Year 6 – Beech & Cedar
We would like to warmly welcome you to Y6’s year group page!
We aim to provide you with an insight into what’s happening in Y6 and share with you a snapshot of our learning journey. This space will be used to showcase and importantly celebrate a variety of learning outcomes produced by the Y6 team. We are extremely proud of all of our Y6 pupils and we look forward to sharing their achievements with you. Scroll below to learn about the key areas of learning, knowledge and understanding which we will be covering in each term. Important information and regular updates can be found via our Class Notices section or the Documents tab.
We hope you enjoy exploring the content on our Y6 page!
Teachers
Y6 Beech – Mrs James & Mrs Hayes
Y6 Cedar – Miss Blatherwick
Y6 Teaching Assistants – Mrs Henshaw
Class Notices
Cricket Club
With the successes of our football team extending their season somewhat, we are a bit late to get cricket up and running for this year - we'd normally have started from immediately after Easter. We are now able to start a shortened cricket season. We are entered in a...
Well Done Year Six – SATs Are Done!
A huge well done and thank you to our amazing year Six children, who have now competed their SATs - we just have a couple of papers for one child who was poorly to catch-up on! The focus, effort, determination and resilience shown by the children has been amazing....
Transition To New Classes 2025-26
We are changing the way we move our children into new classes at the end of the year. Over recent years, educators have become increasingly aware of the importance of this transition time, which has traditionally only really been fully considered coming into...
Year 6 SATs Breakfast
To help our wonderful Year 6 children start each SATs day in the best way possible, we’ll be running a SATS Breakfast Club from Monday 12th to Thursday 15th May, starting at 8.15am each morning. All Year 6 children are invited to come to the school hall for a relaxed...
Term by Term 2023-24
Autumn
Autumn Topic Web 2024
Autumn Curriculum Letter
Spring
Spring Topic Web 2025
Spring Letter to Parents
Spring Homework Letter
Summer
Summer Term Topic Web 2024
Summer Term Letter to Parents 2024
Our Class Ambassadors
Our Reading Ambassadors
School Council & Parliament
Y6 Photo Gallery
Welcome to our photo gallery which shares with you a few snapshots of what’s been and is currently happening in Year 6!
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Sonnet writing
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Sonnet writing
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Sonnet writing
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A l’ecole
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A l’ecole
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Snow much fun!
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Snow 9.3.23
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Cricket with Chance to Shine
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Attendance Challenge Obstacle Course
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Attendance Challenge Obstacle Course
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Attendance Challenge Obstacle Course
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Go George and Alfie!
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Warming up with hot chocolate
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Observational sketches of bees
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Book Fair Fun
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Bpook Fair Posters designed by Year 6
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Taking pride in our published outcomes
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Detailed sketches to accompany written work
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Black History Month – Learning about Aretha Franklin and Bob Marley
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Y6 Colour knowledge retrieval
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Y6 Experimenting with colour to express mood
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Macbeth – Meeting the strange creatures in the distance
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Exploring QR codes
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Identity self portraits
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Identity self portraits
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Researching
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Sharing our values
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Reading online
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Role Plays – SCARF
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Class Ambassadors
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Carbon Footprint Persuasive Speeches
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Trip to Galleries of Justice
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Punishment through the ages
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Trip to Galleries of Justice
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Trip to Galleries of Justice
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Trip to Galleries of Justice
Galleries of Justice
Oh dear – in the stocks as Y6 learn about the history of crime and punishment!
Y6 Galleries of Justice
Here comes the judge! Y6 at the Galleries of Justice
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Two would-be Barristers at the Galleries of Justice
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Y6 at the Galleries of Justice
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Still smiling! Y6 Learning about the history of justice.
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Protests
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Galleries of Justice
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Reading & Writing Champions!
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Suffragettes- Preparing for our trip!
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Sharing new books
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Writing conferences recorded
Science news report
Science news report
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Retrieval Practice Tennis
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Fun capturing our team photos!
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Our Values
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Our Values
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Our Values
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Our Values
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Identity silhouettes
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Identity silhouettes
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Expressing our personal identities
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A few of our digital sketches for our merit cards!
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Clumber House
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Rufford House
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Beech Reading Ambassadors
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New gym equipment
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Exploring the new gym equipment
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School Council & Parliament Reps
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School Council Team
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Pupil Voice
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Meet the new School Council Reps
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Discussing next steps
Currently reading…
Currently reading…
Shakespeare drama
Soundscapes preparation
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Y6 Fun expressing emotions with paint
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Y6 Jackson Pollock inspired artwork
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Y6 Experimenting with blending and colour mixing in sketchbooks
Wellbeing- expressive art work
Wellbeing- expressive art work
Carbon Footprint Persuasive Speeches
Carbon Footprint Persuasive Speeches
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Browsing the Book Fair
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Macbeth drama
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Celebrating with friends
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Disco fun October 2023
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Disco fun
Our Writing
Class Documents & Resources
Class Information
Our PE days are Wednesdays and Thursdays
Our School Rules
Listen to and follow instructions.
Be polite and care about other people.
Always keep hands and feet to yourself and work and play safely.
Look after the school and its environment.
- Look after your property and have respect for other people’s belongings.
Do not tease, bully or upset anyone.
Speak respectfully to others and do not swear.
Year 6 Homework
New homework introduction letter 04.09.23 (3)
There is the option of a paper copy for reading homework or it can be accessed via Showbie. Your child’s Showbie log in is available as a QR code in their Reading diary and the username and password are also featured there too.
Swimming Letter January 2024
Useful Links
Human Rights
We have recently watched and discussed this video in class.
Read Theory
Reading Comprehension Skills
Times Tables
TT Rockstars
Spelling Shed
Spelling Challenges
Showbie
Y6 Reading List
Reading List
Meet The Author
In January, we’ll be starting our new class book by Piers Torday called The Dark Wild.