Year 6 class
We have lots of great opportunities planned for the year ahead and we are looking forward to sharing our adventures with you. Our website page will be home to a variety of helpful information, key dates and photographs of our fantastic learning journey. We can not wait to share it with you and show you all what we have been up to!
'Excellence Everyday'
'Learn, Live, Laugh and Love Ashurst'
Learn to be inspiring and make a difference to this world, we know how amazing you are,
Live with understanding and compassion for others, knowing we are all different and special in a community where equality stands tall,
Laugh and listen to the enjoyment of learning and excitement of everyone celebrating their achievements,
Love Ashurst, our special school and the hub of supportive staff, parents and children who aim high to be the best they can be.
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Teacher Miss L. Hughes |
Learning Assistant Miss L. Foster |
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Learning Assistant Mrs. M. Murphy |
Learning Assistant Mrs. L. Kenyon |
Year 6 - Important Information
About us
Year 6 is such an exciting year as the children are reaching the end of their primary school journey here with all of us at Ashurst. They start to take on more responsibility around the school as they are maturing, giving them more independence, which helps with getting them 'high school ready'.
Important notes to remember...
Routine
- Registration for year 6 takes place at 8:40 am and the school day ends at 3:10pm - you will enter via the left door and leave from the office door.
Homework
There is a big emphasis placed on homework and extending learning beyond the classroom; especially in Year 6. Maths and English homework is set on a Friday and is expected to be completed by the following Friday; please ensure that this is given in on time. This is a vital aspect of Year 6 as this will become common practice when the children move up to High School. Children are also expected to have rapid recall of all their times tables, in order to help them with their maths. We will provide spellings and maths homework on a sheet and also set tasks on spag.com, maths.co.uk, reading plus and TT rockstars to facilitate additional homework tasks.
SATS
Key Stage Two Tests this year will take place W.C. 8th May 2023. A meeting will be held in the Spring term 2023. Please ensure no holidays are booked for this week.
PE
Both sessions of PE in Year 6 will take place on a Monday. On this day, please come into school in your correct outdoor kits with your trainers.
During the Autumn term and Spring Term 1 (September - February), Year 6 will be going swimming. Please ensure you come into school in your uniform and have your swimming kit in school every Monday.
Year Six Residential
Later on in the year, the Year 6 residential will go ahead; we will provide further details and information, and invite you to a meeting during the Spring term 2023.
Book recommendations for Year 6
Follow the link below to view a wealth of recommended books for your child in Year 6. You will never be short of a book suggestion with this site. Children, we hope you find something that you love.
https://www.thereaderteacher.com/year6
If you would like to discuss any aspect of your child's learning then please don't hesitate to call and make an appointment to see us.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to working alongside your families
Miss Hughes
P.S. Remember to keep those Maths and English skills flawless and impeccable by going on Times Table Rockstars, spag.com, Reading Plus and practising your year 5/6 word list spellings.
Year 6 Long Term Plan 2022-2023
Year 6 Topic Webs 2022-2023
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SATS Information 2022-2023
Please see the PDF below for all of the SATS Information. If you have any questions please contact myself and I will get back to you. Thank you, Miss Hughes.
As many of you may be aware, an additional bank holiday in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III will take place on Monday 8th May 2023. As this date had previously been announced as the first day of the Key Stage Two SATs test week in England, a change to the KS2 test schedule will be necessary. Ministers have considered the situation carefully and have decided that KS2 tests will take place in the same week with tests following in the usual order. Each test will take place one day later than originally planned. The new schedule will be:
Tuesday 9th May – English, Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPS) Paper 1 and 2
Wednesday 10th May – English Reading Paper
Thursday 11th May – Mathematics Paper 1 (Arithmetic) and 2 (Reasoning)
Friday 12th May – Mathematics Paper 3 (Reasoning)
Meet our Year 6 Stars
Year 6's Learning 2022 - 2023
Autumn Term Learning 2022
Science
In Science, we have looked at the topic of Electricity, using recognised scientific symbols to represent a simple circuit diagram. We can now associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit, and compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches.
We also looked at the topic of Evolution and Inheritance and have learnt how to use and draw branching diagrams.
Geography
Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed exploring South America in Geography. We have looked at the location of the 13 different countries and various cities within South America, using atlases, physical maps, digital maps and political maps. We have investigated how the climate relates to the different biomes, how they are valuable, why they are under threat and how they can be protected, looking closely at the Amazon rainforest. We have enjoyed looking at the different lifestyles within the Amazon, looking at indigenous and non-contacted tribes, and how life in the Amazon is changing, exploring ways in which we can help to protect this.
Art
This half term, in Art, we have looked at the South American Street Artist, Eduardo Kobra. We produced our final piece, inspired by him, focusing on background and foreground. We used a mixture of collage, paint and coloured pencils to create our final piece.
Music
In Music we have been looking at 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams. We really enjoyed performing our piece, and having other year groups watch our video critiquing us.
Class Assembly
We thoroughly enjoyed sharing our learning over this past Autumn term with our family members during our class assembly!
Kiers and the New Build
As leaders of the school, we have created a wonderful partnership with Kiers, and thoroughly enjoyed learning about what is happening with our new school.
Imperial War Museum Trip
We enjoyed our trip to the Imperial War Museum North this term. We explored all of the artifacts and spoke to real life veterans to see what their experiences were like.
DT
In DT we have made Christmas themed Automata Toys out of wood for in a shop window display.
Christmas
We have enjoyed lots of festive fun this term including a pantomime, Christmas crafts, Christmas dinner and our Christmas Fayre.
Spring Term Learning 2023
Science
This half term, we have been looking at the Circulatory System and how this works. We have explored the components of blood, the different type of blood vessels and how blood, water and nutrients are transported around the body.
Geography
In Geography, we have looked at Global Warming and Climate Change and how this is affecting our planet.
Art
We have produced an A3 drawing/ painting inspired by Paul Nash's work - take a look at our final pieces.
KS2 Choir - Young Voices
Some of our children who are in the KS2 Choir attended the Young Voices concert. We had such a great time!
British Science Week
As part of British Science week, we explored the theme of ‘Connections’. We investigated our fingerprints and which method was the best for collecting them, as well as doing our own research around what connections may mean in different contexts.
Geography
As part of our geography topic, we conducted our own local fieldwork work within our community. We looked at topographical features we would like to preserve and change, the different types of houses within our community as well as different amenities and public services. The children thoroughly enjoyed it.
Summer Term Learning 2023
SATS
We’re so proud of year 6 and all of their hard work and resilience completing their end of key stage assessments.
The Kings Coronation
We had so much fun celebrating the Kings Coronation with the whole school.
Chester Zoo
As part of our Science topic ‘Evolution’, we visited Chester Zoo and had a workshop all about Evolution and how the animals in the zoo have evolved.
DT
In DT, we have made our own electrical fairground rides - have a look at our work!
Art
In Art, we have made our own clay memory pots to finish off our primary school journey.
Dyson Engineering Programme
The James Dyson Foundation kindly lent us one of their vacuum cleaners - the V12 Detect Slim - to investigate how their technology works.
