Welcome to Year 6
Welcome to our Year 6 class page.
Curriculum Overview
A Typical Day
The school day starts at 8.45am and children independently complete a short morning task linked to English or Maths. Our mornings generally focus on Spelling, Writing and Maths, and our Wider Curriculum is planned for an afternoon.
We have 2 break times: one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
There is a daily act of worship which takes place, usually in the mornings, and all pupils are invited to join in.
The school day ends at 3.30pm, pupils in Y6 are allowed to walk home by themselves if permission is granted from their parents. There are various after school clubs and wrap around care on offer as well.
Roles & Responsibilities
In Year 6, children vote for their house captains and they assist in running house events throughout the year. Each half term, pupils can also apply for assigned roles and responsibilities in the every day life of the school. Children earn responsibilty coins for their work and these are converted to house points each week.
In addition, each half term, four children from Year 6 have the opportunity to become part of our Leading Lights team and these pupils work closely with Mrs Besharati to work together to make improvements to our school and community.
Homework and Spellings
Every Tuesday, homework books go home for completion and are due back in school on Monday morning for marking and feedback. Weekly spelling lists are given to learn, which can be practised using their individual Spelling Shed log ins, and they are tested on these words on Monday morning. We also go through all the homework together after the spelling test.
Staff
Miss Holtom, Class Teacher
Mrs Linfoot, Mrs Sands, Mrs Rushworth and Mrs Bennington also work in our class.
Wider Opportunities
In Year 6, pupils have the opportunity to take part in Bikeability training, where they learn how to ride their bikes safely on the roads.
In the first and last half term, we take Year 6 swimming at Ripon pool as part of their PE lessons. Here they are taught by specialist teachers, with the aim of all pupils being able to swim at least 25m before they leave primary school.
Pupils work closely with staff to organise and run events for our Christmas Fayre. This is a fantastic opportunity for them to develop their leadership skills.
During the Summer Term, they spent two nights away on residential all together, building memories to last a lifetime. This year, they will be going away to Newby Whiske on 19th – 21st May 2025.
They also put on an end of year performance for the whole school to enjoy. This is a wonderful time for our pupils to showcase their talents which have been nurtured whilst at our school and the performances are always 'sold out'.
Year 6 Buddies
This year, we have introduced a Year 6 and Reception buddy system. At the start of the year pupils were paired up with each other and it was Year 6's job to help settle our new pupils into the Killinghall way of life. They helped them get their lunch, how to get round school and showed them what to do on the playground. Throughout the year they will help listen to them year and show them the Killinghall way.
Year 6 SATs
We hold a parents information evening during the Autumn term to provide information to parents about what the SATs entail and how you can best support your child with their preparations for them. In the Spring term, parents also have the opportunity to take part in a SATs stay and learn session with their children. We run SATs booster clubs throughout the year.
Useful Links
Topmarks: maths games. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=3
Maths genie: free access to old SATs papers and answers, sorted by category: https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/primary.html
Maths bot: free to access resource which marks and generates questions based on the arithmetic paper: https://mathsbot.com/primary/ks2
Grammar monster: Free lessons and resources aimed at SPaG style questions: https://www.grammar-monster.com/index.html
Corbett Maths: Useful website with links to youtube videos to explain concepts, questions and answers. https://corbettmaths.com/primary/ Mathsisfun: Website explaining concepts in an easy way. https://www.mathsisfun.com/