Horton Mill Community Primary School

Year 6

Welcome to our Year 6 class page.

Miss Lake will be your class teacher and Miss Hussain will be in class every day to support us with our learning.

Our class entrance is on the KS1 playground. You will see Miss Lake or Miss Hussain at the door. If you ever need to speak to us or want to have a chat about your child’s learning, just say hello in the morning! If you need a longer conversation with one of us, just let us know and we can arrange a time.

Important information 

We have a P.E lesson on Wednesday and on a Thursday, so your child will need to come to school in their P.E kit. They need to wear:

  • a white top
  • black shorts or black jogging pants
  • plain trainers
  • a black jumper or jacket
  • If your child wears a scarf, they need to bring a sports scarf in for their active sessions. 

 

Ways to support your child's learning.

We have access to some fantastic online resources in Year 6. Your child's homework will be set on a learning platform called Learning By Questions. Each week, your child will get a selection of learning for them to complete. I will be able to see what they did well with and what they need more support with. If you would like a paper copy of this learning, let me know and I can provide this each week.

 

We also have access to Arithmagicians which is a fun game supporting your child with their arithmetic skill and speed. Encourage your child to go on this regularly and if they beat their score, they will receive a certificate. 

 

We now have access to Spelling Shed, which is a fantastic online game to help children with their spellings.  Encourage your child to go on this regularly. The leader board will be checked every Friday and Spelling Superstar certificate will be given out. 

Online learning links:

Multiplication and division facts - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Arithmetic - https://www.arithmagicians.com/

Maths and English  - https://www.lbq.org/Login

Spelling - https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb

Your child's log in information for the sites are stuck in the back of their reading record :)

 Your child will also be given a  reading book and reading record which should come to school each day. Encourage your child to read at home as much as possible.  

 

Key details about your child's upcoming tests. 

Please see the table below for SATs information for parents regarding the KS2 SATs tests that will take place from Monday 12th May 2025 to Thursday 15th May 2025.  

 

Learning challenges across Year 6

Could Spiderman ever exist? (Science)

Why do so many people visit Brazil? (Geography)

Have we always looked like this? (Science)

Why was the Islamic Civilisation around 900AD considered ‘golden’? (History)

What makes your heart race? (Science)

How do we see the world? (Science)

 

Our next Science topic is all about the heart and the circulatory system. 

Here is a good website to help your children understand the topic further.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z9w9r2p#z6k88hv

 

 Here is some of our topic's key vocabulary. 

 

 

If you have Twitter, I will post pictures across the half term so you can see all of the fun we are having!

 

Miss Lake