Year 6 - St Edith Stein and St Maximilian Kolbe
Year Six
2025/2026
Mr Balmforth, Mrs Hall and Mr Beresford are so happy to welcome our new students to year six. We are so excited to get to know all of them 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.
Your Teachers
Hi. My name is Mrs Hall and I been teaching for nearly 30 years in lots of different types of schools. I love reading and encouraging others to learn to love reading. My other passion is the outdoors where I spent as much time as I can with my lovely family and crazy dog.
Hi. My name is Mr Balmforth and I love teaching in year six. I really enjoy helping children develop their mathematical understanding and encouraging pupils to be curious. My hobbies are gardening and running – I’m so dedicated I’m going to attempt to complete the Manchester Marathon this year – wish me luck!
Key dates:
Whole School Mass led by Year 6: 16th September 2025
PGL residential: 13th October – 17th October 2025
Remembrance Assembly lead by Year 6: 11th November 2025
SAT Dates:
English grammar, punctuation and spelling papers 1 and 2 : Monday 11th May 2026
English reading: Tuesday 12th May 2026
Mathematics papers 1 and 2: Wednesday 13th May 2026
Mathematics paper 3: Thursday 14th May 2026
End of year play : 8th July 2026
End of year Leavers Reflection and Awards assembly: 10th July 2026
End of year six trip : 15th July 2026
Year 6 Timetable:
Here is a normal daily timetable for Year 6 students:
8:30: School opens
8.30-8:45: Form Time
8:45am – 9.30am: RE.
9.30am – 10.30am: Maths
10.30am – 10:45am: First break
10.45am – 12.15pm: Reading & English
12.15pm – 1.05pm: Lunch
1.30pm - 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.
What is our curriculum offer?
YEAR 6 LONG TERM PLAN | |||
| AUTUMN | SPRING | SUMMER |
English writing | The Arrival The Invention of Hugo Cabaret The Promise The Last Bear | Suffragettes: the battle for Equality Resist Paradise Sands The Last Wild | Grimm Tales for Young and Old Romeo and Juliet The Unforgotten coat Night Mail |
English reading | A world full of journeys and migrations The Tiger Rising
Comprehension questions primarily based on Grammarsurus | Malala The wolves of Willoughby Chase Comprehension questions primarily based on Grammarsurus
SATs preparation | SATs preparation
Poetry for the People
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Maths | Learning foci: Place Value, Four Operations, Fractions, Fractions Decimal Percentage | Learning foci Measurement ,Ratio, Algebra, Statistics, Geometry | Learning foci Problem solving, Consolidation Revision |
Science | Learning foci: Animals, inc Humans | Learning foci: Light, electricity | Learning foci: Living things and their habitats, evolution and their inheritance |
R.E. | To know you more clearly Creation and Covenant Prophecy and Promise | To know you more clearly Galilee and Jerusalem Desert and Garden | To know you more clearly To the ends of the Earth Dialogue and Encounter |
History 1st half term | Learning foci The World at War Historical question How was Britain affected by the War? Concept Cause and Consequence | Learning foci : Ancient Greece Historical question: How has Ancient Greece influenced the Western World? Concept Similarities and differences Significance
| Learning foci : Ancient Greece continued Historical question: How has Ancient Greece influenced the Western World?
Concept: Similarities and differences Significance |
Geography 2nd half term | Learning foci Trade and economics Geography inquiry How does the economy impact people’s lives?
| Learning foci Live Simply Geography inquiry Do we live in a fair world?
| Learning foci Live Simply continued Geography inquiry Do we live in a fair world?
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Art 1st half term | Skill: Drawing – using pencil and pastels Theme: Surrealism Artist: Louise Fili and Paula Scher Outcome: To create a drawing using perspective | Skill: Painting Theme: Expressionism Artist: David Hockey Outcome: Painting in the style of Hockney | Skill: Sculpture Theme: Identity Artist: Greyson Perry, Lizzie Farey Outcome: Create a Grecian vase |
D.T. 2nd half term | Mechanical Systems (cams)
Theme: The promise - writing
Outcome: A moving mechanical system depicting a scene from ‘The Promise’ to spread the story's message.
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| Textiles Theme: Secondary school prep Outcome: Pencil case Food Technology Develop an understanding of seasonality and to celebrate different cultural influences on food. Theme: Come dine with me - Greece Edition Outcome: 3 course planned meal |
P.E. | Learning foci Gymnastics, Invasion Games, Outdoor adventure (PGL) | Learning foci Dance, Invasion Games Hockey | Learning foci Athletics Volleyball, striking and fielding and net and wall games. |
Computing | Learning foci Data and Information – introduction to spreadsheets | Learning foci Programming – programming a physical device & Creating media – 3D modelling | Learning foci Creating media – website creation Digital Literacy |
P.S.H.E. | Learning foci Living in the wider world | Learning foci Health and wellbeing | Learning foci Relationships |
M.F.L. | Learning foci Holidays | Learning foci:Sport | Learning foci: Japanese |
Music | Learning foci Play and sing Listening and appraisal: Sea shanties, Piazzolla | Learning foci: Composition and sing Listening and appraisal: Tchaikovsky, Aretha Franklin | Learning foci Play and sing, performance Listening and appraisal: Anna Meredith, Oasis |
Class Read | Eagle in the snow | High Rise Mystery | Lion above the door |
Curriculum Enrichment | PGL Spent a night with my friends visited the countryside IWM NorthVisted a museum Relax kids | Poetry Cafe World book day Met an author/poet | Transition activities Performance Taken part in a performance Litter picking in the park Protected my environment |
Cultural Capital | PGL | Irish Music Festival Taken part in a performance | End of year trip – cinemaTravelled on public transport |
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.
Frequently asked questions:
When is our P.E. slot?
Our P.E. slot is on a Tuesday afternoon. Please refer to the link on this website for P.E. uniform information: https://www.stmaryslevenshulme.org.uk/school-uniform/
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.
What is our home learning offer and when is our home learning due in?
Every week:
Spelling - 10 minutes practice every night – pupils learning of their spellings will be on Tuesday
Timestables (TTRS) - 10 minutes every night - pupils learning of their spellings will be on Thursday
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.
Useful information:
TENTEN PARENT PORTAL DETAILS
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Helping at home - 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
Spelling Shed: https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/
Helping at home - 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
Dance Mat TypingLearn to type the fun way!
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- St Mary's RC. Primary School
- Clare Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2QW
- E-Mail: admin@stmaryslevenshulme.org.uk Mrs P Kent Brown
- Telephone: 0161 224 5995