Welcome to Year 6
Mr James
Class Teacher
Mrs Cook
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Handy
Teaching Assistant
If you need to contact a member of the Y6 team, please get in touch via the office by emailing office@springhillacademy.co.uk.
SATs Week - May 2025
All Y6 children need to be in school for SATs week. In 2025, Year 6 SATs week will take place on the week beginning Monday 12th May. The SATs tests will take place throughout the week, starting on Monday 12th and ending on Thursday 15th May. Please ensure that you don't book any holidays/appointments during this time.
Key information
Every day children will need to bring:
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Reading diaries and books
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Water bottles
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Healthy snack (e.g. fruit, cereal bar, cheese)
PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays.
Please use this link to see our yearly overview of learning
Please use this link to see our Autumn 1 Home/ School Overview
Homework will be given out on a Friday and should be completed by the following Wednesday. Homework consists of English and maths activities. Homework should be completed on on SATS companion. In addition to this, children are expected to have read at home 3 times each week and have this signed by an adult in their diary.
Weekly spellings are given out on paper, new spellings are given out on a Friday and will be tested on the following Friday.
Summer 1
Full Steam Ahead!
Synopsis: Children use the stimulus of railways and railway journeys to explore the topography of the UK. They may choose to read The Railway Children to explore classic literary heritage. Using the language and features of this classic text or similar, children create their own narrative, interweaving character, setting and plot. They could also write a recount of a train journey.
Spring 2
Secrets of the Sarcophagus
Synopsis: Children carry out an in-depth study of Ancient Egyptian mummification and the burial ritual. They focus on Howard Carter, the archaeologist, and the discovery of Tutankhamun. They use this understanding to write an explanation text and a first-person account of the discovery. The children will also write a winter poem using figurative language.
In History, children sift and weigh evidence to support/refute historical claims.
In D&T, children create an educational product (sarcophagus) focusing on functionality and aesthetics.