Class Six

We are pleased to welcome you to the Class 6 page.

The main need-to-know information can be found here including information about the curriculum your child will be taught and important dates for your calendar.

Staff

Class Teacher: Miss Higgins

Teaching Assistants: Miss Furlong and Miss Doyle

SATs

The statutory National Key Stage 2 tests for pupils in Year 6 will take place Monday 10th May – Thursday 13th May 2027. 

SATs (Standard Assessment Tests) are tests taken to assess the progress of a child’s learning. It is highly imperative that your child is in full attendance of school in the weeks/months leading up to test week.

Further information regarding preparation for SATs will be shared at Meet The Teaching Team and Parents’ Open Afternoon.

Important Dates for your diary

Application for Secondary School places – by 31st October 2026

Year 6 Residential to Condover Hall – Wednesday 10th February to Friday 12th February 2027

SATs – Monday 10th May to Thursday 13th May 2027

English

In English lessons throughout the year, we will be reading a range of fiction and non-fiction texts. English lessons for children are structured around the National Curriculum, focusing on four core areas: speaking and listening, reading, writing, and spelling, grammar, and punctuation (SPaG). Throughout the year, children will develop their abilities to communicate effectively, comprehend diverse texts, write coherently for different purposes, and master spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills, with increasing complexity in the skills and expectations as they move through the year. Children will be focusing of varied text types throughout the year, with main purpose being to inform, entertain, persuade and discuss.

Our writing stimulus for each half term will be as follows:

Autumn One – Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar using ‘Beyond the Lines‘ which is a Literacy Shed Film unit

Autumn Two – Wonder by R J Palacio

Spring One – The Giant’s Necklace by Michael Morpurgo

Spring Two – The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry

Summer One – The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes

Summer Two – Macbeth by William Shakespeare

History and Geography

As part of our History learning this year, Class 6 will learn 2 separate topics – ‘World War II’ and ‘Crime & Punishment’

As part of our Geography learning this year, Class 6 will learn about the physical and human geography of South America but more specifically Brazil.

Computing

In Computing, we will follow 6 different units of work which cover the 3 strands of Computing: Digital Literacy, Information Technology and Computer Science.

Autumn One – Internet Communication

Autumn Two – Designing and Creating Web Pages

Spring One – Coding: More Complex Variables

Spring Two – Coding: Object Properties

Summer One – 3D Modelling

Summer Two – Introduction to Spreadsheets

R.E.

In R.E lessons this year, we will be following 3 key themes in lessons:

Autumn – Judaism: Jewish Beliefs

Spring – Buddhism: Parinirvana

Summer – Christianity: Christians in the environment and Racism

Maths

Year 6 mathematics builds on prior knowledge, introducing algebra, ratio, and proportion, and developing complex work with fractions, decimals, and percentages. Key areas include working with large numbers (up to 10 million), mastering multiplication and division with larger numbers, understanding geometric properties, measuring area and volume, interpreting statistical data like pie charts, and using coordinates on all four quadrants. The curriculum aims to develop problem-solving skills, mental arithmetic, and fluency in formal written methods for calculations.

Science

In Year 6, the National Curriculum for Science states that children will develop their understanding of, and learn about:

• Living Things & their Habitats
• Electricity
• Light
• Animals including Humans
• Evolution and Inheritance

P.E.

Children in Class 6 will be swimming at The Meadows on a Thursday. Children require either a one-piece swimming costume/pair of tight shorts, a towel and a swimming hat. If children want to wear goggles, these should be provided from home.

P.S.H.C.E.

At The Grange we used ‘Muse Wellbeing’ to support PSHCE planning and delivery across the school. These lessons will help pupils develop the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to stay healthy, safe and prepared for life. Our curriculum is split into six half-term topics which are detailed below:

Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies – Pupils apply this learning more independently through self-care, emotional regulation, balanced lifestyles and greater awareness of health risks.

Growth and Change – Pupils deepen this into fuller learning about puberty, reproduction, consent, risk and the impact of behaviour on wellbeing and safety.

Positive Relationships – Pupils apply this through more mature understanding of family structures, commitment, changing relationships and preparation for transition.

Respecting Others and Ourselves – Pupils deepen this through self-respect, empathy, consent, assertiveness and recognising harmful or unfair behaviour more confidently.

Thinking Locally and Globally – Pupils deepen this into a more complex understanding of democracy, global issues, media, migration and environment responsibility.

Economic Wellbeing and Reflection – Pupils apply this through budgeting, future pathways, workplace understanding and thoughtful reflection on their development and next steps.

Homework

Reading – Everyday. Reading records to be signed by a parent/guardian. It is imperative still at this stage that your child reads to an adult so that they can be questioned about their understanding of what they have read.

Spellings – New spellings are given out every Thursday and the spelling test will be the following Thursday.

Times Tables – Children are asked to spend 15 minutes on TT Rockstars three times a week or they are given a paper copy to practice their times tables if required.

At The Grange we believe that it is crucial to work in partnership with parents and carers. There is an expectation that you will support us by ensuring that your child completes the tasks that we set as homework.

Obviously the level of your engagement will depend on your child’s age but we expect you to take an active part in all aspects of homework and, where necessary, indicate that you have monitored the completion of it (e.g. by signing the Home/School Reading Record Book.)

The routines of reading every day, learning spellings and multiplication tables etc. can be great fun and very rewarding for all concerned. Best results are achieved when homework is not done at the last minute but has a fixed time in a child’s established home routine. Short, sharp periods of activity are preferable to prolonged periods of study where concentration can be lost.

Effective learning and consolidation of learning cannot happen in an environment with lots of distractions (e.g. television etc.) Please give some thought to where your child works at home.

Please see below the extensive list of websites that your child can visit to consolidate and extend his/her learning.

Thank you in anticipation for your support during this busy school year!

If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak to a member of the Class Six Team.

Supporting your child at home

The following links will take you helpful websites which can support and consolidate learning in Year 6. Some of the websites require log ins. For these websites, individual log in details can be found in children’s reading records. For further information about the curriculum please go to the Curriculum section of the school website.