Welcome to Year 6!

 Curie Class - Mr. Purton & Miss Moloney (purton2@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk)

Owens Class - Mr Mills & Miss Ellsley (mills@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk)

Attenborough Class - Miss Smith & Miss Thorne (smith2@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk)

Year 6 TAs - Miss Hammond & Mrs Judd

Mrs Croucher will also be teaching in Year 6, working with all three classes throughout the week. (pamplin@hextable-primary.kent.sch.uk)

 Please find the Year 6 Meet the Teacher Powerpoint for 23-24 here.

Term 1

Welcome to your first term in Year 6! We hope you have had an amazing Summer Holiday, we can’t wait to hear all about it! We are so excited for all the adventures we are going to have! The Year 6 Team are very excited about the engaging, creative learning experiences that we have developed to inspire the children in the year ahead. Learning together, we will develop a healthy Growth Mindset, as we continue on the path to being Happy, Positive, Successful, Life-Long Learners.

 English

We begin our exploration into WW1 with the book War Game. This story gives us a small insight into the life of an ordinary boy and his friends and their journey through the war and life in the trenches. The books shows how young individuals had to make life changing decisions about entering the war. We will use several writing techniques to create some amazing pieces of descriptive writing, emotive writing and non-chronological reports. 

Please encourage your children to read independently and to discuss what they have read. This will continue to develop their use of language and their ability to infer information from a piece of writing and to gain an understanding of a range of different genres.

Maths

Maths in year 6 consolidates and develops the skills which your child has been learning throughout primary school. This term our focus is Place Value. We will focus on teaching children how to apply these skills to problems and investigations, developing their understanding of the use of maths in everyday life. You can help by ensuring that your child knows their tables inside out and back to front – literally! 

 Geography & History

This term we start looking into World War 1. We will be learning about the cause and effect of the war on Hextable compared to other parts of the UK. Using a local area study, we will explore the impact of WW1 on Hextable. It will be interesting to explore the impact of the suffragette movement on the women of Hextable and how they can inspire us today. Using maps and atlas', we will be locating the world's countries, concentrating om their environmental regions and major cities. 

Science

Our Science focus for this term is Electricity. The children will learn through practical investigation and research to understand how electricity travels and how different components effect its current. We will research into the discovery of electricity and the scientists who have impacted our world today. 

Year 6 Curriculum Overview 

year 6 curriculum overview 23 24 final website.pdf

 General Reminders 

• The class doors will be open from 8.45-9.00am. If your child arrives after this time, please take them to the school office. (School telephone number 01322 663792)
• The school day ends at 3.15pm. If you are unable to collect your child, please telephone the school office.
• In year 6 many children begin to walk home from school alone or with friends, we are happy for them to do so (as long as you are!) please could you write us a note if you would like this to happen,
• The children will be doing PE on Monday and Friday. However, sometimes plans change, so we would ask that children have their PE kit in school everyday please. For the colder months this can include jogging bottoms.
• Please make sure your child’s water bottle is in school every day and that their name is written clearly on the bottle. Please provide children with a pencil case containing handwriting pen, pencil, whiteboard pen, coloured pens/pencils, rubber, ruler, glue stick and sharpener.
• Home learning will continue to be given out on Thursday and is to be submitted on Class Dojo by Wednesday please.