North Somercotes CE Primary School
‘Make your light shine so others will see the good that you do’
Year 6
Our Year 6 team:
Mrs. Walmsley, who teaches Monday to Thursday and Mrs. Wilkinson, who teaches each Friday, both supported by Mr. Wilson and Miss. Askew
Bikeability November 2024
Year 6 hard at work !
In Jigsaw this term, our puzzle is CHANGING ME, which includes the themes of self-image,puberty, babies (from conception to birth) and relationships.
Summer Term Class Read
Summer 2025 Texts
This term, we will be using all our creativity and grammar,punctuation and writing skills to produce an formal letter,a fictitious recount (incorporating descriptions of characters,setting and dialogue). a newspaper and our own adventure story.
Routines
Reading
Even in Year 6, reading out loud is vital, if children are to be able to fluently read challenging texts. We are encouraging children to read at home as much as possible but certainly for a minimum of thirty minutes a day (at least fifteen minutes of which should be aloud to an adult), whether they are reading their own books or those chosen from school.
Spellings
Each week in school, via the Active Spelling programme, children will learn new spelling patterns, homophones and a selection of words from the statutory Year 5 and 6 list, through a range of strategies, to become confident, skilful spellers.
Homework
During the Summer term, homework is kept to a minimum given the higher expectation during the Spring term. Homework tends to be on an ad hoc basis and topic based. The daily expectation for reading (as detailed above) continues.
P.E.
In the summer term, Year 6 engage in 4 swimming sessions at the local leisure centre led by their swimming coaches and also have 2 sessions in our school pool.
On Wednesday, we have our cardio session on the activity gym equipment and the children have an additional enrichment opportunity,which this term will be nerf guns.
On Thursday, we have J.B. Sport coaches come to teach our P.E lessons; we come to school in our school P.E kit.
Also,this year, our children will be attending at the bowling green in the village for two session led by a local resident.
Our P.E kit should be:
- plain white t-shirt
- black/navy shorts.
- trainers or plimsolls can be worn for PE lessons.
- black/navy tracksuit bottoms for colder weather/outdoor PE.
- black/navy tracksuit top for colder weather/outdoor PE.
- no football/sports shirt.
We believe that it is in the best interest of the children to create strong links between home and school. As such, please do not hesitate to contact one of our team if you have any questions or concerns.
World Book Day 2025 was a fantastic day in Year 6
Identity Workshop January 2025
Anti-Social Behaviour Workshop January 2025
