Welcome to the Year 6 Class Page!
This page is intended to give parents and carers up-to-date information about what is happening in Year 6.
As this is our last year at Christ Church, we are determined to make it our best ever!
Teacher: Mrs Scullion Teacher: Mrs Walters
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Killen
Remote Learning - 10/01/25
Maths - Watch the following videos on White Rose Maths, and access TTRS to practise your times tables. You can also practise telling the time.
Adding and subtracting mixed numbers
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
English - Access the following video revising apostrophes for contractions and singular and plural possession.
Revising apostrophes for singular and plural possession
Reading - What better way to spend a cold day than snuggled up with a good book. Who can read in the most inventive place in the house?! Ask your parents to snap a picture of you reading and send it to Miss Killen via Seesaw. The best picture will win a prize!!
Spellings - Please practise the spellings you were set for homework this week using the activities on Spelling frame.
If you need your TTRS or Spelling Frame passwords, please contact Miss Killen via Seesaw.
Art - What a lovely way to end this week by practising your art skills. Watch this video of Quentin Blake and learn how to draw Willy Wonka. Bring your artwork into class on Monday.
Draw Willy Wonka tutorial by Quentin Blake
Remote Learning - 09/01/25
Maths - Watch the following videos on White Rose Maths, and access TTRS to practise your times tables. You can also practise telling the time.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
English - Access the following video creating rich vocabulary associated with outdoors. This will help us when writing our descriptive narrative about Charles Darwin's epic voyage.
Reading - What better way to spend a cold day than snuggled up with a good book. Who can read in the most inventive place in the house?! Ask your parents to snap a picture of you reading and send it to Miss Killen via Seesaw. The best picture will win a prize!!
Spellings - Please practise the spellings you were set for homework this week using the activities on Spelling frame.
If you need your TTRS or Spelling Frame passwords, please contact Miss Killen via Seesaw.
Geography - do some more research on plastic and its effects on the environment.
Curriculum Information
Please find below details of what your children will be learning about over the year.
Year 6 Spring 1 Curriculum Overview
Year 6 Autumn 2 Curriculum Overview
Year 6 Autumn 1 Curriculum Overview
Reading
Children are expected to read at home every night, approximately 10 pages per day is suitable for a Year 6 child. A section in their reading record should be completed each night and brought into school on Friday to be monitored. Upon completion of their book, the children can access an Accelerated Reader quiz. If they do well on their quiz, the number of words they have read is added to their total and they can quickly progress through our 'Word Clubs'.
We hope everyone can be in at least the 100,000 word club by the end of Year 6.
Take a look into the middle pages of our reading records - they contain lots of useful spelling and grammar hints and tips, including the statutory year 5 and 6 spelling words.
Reading is an essential activity to support your child's learning and they should be reading as widely and as often as possible. Please do not underestimate the importance of reading to your children too, regardless of your child's competence in reading as this provides a great opportunity for you to chat about books and extend your child's vocabulary
Spellings
In Year 5 and 6, we are working towards the Y5 and 6 spelling list. To achieve this we are using Read, Write, Inc Spelling daily in school and the children are set spelling homework each week which they can practise on Spellingframe. Spellings set out in the National Curriculum are taught progressively over Years 5 and 6.
Please see below the Year 5 and 6 spelling list, as set out by the National Curriculum:
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Times Tables Rock Stars
Being able to recall our times tables facts quickly and accurately is a hugely important skill. To help us, we regularly use Times Tables Rock Stars in school and encourage the children to continue to practise at home. There are different rock statuses the children can achieve and we hope that everyone can be a Rock Star or Rock Legend by the end of Year 6.
Rock Status:
- Rock Hero (average speed of less than 1 second per question)
- Rock Legends (average speed of less than 2 seconds per question)
- Rock Stars (average speed between 2 and 3 seconds per question)
PE
PE takes place every Thursday, so please ensure your child comes to school in a full school PE kit on this day:
- Plain white t-shirt/polo
- Black or navy shorts/leggings/skort
- Red school jumper/cardigan
- Trainers/pumps
- Optional navy tracksuit
Please note: Football kits and branded sportswear is not acceptable PE kit. If your child is not in the correct PE kit, they will be loaned a freshly laundered item from school as per our uniform policy. Full details can be found by clicking this link: School Uniform
Clubs
At Christ Church, we aim to offer an array of clubs and activities for our pupils. All information regarding clubs is relayed to parents via SIMS InTouch allowing you the opportunity to sign your child up instantly. All clubs are free of charge but may be limited by numbers.
In Spring 1, Year 6 extra-curricular clubs are:
- Thursday: Choir (lunchtime)
- Thursday: Football Club (3:30pm - 4:30pm)
- Thursday: Dance Club (3:30pm - 4:30pm)
Homework
Every child is expected to read on a daily basis at home. Spelling homework will also be set every Monday with a spelling test on Friday morning.
Times Tables Rock Stars, Hit the Button and Spelling Frame should also be accessed to support your child’s learning and progress. In your child's bookbag you will find a list of logins to these websites, if you require a new list please see Mrs Scullion or Mrs Walters. Useful links will also be sent each half term on the class curriculum overview.
Help at Home
Parental support is really beneficial and there are many ways you can help your child with their learning. Please encourage your child to read at least ten pages of their book every night; complete any homework that is set and to practise their spellings and basic number facts on Times Tables Rock Stars or Hit the Button.
At the start of the school year, each child is provided with a card containing their log-in details for useful websites/apps that are used in school to support learning. We strongly encourage your child to access these learning platforms at home as much as possible in order to develop their basic skills. Each week in Celebration Worship, certificates are awarded to children to reflect their progress, engagement and effort.
Please click on the links below for further information:
Contacting Us
At Christ Church, we operate an 'open door' policy and the quickest and easiest way to speak with your child's class teacher is at the start or end of the day when they are usually available on the Key Stage 2 Playground. If you need a more detailed discussion or would like to arrange an appointment, please feel free to contact us in one of the following ways:
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School office via schooloffice@christchurch-birkenhead.wirral.sch.uk or 0151 652 1278
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Message via SIMSInTouch
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Message via Seesaw
Year 6 Gallery
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