Meet our wonderful Year 6 Team
Year 6 Teachers
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Miss Cornall
Year 6 Class Teacher
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Mrs Rey
Teaching Assistant/Lunchtime Games Leader
Miss Cornall
Year 6 Class Teacher
Mrs Rey
Teaching Assistant/Lunchtime Games Leader
Please find everything you need to know about Year 6 in the PowerPoint below
Homework
In Year 6 this half term children will receive Spelling, Reading, Grammar and Maths homework each week. Children are expected to read at least 3 times a week and to bring their reading book to school each day. Each child will be given a Maths and Grammar CPG SATS guide and will be told which pages they should complete for homework each week. Homework will be set on Wednesday and will be due in by the next Wednesday.
PE
Year 6 have their PE every Wednesday. Please ensure children have PE kits in school and any earrings are removed or plasters need to be provided for the children to cover them with.
Uniform
All children should wear full uniform including their ALWAYS badges.
We do allow pupils to wear all black trainers - no coloured swooshes/stripes etc. with all black soles.
Black shoes are also still acceptable and preferred for school.
Here are a list of resources to help your Year 6 child with their learning:
LbQ Independent Study - here is the link to our online independent study: https://www.lbq.org/task?study=1&scode=wavdnn8d
Spelling Shed - https://www.spellingshed.com/en-us/
Maths Bot KS2 - https://mathsbot.com/
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Reading Plus - https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login
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Hit the Button - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 6 Autumn 1 - Knowledge mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 6 Autumn 2 - Knowledge mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 6 Spring 1 - Knowledge mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 6 Spring 2 - Knowledge mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 6 Summer 1 - Knowledge mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 6 Summer 2 - Knowledge mats
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What are the SATs?
- SATs are the tests that are given to children at the end of Key Stage 2.
- The SATs take place over four days, starting on Monday 12th May 2024 ending on Thursday 15th May 2024.
The SATs papers consist of:
- Grammar, punctuation and spelling (paper 1: GPS) – Monday 12th May
- Grammar, punctuation and spelling (paper 2: Spelling) – Monday 12th May
- Reading – Tuesday 13th May
- Maths (paper 1: Arithmetic) – Wednesday 14th May
- Maths (paper 2: Reasoning) – Wednesday 14th May
- Maths (paper 3: Reasoning) – Thursday 15th May
When and how the SATs are completed?
- The tests take place during normal school hours, under exam conditions.
- Children are not allowed to talk to each other from the moment the assessments are handed out until they are collected at the end of the test.
- After the tests are completed, the papers are sent away to be marked externally.
- The results are then sent to the school in July.
- Each test lasts no longer than 60 minutes:
- Grammar/ Punctuation – 45 minutes
- Spelling – 15 minutes
- Reading – 60 minutes
- Arithmetic – 30 minutes
- Reasoning – 40 minutes
- Reasoning – 40 minutes
The Results
Tests are marked externally.
Once marked, the tests will be given the following scores:
A raw score (total number of marks achieved for each paper);
A scaled score (see below);
A judgement on if the National Standard has been met.
Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.
A scaled score of 100 or more shows the pupil is meeting the National Standard.
Important SATs Websites for Revision
BBC Bitesize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn
CrickWeb
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
BBC Spelling
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt62mnb/year/zncsscw
Top Marks Education
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
IXL Learning
Natural Curriculum Grammar
https://www.naturalcurriculum.co.uk/grammar/year-6-grammar-lessons/
End of KS2 SATs Practice Materials QR codes
Please click on the following link to see the PowerPoint from our SATs meeting that was held on Wednesday 6th March 2024 at 2.45pm - 3.15pm: SATs meeting PowerPoint
As we are preparing for SATs in school, some pupils might be feeling unnecessarily anxious for the tests. I wanted to provide some information from a local organisation Kooth on exam support if your child is worried.
5k Walk to raise money for St Catherine's Hospice
Year 6 are raising money for St Catherine's Hospice and we will completed a 5k to raise funds.
Please, if you are able, may you donate so we can help as many people as we can.
St Catherine’s cares for patients and families across Chorley, Preston and South Ribble who are affected by life-shortening conditions like cancer, motor neurone disease and heart failure.
Our specialised care is here to help people enjoy the best possible quality of life, to the end of life. We work with patients and their loved ones at the hospice and in their own homes to help them achieve what is important to them in the time they have.
We work creatively and collaboratively with other organisations, businesses, charities and local people to meet the needs of patients and their loved ones.
Our values are caring, compassionate and committed.
Here is the link: https://www.justgiving.com/page/st-aidans-church-of-england-primary-school-2?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=018
Thank you,
The year 6 team
Great first dodgeball session with Sam working on our invasion game skills and teamwork. Keep up the hard work!
Another wonderful maths lesson today for Mrs Hargreaves' group. We have been working hard on our counting skills. Mrs Hargreaves was really very proud of us.
Today we have worked exceptionally hard on our ‘Graveyard Book’ story. Listen to some of our fabulous writers and their oracy skills reading their work.
In Mrs Hargreaves' maths session this week we have continued our topic with Place Value. We have been partitioning 3 digit number in lots of different ways. Look out for more next week...
A huge thank you to these boys who took the lead in our RE session this week. They came and spoke to the class about their own experiences of the Hajj and became the experts in our lesson.
This morning we attended the Be Internet Legends assembly on Artificial Intelligence by Google. We even got a shoutout from the creators. Well done Year 6!
Art Day 1
- Experimenting with mark making
- Symbolic imagery from the Mayans
- Chiaroscuro techniques
- Planning our final designs
Year 6 Art - Day 1
DT Week - Tuesday
DT Week
This morning we have been using LEGO to make real life shelters working in our groups.
We have also been using Tinker CAD a computer aided design software to make our prototypes come to life. We have been able to evaluate our designs and make in the moment changes before producing our final models today and tomorrow.
DT Week: we are in our creative flow.
The final products
St Aidan's will always remember.
At St Aidan's we began the week remembering soldiers past and present. We had a special rememberance service held in church by our Year 6 pupils.
Thank you to all parents and members of our school community who were able to attend. A big thank you to Miss Cornall and Mrs Rey for putting together a beautiful service
Lest we forget
St Aidan's will always remember
Today we had a visit from two local PCSOs that came to talk to us about anti social behaviour. We discussed examples of ASB and how it effects the wider community.
Age Ratings for popular apps and games on digital devices! Please check the PEGI rating when buying games for your children or allowing them to download apps. #keepingchildrensafeonline #onlinesafety #ageratings
Our Be Internet Legends Day 2024 assembly.
We have been exploring the be internet legends interland web page yesterday. It was so much fun, we didn't even realise that we were learning about how to keep ourselves safe online.
A huge well done to year 6 for creating and presenting their online safety talks to our parents as community. We saw some great confidence and oracy and have definitely learnt a lot of new information about how to stay safe when going on the internet.
To finish online safety week we had a visit from our local PCSO’s who taught us about online safety and how the police can help keep us safe.
Prayer Experience Day. Well done year 6.
This morning we have joined Kooth’s well-being support webinar with other primary schools on Blackburn. We have been given lots of useful strategies to help up with our mental well-being.
Friday's snowball disco. All the children enjoyed themselves that much that we forgot to take pictures as we were too busy dancing!
Wow! What an amazing morning. Year 6 were lucky to have a visit from Sophie from Boohoo and learn all about the business and opportunities they have on offer. we learned about the company and where it all began. We also talked about the famous people who work with the company. Did you know they have warehouse that is bigger than 13 football pitches and a robot that organises the clothes using QR codes? Well done year 6 for great oracy skills that we were complimented on!
Boohoo visit Year 6!
This afternoon a firefighter joined us from Lancashire Fire Service to teach us all about Fire Safety. Ask your child what they have discussed today!
Our last gymnastic session with Blackburn Rovers.
A few snippets of year 6’s science show its.
Yesterday the children enjoyed their Christmas party!
A beautiful service held this morning by our Year 6 children and lead us into the Christmas holidays. Thank you to Miss Cornall and Mrs Rey for all your hard work in putting this together. Your hard work did not go unnoticed.
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS! Well done Hollie, Amelia and Fraser for being this week’s streetwalking stars.
How does a battery affect the brightness of a bulb? So us about of science experiment we conducted today using curriculums and components.
Year 6 Street Dancing
Today, we had an assembly with year 5 all about online safety and making good choices.
This week’s science experiment was to be able to investigate which components affect the bulb in a circuit.
Well done to our street-dancing stars this week! 23.1.25
Huge thanks to Blackburn Rovers for hosting an incredible Show Racism the Red Card day at Ewood Park that our Year 6 class attended! Over 70 children from six #PLPrimaryStars partner schools enjoyed a fantastic day filled with learning and fun.
The day included engaging workshops raising awareness about the impact of Hate Crime and Stereotype, a fascinating stadium tour, and exciting Multi-Sports activities at the BRIC. The children were thrilled to be joined by Blackburn Rovers players Adam Khan and Tom Atcheson, who chatted with them about what they learned and answered questions about racism and football.
A special thank you also to Show Racism the Red Card for their partnership in making this such a valuable and memorable experience for our pupils. This day has truly empowered them to show racism the red card!
#BRCTInclusion #BRCTEducation
Show Racism the Red Card day at Ewood Park.
Art lesson number 1! Exploring different drawing tools and creating a sketch page using different pencils (6B, 2B and HB), charcoal, masking tape and felt tips. Ask us about our ‘stippling’ techniques.
FABULOUS DANCING!
Well done on mastering your duo dances and bring it all together this week!
Throwback to our Keith Haring inspired artwork we completed on the last day of term for ‘Love Day’.
We LOVED our most recent class novel Skellig. Ask us all about it!
We had a jam packed afternoon in year 6. We have been using forwards and backwards sketching skills to draw still images. It was lovely to draw to some calm and relaxing music, helping us practice our mindfulness techniques.
In History, we have been studying chronology, creating timelines spanning 4,000 years of British and world history. We explored past civilisations and their contemporaneous existence, recognising chronology as a crucial skill for further development.
Throwback to our Everest exploration day where we became Everest explorers and visited base camp!
Year 6 are having a fabulous World Book Day!
A super busy morning for my maths group today. We have been counting in 3's. Test us at home please.
I am very proud of year 6 for their art work today. We completed a session on drawing still objects using three clear shapes. We used black, thick paint, diluted paint, thick brushes and thin brushes to create our fruit and vegetable paintings.
A sunny and proactive PE session with Sam working on a variety of skills today.
Using different sources to learn more about life before and during the Industrial Revolution.
Our RE lesson today all about the Easter story and other major world religions beliefs about who Jesus was.
Well done to our year 6 pupils!
They have written their own persuasive speeches, inspired by Greta Thunberg, to encourage everyone to help take better care of our Earth and reduce carbon emissions.
We have some great ambassadors in the making!
A fabulous, sunny trip to the park with year 6 this morning. Have a restful weekend everyone; you deserve it after this week!
My maths group have been practicing counting in 2’s, 4’s and 8’s. A message has been sent to you with some links for your child to use to help them with this. Please practice these at home.
This morning year 6 have been recapping their knowledge of capital cities, cities and rivers of the UK. We have used lots of resources and the atlas skills have been great!
Well done year 6! You have completed your 5k for St Catherine’s Hospice!
What an amazing time we have had this morning celebrating our ALWAYS treat. Well done to all of those who have earned their rights.
Here are photos of your children enjoying their end-of-year celebrations! Everyone had big smiles and full tummies. A huge thank you to the staff at The Foundry for their service today, and to Cath, our amazing cook, for the delicious cakes.
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