Year Six

 2026/2027

We are so excited to get to know all the children this year and can't wait to discover all of their talents.   Our expectations are high but the children will be rewarded by making good progress which will help them achieve all they are capable of.

Our aim is that all children will get an extremely well balanced as we understand the importance of learning opportunities that can be gained from delivering a broad curriculum. As part of maintaining our rich curriculum, your children will have many enrichment opportunities to reach out to the world around them through prayer, words, work and play. 

Mrs Hall	6H Class Teacher
Mr Balmforth	6B Class Teacher
Mr Beresford	HLTA
Mrs Khawaja	LSA
Mr Thorley	LSA

Whole School Mass led by Year 6: 8^th September 2026

PGL residential: 9th October – 11^th September 2026

Parent Worshop: 18th September 2026

Remembrance Assembly lead by Year 6: 11^th November 2026

SAT Dates:

English grammar, punctuation and spelling papers 1 and 2 : Monday 8^th May 2027

English reading: Tuesday 9^th May 2027

Mathematics papers 1 and 2: Wednesday 10^th May 2027

Mathematics paper 3: Thursday 11^th May 2027

End of year play : 7^th July 2027

End of year Leavers Reflection and Awards assembly: 19^th July 2027

End of year six trip : 14^th July 2027

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PE Day

Autumn 1	Outdoor PE on Thursday
Autumn 2	Indoor PE on Wednesday
Spring 1	Indoor PE on Wednesday
Spring 2	Outdoor PE on Thursday
Summer 1	Outdoor PE on Thursday
Summer 2	Outdoor PE on Thursday

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Typical Day

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Here is a normal daily timetable for Year 6  students:

8:30: School opens

8.30-8:40: Form Time

8:40am – 9.30am: RE.                          

9.30am – 10.30am: Maths                  

10.30am – 10:45am: First break           

10.45am – 12.00pm: Reading & English

12.00pm – 1.00pm: Lunch

1.00pm - 3.05pm: Reading/Science/Topic/PE/Spanish/PSHE

3.10pm: Prayer and home time 

This will be subject change on a daily basis to accommodate all of our enhanced learning opportunities during this term.

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Kind Reminders

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Healthy eating:

Most children require a snack at morning break to keep them going through the day.

We encourage children to bring in healthy snacks full of vitamins and minerals containing no added salt, fat or sugar. Many of these will help contribute to their 5 daily portions of fruit and vegetables, keep them alert and help them concentrate. It can be hard during the week to think of suitable items for them to bring in to school, but we are aiming, with the help of the children, to not only support them in making healthy choices regarding snacks, but to also reduce food packaging and waste. Providing snacks in a small, named, recyclable container is ideal.

If you are intending to send in healthy snacks with your child please limit them to the list below. 

• Vegetable sticks – such as celery, cucumber, peppers or carrot, a range of colour ensures different vitamins and minerals. 
• A piece of cheddar cheese or babybel 
• A piece of fresh or dried fruit, high in soluble fibre and vitamins would also be a great snack– pineapple, mango, kiwi, plain raisins, apricots, blueberries, banana slices. 
• Bread sticks, plain pretzels, banana bread, malt loaf, oat/rice cakes and small pitta breads are also good snacks, providing children with carbohydrate to sustain them in-between meals. 
• Homemade snack - flapjacks or other oat/whole grain based snack. These must be nut free. Items brought into school should be carefully checked by you, to ensure this. St. Mary’s RC Primary School has pupils who are severely allergic to a range of nuts. 

We are aiming for a common-sense approach, with the key being to keep it healthy and no chocolate, sweets or crisps.

We need the children to stay hydrated and so please ensure they bring a named water bottle into school daily. Squash and fruit juice are not permitted. We hope that with your help, we can encourage the children to develop healthy eating habits that become a normal part of everyday life. By keeping high calorie snacks to a minimum and establishing healthy eating habits early on, improvements can be made for a child’s quality of life both in the short and long term. 

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Home Learning

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When do we bring our reading books and reading records in?

The children should keep their reading records up to date and will be expected to bring them, and their reading book, in every day even if they have not finished their book. This will allow us to monitor how much your child is reading at home. We would like parents listen to their child read, initial their reading record and to discuss their book with them at least once a week. We expect your child to read for a minimum of 30 minutes each evening. This will really help them to make good progress in all aspects of the curriculum.

Every week:

Spelling - 10 minutes practice every night – pupils learning of their spellings will be on Tuesday

Timestables (TTRS) - 10 minutes every night -

Reading - 30 minutes every night – reading record check will be on a Wednesday

Sticky Questions – sent home for discussion on Monday, discussion in class every Friday

Additional home learning may be set to support learning - particularly in preparation for SATs

English

Oak National Academy - English https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2/subjects/english

Oak National Academy - Grammar https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2/subjects/english-grammar

Oak National Academy - Spelling https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2/subjects/english-spelling

BBC Bitesize https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f

Maths

Oak National Academy - Maths https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2/subjects/maths

BBC Bitesize - Maths https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39

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