Our year 6 team consists of Miss Barrows, Mrs. Bond, Miss Cooksey and Mrs Crabtree. We are all committed to ensuring that year 6 is a fun and interesting year where children are supported to reach their potential.

Year 6 is a time when children are able to accept more responsibility for themselves and to help others around school as we prepare them for moving on to secondary school. We look forward to taking part in trips and events such as Harvest, Remembrance, Red Nose Day and the highlight of the year: our Pioneer Residential at Cleobury Mortimer. We also look forward to our Musical concert, Year 6 play and Leavers’ Service. Hopefully, we will have an enjoyable and exciting year.

PE 

PE

Our PE day will be Tuesday in the Autumn term as we also have Forest School. Please remember that there is no longer a separate PE kit so children should wear their usual uniform every day including PE days. Plain, black trainers (rather than school shoes) should be worn. If you child has opted for a more formal uniform they will need to wear PE shorts/joggers/leggings on PE days. A red fleece can be worn over their red polo shirt in the cooler months.

MOBILE PHONES

Children in year 6 who walk to or from school are allowed to bring a mobile phone. Please make sure you talk to your child about the correct way to manage bringing phones to school, particularly with regards to them being turned off, both within school and inside the grounds. If they need to contact you after school, they need to wait until they have passed through the gate. Phones must be placed in the box in the classroom on arrival.

SOCIAL MEDIA/MESSAGES

As children in year 6 begin to make more use of social media and chat groups, we hope you will monitor their use to ensure that your child does not become overwhelmed with messages and that the content being shared is appropriate. We sometimes find that children are using devices until late at night and thoughtless messages can cause much distress in and out of school. In computing and PSHE, we will address e-safety including sharing of images, keeping personal information secret, scams and what to do if online content worries or upsets them.

Homework

We will be setting homework weekly in preparation for secondary school.

Children will be asked to complete Maths and Spelling tasks every week on Doodle Learning. Children are now very familiar with this from previous years. There are 5 minute daily activities for them to ensure they retain what they have previously learned and we may set assignements to support learning or revision of classwork. We have noticed a significant improvement in the children who use Doodle Learning at least 5 times a week. Each Friday, we check that all children are in the GREEN zone on both maths and spelling which indicates that they have completed their target for the week. If children are not able to access Doodle at home or are unable to complete their target, we run homework clubs at lunchtime so that no-one falls behind.

Doodle can be completed on a phone or tablet using the Doodle Learning App or on a laptop. Children will have their own login details. Please keep them safe. Parents can also have their own login to track their child's progress. We highly recommend that you do this as we would like you to work with us to ensure your child reaches their potential. 

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Please remind your child to read daily, even if for a short while. Sharing reading with an adult is still very important at this age to give children the chance to listen to stories and talk about what they have read. Reading to your child, listening to audiobooks, magazines, graphic novels and reference books are all great alternatives.

Children in year 6 are free to choose their own book. We have an extensive variety of books to choose from in the classroom reading corners and in the school library. These books should be taken home to read and brought back every day. Children should record their reading in their planners and we hope parents will share this with them and add a comment/ sign each week.