Welcome to Year 6

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Dear parents,

Welcome back after the May holidays. There are many things for your children to look forward to this half term.   Year 6 are going to be getting ready to leave us in the summer term: making sure they continue to focus on completing their work, getting their leavers assembly ready for parents to see and attending their transition days at their high schools. They will also be receiving an end of year trip - a well done for their hard work this year. So it is vital they stay focused and make good choices around school.  

We will continue to remind children about our school values of Respect, Good Manners, Patience, Perseverance and Honesty , as well as abiding by our British Values.  We will use our reward system 'Brookhouse Monster's University' to recognise good behaviour and attitudes.  If your child is in the winning University team, they will be given a reward at the end of the term. Additionally, they are now collecting dojos for themselves, which they will be rewarded for by receiving a certificate if they reach their targets. PSHE will also play a key role, this will take place through class and assembly sessions.  The PSHE topic for the summer term is called 'Keeping Safe'.  The year 6 summer 2 topic is called 'Beside the Seaside'.

English

We will be covering Discussions and Debates this half term.  We will do this through the use of ‘Talk for Writing’ strategy of imitate, innovate and invent.  As well as this, we will be focusing on the skills needed to invent our own piece of writing and look at cross-curricular writing through other subject areas.  Whole class reading will continue to take place every day, through which we encourage children to focus on new vocabulary in the text and the comprehension of the text.

To further support your child's skills in reading comprehension, the school has purchased a subscription with an online reading resource called Reading Plus, which improves pupil's reading age but it does rely on the children using this resource on a regular basis.  So please make sure they are using it at home. Please support your children in their reading of school books, at home for ten minutes every day.  We will continue to encourage children to improve their Oracy skills.

Mathematics 

Maths lessons will provide pupils with the opportunity to learn using concrete, pictorial and abstract models. They will then learn to apply this knowledge to reasoning and problem solving.  We will be covering a variety of topics that will support them in high school such as algebra.  There will also be opportunity for online learning via Purple Mash and Learning By Questions for which your children have logins and can use at home. 

Science

This half term we will be learning about classification.  Through this topic they will find out about the names of animals in the five vertebrate groups (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) and some of the names in the invertebrate groups (insects, spiders, snails and worms). They will be able to identify the key characteristics of the five vertebrate groups and some invertebrate groups. Furthermore they will compare the characteristics of animals in different groups and are able to give examples of flowering and non-flowering plants. The children will use classification materials to identify unknown plants and animals, create classification keys for plants and animals and can give a number of characteristics that explain why an animal belongs to a particular group. By the end of the topic they will be able talk about the formal classification system devised by Carl Linnaeus and why it is important.

Physical Education

In Year 6, P.E will take place every Tuesday so please make sure your children come to school in their full P.E kit - yellow P.E shirt with the school's logo, black joggers, shorts or leggings and their school green sweatshirt. In their P.E lessons we will be looking at Tag Rugby.

Music

This term our topic is called 'Music and Me'.  By the end of the unit pupils will be able to talk about the music of featured artists using musical vocabulary.  They will talk about musical connection with previous knowledge and understanding.  Furthermore, they will talk about their planned composition - which options they chose and why, the key themes of in their lyrics, the tools they use and what they like or dislike.  Finally, they will present their performance in an interesting and engaging way.

Computing

In our computing topic this half term the strand is called computer science and the topic is 'Text Adventures.'  They will find out what a text adventure is and use 2Connect to plan a story adventure.  Pupils will make a story-based adventure using 2Create a Story.  Through the topic they will read and understand the given code for a text adventure game.  Finally, they will debug and improve a text adventure game.

History

Our history topic will be studying British history - through our 'Beside the Seaside topic.   They will compare and contrast holidays through periods of History to the present day.  Pupils will name landscape features of seaside resorts in the Victorian Era and how they were developed.  Through researching they will be able to say what the Bank Holiday Act is and how it affected transport, with links to the Industrial Revolution.  Pupils will compare similarities and differences between Victorian seaside destinations. Finally, they will say how changes in culture and society has changed our view of seaside destinations.

RE

This half term the pupils will be learning about Faith.  Through this topic they will gain a deeper understanding of Christianity by reading Bible stories.  They will learn that Christians believe that God is 3 in 1; the Holy Trinity.  By the end of the unit they will know that God is given many names by Christians and world faiths; these names describe His characteristics and nature.  They will learn about the similarities and differences across World faiths and what people believe about God.

This is an extremely important half term for your children - making sure they are punctual and attend every day.  The following is a message for parents; please make sure that your children do not bring anything to school from home such as: fidgets and toys, make-up, sweets or chewing gum.  We have found that these items have caused issues amongst the peers.  Thank you for your continued support in this matter.

Upcoming events:

16.06.2026 - Sports Day

01.07.2026 - 03.07.2026 High School Transition Days

06.07.2026 - Y6 End of Year Trip

07.07.2026 - KS2 SATs Results 

10.07.2026 - Y6 Attending Crucial Crew Safety Workshop 9-12pm

13.07.2026 - Whole School Awards

14.07.2026 - 100% Attendance Day

14.07.2026 - Y6 Leavers Assembly and Graduation (only for Y6 parents) 1.45pm start

15.07.2026 - Rock Steady Concert

Any queries feel free to talk to us in the morning or at the end of the day or arrange an appointment through the school office.

Thank you in advance for your continued support, it is much appreciated.

Mrs S Hussain (Year 6 Teacher and Upper School Leader)

Mrs F Patel (HLTA)

Mrs R Esmail (TA)

Mrs T Maqsood (SSA)