Welcome to Class 6!
Year 6 are taught by Mrs Tyers along with Ms Read and Mrs Lakin
Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen - Conan O'Brien. Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen - Conan O'Brien.
Class Vision 2025-26
In year 6, we need to treat others how we want to be treated. We respect others, even when our opinions don’t match or during unstructured times. We will try to be kind and set a good example for those younger than us. Since it is our last year of primary school, we must have fun and look forward to the future. Listening and working hard will help us in future years - we want to be ready for what lies ahead of us in secondary school. We want to become more confident and independent, in our work, our tests and other roles in school. We are sensible and make the right choices: we want to be our best.
Our curriculum
We have planned a curriculum based on six Global Themes that is creative, fun and focused on knowledge, skills and understanding, which is taught sequentially, building on prior knowledge.
To find out more about the St. George's curriculum, please click here.
The Global Themes are:
Term 1 - Identity and Diversity
Term 2 - Peace and Conflict
Term 3 - Saving Our Environment
Term 4 - Social Justice
Term 5 - Our World and Beyond
Term 6 - Our Heritage
Here is the Year 6 overview which contains the knowledge and vocabulary which we will teach each term.
English - Writing
We are currently studying The Princess' Blankets and will write our own endings.
English - Spelling
Each week in Year 6, we learn or revise a spelling pattern, from years 3 to year 6. We also have spelling zappers which help us practise our year 5 and 6 statutory spellings.
| Years 3 and 4 Statutory Spelling Words | Years 5 and 6 Statutory Spelling Words |
Spelling Menus Term 1a (up to October half term) Term 1b (up to Christmas) Term 2a (up to February half term) Term 2b (up to Easter) Term 3a (up to May half term) Term 3b (up to summer) |
English - Reading
Challenge
Please click here to find our challenge for the year. Please join in with us at home. We try to read at home at least 3 times a week as this is a really important skill for us to use at secondary school.
Our class story...
Cogheart is a steampunk-Victorian adventure novel by Peter Bunzl about 13-year-old Lily, whose inventor father vanishes after an airship crash. With the help of the clockmaker's son, Robert, and her mechanical fox, Malkin, Lily hunts for the truth, uncovering a conspiracy involving shadowy, silver-eyed men and a life-changing secret tied to a mysterious "cogheart". The story follows their thrilling journey through a world of airships, mechanical servants, and Victorian London, filled with murder, mystery, and daring pursuits.
Maths
We use White Rose maths in Year 6 and supplement this with reasoning and problem solving activities from Twinkl.
The yearly overview can be found here.
Science
In Year 6, we need to consider the "degree of trust" you can have in our results.
Our experiments:
| are Objective | are Accurate | have Reproducibility | have Consensus | have a reliable Sample Size |
| We are honest and don't try to change our results to make them fit our prediction. | We work carefully and give our experiment our full attention. | We can reproduce the experiment again and should get the same results. | Each result we find is similar to our other results...and if it isn't, we find out why. | The more data we have, the more likely it is to show the real picture. |
The photographs below show us testing whether the length of a wire affects how brightly a bulb will shine. We used tissue paper to ensure that our results are accurate.
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PSHE
We use the SCARF resources to teach PSHE. Please click on each of our topic below to see the knowledge organiser for that unit.
French
If your child would like to practise at home, there are some resources on Purple Mash and some here on the BBC Bitesize page. They also have a log in to Language Angels, which we use in school.
Homework
Homework will be set every Wednesday and checked the following Wednesday. Further details will be added to Seesaw each week and an activity created for the children to respond to.
In year 6, we work hard to prepare ourselves for secondary school.
Seesaw
Log in to Seesaw to upload any work that you do at home, or to share work completed in school with your family and friends.
Purple Mash
We will use Purple Mash for our computing lessons, as well as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Each child has an individual log in (there is a copy on their lanyard) so that they can log in at home. They can also be set tasks to complete and can use Purple Mash to play learning games too.
Times Tables Rock Stars
In Year 6 we continue to use Times Tables Rock Stars, as being able to recall these facts quickly and accurately is essential for success in the end of year arithmetic paper.
Bikeability
During the autumn term, Year 6 children have the opportunity to complete levels 1 and 2 of their Bikeability. More information can be found here: https://www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/our-services/education-and-schools/bikeability
Keeping Safe
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In Year 6, we have a visit from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue, to educate children about the importance of fire safety in the home and how to avoid accidental fires. Their website, https://www.derbys-fire.gov.uk/community/schools not only has all of the resources linked to their work, but also links to railway safety, water safety, electrical safety, road safety, carbon monoxide safety and keeping active (mind and body). It is well worth a look. |
PE
Wednesday - outdoor
Thursday - indoor
Keeping in touch
How do we keep in touch?
Class Dojo - I use this to send messages to all year 6 parents and to reward the class. I also use the "Story" on Class Dojo when I want to send pictures of what we have done, but only with the class. Dojo enables us to have 1:1 conversations, parent to teacher. All staff members can update the School Story, when an event applies to more than one class.
School webpage - here you will find links to lots of useful resources. As this page can be seen beyond the school, I only update the page with general examples of work.
Letters - I try not to send paper copies home, but where I have too, you will usually be able to find a replacement copy on the webpage (see below!).
Knowledge Organisers
A knowledge organiser is a document that lists the important facts – not practical skills – that pupils should know by the end of a unit of work. At home, you can use it as a quizzing tool, to help pupils boost their recall of key knowledge.
We currently use them in maths, science, history and geography.
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Parent Zone
Here are the answer books for the 2019 tests which we recently completed in school.
Film Zone
Films related to work
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Films for fun - wet lunchtimes or as a treat
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Coming soon - Christmas films!
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