Year Six
Welcome to Year Six!
Year Six has 3 classes:
Elphinstone Class taught by Mrs Hannah Jank & Mrs Alice Goode
Paver Class taught by Miss Hannah Huish - Year Leader
Rundell Class taught by Mrs Emma Bradley
The 3 classes are also supported by:
- Ms Ruth Seagar (Director of Primary – supporting for GPS)
- Mrs Cath Dobson (Deputy Head – supporting for Maths and Guided Reading)
- Mrs Vickie Snell (SENCO & Senior Leader – supporting for Maths)
- Mrs Kate Bromage (Higher Level Teaching Assistant)
- Mrs Steph Bosdet (Specialist Music Teacher)
- Mr Jack Elkington & Mr Adam Cooper (Specialist Sports Coaches)
About Year Six
In Year Six at Priory Rise School, we are extremely proud of our vibrant and engaging curriculum. Wherever possible, we ensure learning is promoted through a thematic approach. For example, when we study the Ancient Maya civilisation we make links to:
- English by writing about Mexico and its culture;
- Geography by learning about Central America;
- Art by creating our own Dia de los Muertos masks.
Curriculum Overview
To see what your child will be learning each term please click on the links below:
Newsletters
Please find our latest newsletter below:
Routines of Year Six
PE Days
| Elphinstone | Thursday (morning and afternoon) |
| Paver | Monday afternoon (double lesson) |
| Rundell | Monday afternnon (double lesson) |
Please ensure your child comes to school in their full Priory Rise PE kit on these days and ensure all clothing is clearly named.
Library Days
Children in each Year Six class will be able to visit the library each week. Please encourage your child to remember their library book on the relevant day to ensure that these can be changed regularly.
We visit the library on the following days:
| Elphinstone | Monday |
| Paver | Friday |
| Rundell | Friday |
Homework
Homework is usually set on a Monday and is due the following Monday. This will be set via Google Classroom, MyMaths or Purple Mash. If the homework is set in a different format, this will be shared with the children in class.
Children are also expected to read daily and record this in their red Home/School Link books each week. These will be collected in each Wednesday.
The children should also be practising their spellings and times tables on a regular basis.
Reading in Year Six
In Year Six, we believe that reading is the key to a child’s education. Reading is taught through small group Guided Reading lessons. In addition, we have weekly whole-class comprehension lessons as well as Book Talk sessions. Stories and books are shared daily, and children are able to select books to read for pleasure from classroom book corners and the school library. It is an expectation that children in Year 6 are reading age-appropriate texts at least 3 times a week, recording this in their home-school link book for their teacher to see. Some examples of some recommended reads for Year Six can be found below, as well as in our termly newsletters. It is also advised that children are accessing a range of genres including: newspaper reports, poetry, letters & other non-fiction texts.
Year Six: 50 Recommended Reads
Writing in Year Six
Writing is taught daily by sharing quality texts as a model, shared and guided writing to model the thought processes of a writer and then time to put these skills into practice. Children experience a range of stimuli that inspire them to write including stories, drama, music, film, TV programmes, poetry and news items. In Year Six, children are expected to understand the features of different text types and implement these into their writing whilst considering their audience and purpose. Spelling, grammar and punctuation are taught explicitly in isolated lessons and skills are revisited and embedded in writing lessons.
In Year 6, children’s writing is assessed using this assessment sheet:
Writing Expectations in Year Six
Year Six spellings lists and spelling rules can be found in the following links:
Years Five & Six Spelling Lists
Maths in Year Six
Mathematics is taught every day. Mathematics themes in Year Six include: place value, four operations, measures, coordinates, algebra and ratio, fractions, decimals and percentages, statistics. Year Six often revisit areas of learning from previous year groups to consolidate understanding. Each day, additional time is spent in Year 6 ensuring children have fluency of mathematics by keeping key skills buoyant and fluent. Below we have included the current written methods and how we approach the four operations.
Priory Rise Calculation Policy
Enrichment in Year Six
Throughout the year lots of enrichment opportunities are offered within the curriculum as we believe they enhance our curriculum and offer our children additional cultural capital opportunities.
Wherever possible, visitors are invited to talk to the children about their life experiences. This may be to share cultural or religious beliefs, to provide children with an insight into different careers or to shed more light on a particular area of the curriculum. Please do let us know if you feel that you would be able to contribute to any area of our curriculum by coming in to school.
Please click on the link below to view the enrichment opportunities on offer for the children this year.
How to help your child in Year Six
Reading advice for parents:
Resources to support your child in English – Writing:
Spelling:
BBC Bitesize - Prefixes & Suffixes
Grammar and Punctuation:
OXFORDOWL - Grammar & Punctuation in Year Six
Resources to support your child in Mathematics:
Contact Us:
If you have any queries or questions, please contact the Year Six teaching team at: