encouraged to answer in detail and use the text as evidence.
• 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               

• In our Science lessons this term, we look at the two topics of 'Forces in Action' and 'Earth and Space'. Throughout their lessons, children will explore the forces of gravity, air resistance, water resistance, and friction as well as looking at levers and pulleys before moving on to learning about our solar system, orbits of the moon and the Earth's rotations. 

Geography                              

Our Geography topic for this term is ‘Where on Earth does it come from?' This topic looks at the use of land around the world (including farming), trade links and the distribution of natural resources including food. Children will look at where commonly used resources come from, how they travel and how land is used differently. As part of the topic, children will plot on a world map where foods they eat have travelled from and they are always quite astonished at just how far many of our foods travel to reach our dinner plates!

History                 

In our History lessons, we will be studying the enquiry question 'How did the steam engine change the world?' with a focus upon the Industrial Revolution and its impact upon our town and the wire industry. We will continue to use a range of historical skills, including looking at different historical sources including using our knowledge of our local area. 

PE:

For this term, Outdoor PE will be on Tuesdays and Indoor PE is on Fridays.  Once again, the children can come into school in their school PE kits on these days - a T-Shirt in their house colour and black shorts / joggers / leggings and trainers - with all hair tied back and jewellery removed. Please make sure these PE uniform guidelines are adhered to as last year we started to notice a few football shirts etc starting to creep in. It is important the children look as smart in their PE kits as they do in their uniforms. Thanks for your support with this.