Welcome to Year 6! 

Shrewsbury Class - Mrs Westlake

Townsend Class - Miss Saville

PPA Cover - Mrs Saint

Sports Coach - Mr Whiteman

Teaching Assistants – Miss Davis, Mrs Cooke

Family Support Workers - Miss Smith and Mrs Fox

Autumn Term 2026

Welcome back to Riddings Junior School! We hope you had a lovely summer and are ready and excited for this year's learning. 

PRIDE remains central to everything we do and Y6s should model the behaviours and attitudes we expect of our children. They take the lead in organising the wide-range of activities outside as Sports Leaders, organise the school library and hall seating and are our first port of call to discuss school and learning with the many visitors we have.

  Maths   

Maths   

Maths continues to build on earlier learning in school and sets the foundation for secondary school education. Fluency and accuracy (being quick and being right) as well as being able to reason, problem solve and explain are aspects of every lesson.

We will be starting Year 6 by recapping and extending our place value knowledge and ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in a range of contexts. We also do a bit of fractions this term and Friday's maths will have a focus on shape and space. Our mantra is 'not practising until we get it right but practising until we can't get it wrong'.

The following websites may be useful for practise at home, as well as TT Rockstars and Numbots.

https://mathsbot.com/primaryMenu

https://www.primarygames.com/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://mathszone.co.uk/

English 

The majority of English is taught through our Units of Learning and Book Study with some stand alone units. We have lots of exciting topics upcoming this term. In our writing lessons, we will be studying the Jabberwock. We will be writing dialogue to match an interesting animation Lune et la Autre and we will also be retelling the story of Alma.

To bring together our remembrance learning in history across the four years, we will be writing a narrative linked to the work of Martin Impey. 

Double page spreads in RE will allow the children to explain Christianity, Islam and Humanism. 

Our Book Study and Class Reader this term will be the always popular Holes. As always, we will use our Inferential Reading Strategies to unpick the text, get the gist and make predictions about what may happen next. We will also demonstrate our comprehension in a variety of ways through studying this multi-layered text.

Children in Year 6 read at different levels, enjoy different texts and approach reading in different ways. Our aim is to ensure all of our year 6s are as independent and confident and so are encouraged to select books and authors in a range of styles and which cover a range of issues. Sometimes, reading is about challenging ourselves whilst at others, we might prefer something cosy and familiar. Reading can also include comics, graphic novels, online sources and listening to books read aloud. The children should be reading for longer periods of time independently but it is still helpful for them to read aloud occasionally as this supports fluency and prosody (the rhythm of speech/reading). 

PE

This term our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday and we have Outdoor Learning on Friday.  Year 6 children should come to school in their PE kits on Wednesday and Thursdays ready with uniform in their bag in case we get wet/muddy. Spare shoes should be sent in for Outdoor Learning ready to be changed into. We will text ahead of time if they need spare clothes for Outdoor Learning.

Wider Curriculum

In Science, we will be exploring Electricity and Light initially. These will be largely practical topics, so be ready for children to claim the family's torches, batteries and electrical items! Children will also use their knowledge of electricity to create steady hand games or quiz boards. After half term, we will be moving onto Living Things and their Habitats.

Latin continues to focus on sentence construction and we will continue to expand our vocabulary. 

Geography after half term, we will look at Sustainability and The United Kingdom.

Short Art units this term will support St James' Church's Harvest Festival (Saturday 19th September) - all are welcome at the church. We will also be creating art based on our whole school remembrance unit.

  Young Voices

We will be learning all of the amazing Young Voices songs this term, ready for our concert on the Thursday 25th February. Children can sing-along to the songs at home using Spotify or YouTube.

A link will be sent out shortly that will allow you to order tickets, buy t-shirts and download all the songs so you can practise them at home. 

Home Learning

Homework this year will focus on key skills of number bonds and times tables.

Sheets and booklets will be sent home periodically to complete independently and individually. To encourage independence, children are expected to return their booklets once completed, ready to collect another one. Team points and pride stamps will be rewarded for regular completion and progress.

Reading and spelling remain a priority for most children. Spelling lists and patterns will be handed out weekly and ideally, children should be aiming to read for up to half an hour, three times a week. Half an hour everyday would be fabulous! 

To keep skills sharp, access to TT Rockstars, Numbots and Spelling Frame should be regular.