ST THOMAS
CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
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YEAR 6
Dear Parents and Carers,
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A very warm welcome to Year 6!
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We hope you have all had a wonderful summer break and are feeling refreshed and ready for the exciting year ahead. We are delighted to welcome your children into their final year of primary school—a year that brings new opportunities, challenges, and many memorable experiences.
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Year 6 is an important stage in your child's journey as they continue to develop their independence, confidence, and resilience while preparing for the transition to secondary school. Alongside their learning, there will be many exciting events throughout the year, and we are looking forward to sharing these with you.
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Our aim is to create a happy, supportive, and inspiring classroom where every child feels valued and encouraged to achieve their very best. We know that a strong partnership between home and school plays a vital role in children's success, and we look forward to working closely with you throughout the year.
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To help your child get off to the best possible start, please ensure they come to school each day with the correct uniform, PE kit on the appropriate days, a named water bottle, and a positive attitude ready to learn. We also encourage regular reading at home and practising key skills, as these make a significant difference to children's progress.
If you ever have any questions, concerns, or information you would like to share, please do not hesitate to get in touch. We are always happy to help and believe that open communication is key to supporting your child's learning and wellbeing - year6@stthomas.org.uk
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We are excited for the year ahead and can't wait to see all that the children will achieve. Thank you for your support—we look forward to working with you and making Year 6 a fantastic and successful year for everyone.
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With best wishes,
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Mrs Jones and Miss Marsden
Autumn 1
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This half term, we will be learning about Maafa. This curriculum takes the form of mini projects which really allow us to look at the subject in depth. This topic looks closely at the continent, Africa. Our history delves into slavery and Britain’s role in the slave trade. We hope the children will be captivated by the challenges of the mini projects and are looking forward to our new topic.
This half term, the children will need their P.E. kits on Wednesday and Friday (2 PE sessions). Our focus this half-term will be - Invasion games: applying tactics in competition.
In Reading, we will start the half term reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo and then Gorilla Dawn by Gill Lewis. Two fantastic books which we are sure the children will enjoy. During our reading lessons will be focusing on improving our reading fluency and comprehension skills. Our first writing project will be an autobiography, where children will write about their own lives up to date. Their autobiographies will include details such as, where they were born, family, their school story so far, likes and dislikes, significant life events and hopes for the future.
In Maths we will be learning place value before moving on to addition,subtraction, multiplication and division. Please encourage your children to log into TTRockstars regularly, times tables are used frequently in Year 6.
In PSHE, we will be looking at how we can manage our emotions through periods of change.
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In Science, we will be studying the circulatory system. We learn about the transport role of the human circulatory system, its main parts and primary functions. Also, we learn about healthy lifestyle choices and the effects of harmful substances on the body.
In Art and Design we will be looking at tints, shades and tones.
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In Geography we will be revising the features of Earth, time zones and lines of latitude and longitude to pinpoint places on a map.
Homework: Homework will be assigned fortnightly on Fridays. There will be a Maths, Reading and SPAG task - all revision activities aimed to support pupil learning.
Reading books will be changed weekly, and pupils are expected to record their reading in their reading records when completed at home. We strongly encourage children to engage in daily reading to support their progress.
Support Staff:
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