Welcome to Year 6!

The Year 6 class is led by Mr Fortune, and supported by Mrs O’Leary. All our teachers believe that Year 6 is an important stage of children’s school life.

As well as being successful learners, it is important that the children become more independent and ready for their transition to secondary school. We will be putting a lot of effort into developing the children’s resilience, respectfulness, responsibility and their ability to reflect on choices and achievements.

It is also a very important year as the year 6 children are assessed in the summer term as part of the End of Key Stage 2 Assessments (Key Stage 2 SATs). These are formal tests which are taken under test conditions.

Our foundation subjects (geography, history, science) are taught through the Cornerstones curriculum. This topic-themed approach ensures children cover the National Curriculum through a broad range of exciting and progressive learning activities. 

Children read for 30 minutes daily and their progress is tracked through the Accelerated Reader software. After reading a text that’s suitably challenging, the children take quizzes to check their understanding of the book they’ve read. The software then recommends a new, suitable book for them.