Year 6

Welcome to Year 6!

This year, the teachers in Year 6 are Mrs Hardy (Y6OH) and Mrs Holstein (Y6JH). 

Mrs Allen and Mr Patel will also be supporting learning in Year 6.

All members of the Year 6 team are contactable via Dojo messenger. Please get in touch should you have any questions or comments.

We are looking forward to a successful year with lots of exciting topics and learning experiences for the children in Year 6 to enjoy, developing their skills and discovering new learning. 

Homework

This will be set on a weekly basis. 

Maths and English: Children will be given Maths and English homework on a Tuesday to be completed and handed in by the following Monday.

Reading Plus: Children will need to complete their weekly target on Reading Plus each week (5 books, 1 vocabulary lesson). This is reset each Monday and children have until Sunday to complete it.

Things to Remember

  • Please ensure your child has the correct uniform including for P.E. If your child chooses to wear a collared shirt, they will also need to wear their tie.
  • P.E. is on a Wednesday each week. Children need to arrive in their PE kits on these days.
  • Doors open at 8.45 – please make sure your child gets to school on time and attends every day.
  • Children in Year 6 are offered the opportunity to arrive at school at 8:45 (Tuesday – Friday) to give them opportunities to complete homework with adult support, work on their learning apps or have a calm start to the day.
  • Children in Year 6 are welcome to bring a water bottle to school but please ensure it is labelled.

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History

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Music

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Computing

Our computing curriculum is designed to prepare our children to participate confidently in the rapidly changing digital world of work, by teaching them how to access to a broad range…

PSHE & RSE

The environment we create in school is only part of the wider world that our children inhabit and we know that they are greatly influenced by society’s values – especially…

Religious Education

At Silver Springs, we realise that the teaching of RE is not merely a matter of talking about religion. The responsibility lies much deeper than that, and encompasses the spheres…

Physical Education

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Science

Through their weekly science lessons our children are given regular opportunities to experience, observe and question phenomena in the natural and humanly-constructed world. We know that our youngest children are…

Mathematics

We recognise maths as a creative subject which looks for patterns, makes connections and finds new ways to look at the world; our children will be taught to relate this…

English

Children are taught the full range of English skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening,encompassing the key stages of the National Curriculum. Subjects Summary

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

Spelling At Silver Springs spelling is taught through direct teaching and investigation and the children are encouraged to keep personal spelling lists of the words they find tricky across the curriculum. In…

Writing

Over their time at our school, children will write a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, including recounts, news reports, explanation texts, poems, plays and stories of all kinds. We…