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Welcome to Year 6! - Thank you for visiting our Class Blog.

 

Mr Gannaway is the class teacher. Mrs McIntosh will assist in the classroom. On this page, you will find information about Class 6, news, pictures of things we've done, and more.

Reminders

Arrival and Collection Times

 

All children should enter and leave school via their external classroom door. 

All children should arrive between 8.45am – 8.55am.  

All children should be collected at 3.20pm. 

 

Breakfast Club & After School Club -  Children in should arrive as normal and be taken to Breakfast Club room. They will be taken to their Classroom ready for lessons. Breakfast Club will be open from 7.45am. After School Club will be open until 5.45pm. 

 

Stationery - All stationery will be provided but your child may bring their own if they wish.

The following equipment will be useful in Year 6:

  • ruler

  • glue stick

  • HB pencil and pencil sharpener

  • A fibre tipped writing pen

  • Colouring pencils

  • Highlighter pens

  • Green biro

It would be helpful if the pencil case is relatively small as there will be limited space on tables. 

 

P.E. - Children in Class 6 will need to ensure that their P.E. kit is in school on Monday and Wednesday.

 

Link to School Uniform and P.E.Kit Expectations Page

 

Spellings - Every Monday, your child will be taught a new spelling rule to practise during the week, ready for a spelling test on the Friday. Please spend time at home practising these spellings using "look, say, cover, write, check" in the Spelling Homework Booklet, as well as discussing the spelling rule. Please ensure that Homework Books are kept in school bags. You can also log on to Spelling Shed by visiting https://play.edshed.com 

Writing

 

In Year 6, children continue to learn to write different types of texts and we use model texts to highlight the associated key features before children create their own versions. Listed below are the text types and texts that we are learning this year.

 

DateText TypeText Title
8th Sept 2025Newspaper ReportDeadly 60 - Reticulated Python Saved
29th Sept 2025Explanation TextDeadly 60 - How to Care for a Nile Crocodile
13th Oct 2025MemoirDeadly 60 - Discovering a New Animal
3rd Nov 2025Information Text (Authorial Voice)Deadly 60 - Writing Deadly 60 in the style of Steve Backshall
24th Nov 2025Narrative - Character, Setting, ActionBeowulf - Grendel's approach to the Mead-Hall
15th Dec 2025Persuasive AdvertBeowulf - Job Advert for a Hero to Slay Beasts
12th Jan 2026DiaryBeowulf - Waiting for Grendel to Attack
19th Jan 2026Narrative - ActionBeowulf - The Fight Against Grendel
2nd Feb 2026Formal SpeechBeowulf - King Hrothgar Addressing Citizens of Heorot
23rd Feb 2026Explanation TextBeowulf - How To Kill A Monster
16th Mar 2026Letter of ComplaintBeowulf - Complaining About Monsters Being Killed
13th Apr 2026Newspaper Report

Beowulf - Murder of Grendel's Mother

6th May 2026Narrative - Character, SettingMacbeth - Meeting the Three Witches on the Heath
18th May 2026Persuasive ArgumentMacbeth - Lawyer Defending / Prosecuting Macbeth 
8th June 2026NarrativeMacbeth - Malcolm and Macduff Meeting King Edward

 

 

Reading

 

During the year, we will use a range of texts to develop our reading skills. The texts we will use are detailed below and will be updated throughout the year.

Maths

 

As a school, we place emphasis on teaching Maths using a Maths Mastery approach. We place emphasis on children learning to develop their fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills. We use Maths No Problem Textbooks and Workbooks in school. to find out more visit https://mathsnoproblem.com/en/parent-videos/ to watch parent videos about how maths is taught at St Luke's. 

The table below highlights the textbook and chapters we are learning in Year 6.

If you wish to purchase a copy of the Textbooks (A and B) or Wokbooks (A and B) for use at home, and also to find out more about how maths in taught in school, these are available to order at https://mathsnoproblem.com/mathematics/primary

 

We ask all parents to support children with learning their number bonds and times tables at home; this is key to children being successful as mathematicians. 

 

Useful websites to log in to are:

Times Tables Rockstars   https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/teacher

ixl    https://uk.ixl.com/signin/stlukesprimary

 

DateFocus Textbook Chapter and Title
3rd September 2025Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 1 - Reading and Writing Numbers to 10 Million
10th September 2025Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 2 - Four Operations on Whole Numbers
22nd October 2025Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 3 - Fractions
12th November 2025Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 4 - Decimals
3rd December 2025Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 5 - Measurements
10th December 2025Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 6 - Word Problems
7th January 2026Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 7 - Percentages
21st January 2026Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 8 - Ratio
4th February 2026Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 9 - Algebra
25th February 2026Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 10 - Area and Perimeter
4th March 2026Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 11 - Volume
11th March 2026Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 12 - Geometry
25th March 2026Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 13 - Position and Movement
23rd April 2026

Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 14 - Graphs and Averages

Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 15 - Negative Numbers

29th April 2026Revision

 

Our Class Country is Australia

We will be learning about Australia. We will investigate where it is in the world and find out facts about what it is like to live in Australia.

Support for Homework and SATs Revision

Year 6 Suggested Reading

Great list of suggested books for Year 6 children here:

https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-for-year-6-pupils-ks2-age-10-11/

 

100 best books for 9-11 year-olds here from the book trust:

http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/booklists/243/

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