Broom Barns Primary School

: Mrs Phillips

: Mrs Webb

Welcome to Year 6

Welcome to class 6! Our teacher is Mrs Phillips who has been teaching at Broom Barns since 1999 and loves making our lessons as motivating as possible. Her favourite things are chocolate and fresh cream. She doesn’t like queues or tea very much, and is scared of butterflies!

Working alongside Mrs Phillips is Mrs Webb. They enjoy working in Year 6 and building a good rapport with the children, helping them to feel secure, happy whilst encouraging learning, communication and social development.

Curriculum

We have an exciting year planned for Year 6 children. Our topics this year are; The Victorians, The Maya Medieval Monarchs, Natural Disasters, Settlements and Migration.

Year 6 have P.E. every Monday and Friday. Children will need suitable P.E. kit for both indoors and outside. Long hair should be tied back and earrings removed.

Every morning starts with EMW (early morning work). EMW is incredibly important because it helps you to revise key concepts from your learning and gives you the chance to practise your arithmetic, reading and writing skills every day. This is why arriving to school on time is so important. It equals 225 minutes a week of revision and feedback time which we have found to really help children make accelerated progress.

Trips etc.

In Year 6 we plan trips in response to our class topics and the children’s interests. Past trips have included The National Space Centre, Houses of Parliament, Airbus, Natural History Museum, Bank of England, Crucial Crew, Duxford, going to the local cinema and theatre to watch the pantomime.

We also have many visitors to the class including K’nex Challenge, Maths Challenge, Childline and the emergency services.

General Information and Expectations

8.50am is the time your child should be in school every day. Early morning work is very important and planned, often individually; please ensure your child is on time.

Year 6 Home Learning

It is vitally important that the children read aloud regularly at home. Children in Year 6 should read at home at least 5 times every week for at least 5-10 minutes a day. It is important that they have the chance to read books that they are interested in e.g non-fiction, poetry and magazines as well. Children are encouraged to be independent in Year 6 and may change their own reading books as soon as they have finished them. We would be grateful if you could either comment or sign the reading record to let us know you have read with your child.

Children should complete spelling homework which is set for them on Spelling Shed every Friday. They will be tested the following Friday and then set new spellings.

Children should learn your times tables 5 times per week using Times Tables Rock Stars. The children will also receive a maths sheet each week and a grammar exercise or handwriting practice.

Thank you for your support. We look forward to a successful year!

For further information on our curriculum please see Our Curriculum Page and our Curriculum Maps Page