Y6 - Compass class
Our class theme this year is The Golden Compass.
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Year 6 Team
Y6 class teacher: Miss Coleman
Y6 Learning Support Assistant: Mr Clark
Please do not hesitate to contact any of the adults in Year 6 for any information regarding your child in school.
Important Information/ General Reminders
Reading
Home reading is extremely important, try reading at home every day- even if it is just for a short period of time as this will add up over the week and help to improve reading fluency. Your child must read at home, and record their reading on Boom Reader at least 5 times per week.
Homework
Spelling homework will be set weekly. Each Friday, pupils will be tested on their spellings and a new set of spellings to practice will be brought home.
Year 5/6 Topics
All of UKS2 follow the same curriculum topics, however the learning will be differentiated to meet the different curriculum expectations between Year 5 and Year 6.
Our topic themes are:
Autumn: Vikings
Spring: Egyptians
Summer: Evolution
P.E
If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact Miss Coleman or the school office.
Trips for the Year
Autumn Term
Kingswood Residential
Jorvik Viking Centre
Wakefield Theatre - Pantomime
Spring Term
Leeds City Museum
Summer Term
York Chocolate Story
School Rules and Values
KS2 SATs Information for Parents
At the end of Year 6, children sit tests in:
- Reading
- Maths
- Spelling, punctuation and grammar
These tests are both set and marked externally, and the results are used to measure the school’s performance (for example, through reporting to Ofsted and published league tables). Your child’s marks will be used in conjunction with teacher assessment to give a broader picture of their attainment.
Key Stage 2 Reading
The reading test is a single paper with questions based on three passages of text. Your child will have one hour, including reading time, to complete the test.
There will be a selection of question types, including:
- Ranking/ordering, e.g. ‘Number the events below to show the order in which they happen in the story’
- Labelling, e.g. ‘Label the text to show the title of the story’
- Find and copy, e.g. ‘Find and copy one word that suggests what the weather is like in the story’
- Short constructed response, e.g. ‘What does the bear eat?’
- Open-ended response, e.g. ‘Look at the sentence that begins Once upon a time. How does the writer increase the tension throughout this paragraph? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer.’
Key Stage 2 grammar, punctuation and spelling test
The grammar, punctuation and spelling test consists of two parts: a grammar and punctuation paper requiring short answers, lasting 45 minutes, and an aural spelling test of 20 words, lasting around 15 minutes.
The grammar and punctuation test will include two sub-types of questions:
- Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the sentence below’
- Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an apostrophe.’
Key Stage 2 maths
Children sit three papers in maths:
- Paper 1: arithmetic, 30 minutes
- Papers 2 and 3: reasoning, 40 minutes per paper
Paper 1 will consist of fixed response questions, where children have to give the correct answer to calculations, including long multiplication and division. Papers 2 and 3 will involve a number of question types, including:
- Multiple choice
- True or false
- Constrained questions, e.g. giving the answer to a calculation, drawing a shape or completing a table or chart
- Less constrained questions, where children will have to explain their approach for solving a problem