Welcome to our Year 6 class page for the 2025/26 academic year! This is an exciting and important time as pupils prepare for their transition to secondary school. Here's everything you need to know about what we’re learning, the amazing trips we’ve got planned, and the leadership roles our students will take on this year.

📚 English

Class Texts:

• Holes

• Skellig

• Once

These texts will help develop reading comprehension, writing skills, and creative thinking. Pupils will explore themes, characters, and narrative techniques while building their vocabulary and writing skills.

⛪ Religious Education (RE)

Our class Bible story is Cain and Abel, focusing on the themes of jealousy and conflict. Pupils will reflect on how these themes apply to our own lives and consider ways to live peacefully with others.

🏃‍♂️ PE & Games

• Indoor PE: Wednesday

• Outdoor Games: Friday

Pupils will develop fitness, teamwork, and sporting skills through a variety of activities.

Remember to wear your full PE kit on both days!

🎒 Enrichment Activities

We love learning beyond the classroom! This year, we have an exciting range of trips planned:

• Trent and Mersey Canal Walk – Geography & local history

• Stanley Head – Geography day trip

• Potteries Museum – History and art

• Operation Spitfire – Learning about WWII

• VR Experience – Technology and innovation

• Uttoxeter Cinebowl – Fun and relaxation

These experiences help bring our learning to life and create lasting memories. 

🌟 Roles and Responsibilities

Our Year 6 pupils take on important leadership roles to help the school community:

• Ambassadors for: Magic Breakfast, Play Leads

• Attendance Meet & Greet – welcoming pupils each day

• Science – supporting experiments and investigations

• Computing – assisting with technology

• Art – helping in creative projects

• Reading – promoting literacy

• Well-being – supporting peers

We’re proud of the way our pupils step up to support younger children and contribute to our school community.

📝 Key Stage 2 SATs

At the end of Year 6, pupils take part in national assessments (SATs) to measure progress in:

• 📝 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

• 📚 Reading

• ➕ Mathematics

These tests help highlight areas of strength and where pupils may need further support. They also contribute to national school performance statistics.

🗓️ SATs Timetable – 2025/26

• Monday 11 May

  • ✍️ English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

    • Paper 1: Questions

    • Paper 2: Spelling

• Tuesday 12 May

  • 📖 English Reading

• Wednesday 13 May

  • ➗ Mathematics

    • Paper 1: Arithmetic

    • Paper 2: Reasoning

• Thursday 14 May

  • ➗ Mathematics

    • Paper 3: Reasoning

If your child is absent during this time, the school can apply for a timetable variation (within 5 school days), with permission from the STA.