Year 6 - Mrs Andrews 2025 - 2026
Mrs Andrews
Autumn Term
Hello everyone and welcome to Year 6.
As we move into our final year at primary school, we start to focus to get ourselves 'high school ready' by learning to be increasingly independent and organised. This includes remembering our homework and organising our own belongings and resources. The motto 'don't get stressed, just try your best', becomes so important as we move through this important next stage of our education
Our teachers in Year 6, Mrs Andrews and Mrs Gargan (who covers non-contact time) will help us to continue our love of learning- even when things get tough. Miss Johnson will continue to be an amazing support to us all.
In Autumn term, we wlll cover a lot of learning and experiences. In english, we will complete pieces of writing around the book ‘King Kong’ by Anthony Browne. In guided reading, we will study ‘Chamber of Secrets’ by J.K. Rowling as well as ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ retold by Michael Morpurgo. In maths we will complete units on place value and integers as well as multiplication and division. In history,we will begin to learn about the Ancient Maya. In geography, we will begin to learn about Biomes / vegetation belts / map work. In PE we will learn gymnastics and games. PSHE will focus on ‘Belonging’ and then ‘Respecting Ourselves and Others’. In science, we will review some of the work from Y5 before looking at ‘Living Things and Their Habitats’. In computing we will create 3D models.
All of this and not to mention, school, eco and sports council events and an Art week looking at painting, printing and sketching skills
We have a really busy term ahead!
Year 6 routines:
- PE Days: Wednesday and Friday
- Please put names inside all clothing and shoes
- Children will take 2 reading books home- one is linked to their level of development and the other is a reading for pleasure book. Books can only be changed when they have been read and a parent has signed the planner. Please bring books in every day so that children can read in school and to an adult when appropriate.
- Please sign your child’s planner at the end of every week. This will be checked each Monday morning.
- Homework will be a set of research questions, spellings (found on the school website homework page) and reading.
- Spellings will go home for the whole half term with dates on for which spelling should be learned each week. Spellings will be assessed each Thursday.
- Water bottles should be brought to school each day.
- Fruit or toast for break time (toast paid for via parent pay)
- School gates open at 8:40 and playground door at 8:45. Registration is at 8:50am.
- Children do not need to bring their own pencil cases, pens, pencils etc as all resources are provided.