Year 6 2025 - 2026
Welcome to Superb Summer Term!
Your teachers will be Mrs Ashcroft, Mrs Walker and Mrs Gadbury. Can you guess which teacher is which photo?
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Mrs Ashcroft - 6A.homework@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk
Mrs Gadbury and Mrs Walker - 6GW.homework@pussbank.cheshire.sch.uk
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If you need to contact us, you can use the blue organiser, go via the office or drop us an email. We cannot be available for more than a quick verbal message on the playground in the mornings, as we need to be inside with the children as soon as possible, so if your query will need a longer conversation, please let us know and we will arrange a mutually convenient time to speak with you.
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What will we be learning in the Summer Term?
English
In English, the children will read a range of persuasive speeches before writing and performing their own. We will develop our gothic character and setting descriptions based upon Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Year 6 grammar and spelling teaching will be continued alongside this.
Maths
We are starting the term with geometry and will explore all aspects of shape, space and transformation. To prepare for the SATs, we will recap our previous learning focusing on fractions, decimals and percentages, and develop useful strategies to reason and solve a range of worded problems.
Science
The children will be investigating light. They will recognise that light travels in straight lines, and use this knowledge to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. They will also study the concepts of evolution and inheritance, making links to the Industrial Revolution.
History
In this curriculum area, we will be investigating the Industrial Revolution. Our sessions will be exploring the key question of ‘How the Industrial Revolution changed Britain and Macclesfield.’ We will be looking at the invention of the steam engine, and how the cotton industry was revolutionised by the invention of machinery.
French
This term, the children will engage in conversations using familiar vocabulary to ask and answer questions.
PSHE/RE
The children will learn about feelings and emotions with a particular focus on certain emotions - how they make us feel, how our bodies react and what we can do to support ourselves and those around us when we are feeling a certain way. They will also learn more about different faiths and beliefs.
ART
In Art, our focus will be on Gaudi and the children will create their own sculptures based on his ‘Chimneys’ artwork.
P.E.
This term we will be developing our skills in rounders and tennis.
6A - Monday and Thursday
6GW - Tuesday and Friday.
On these days only, the children should come to school in their PE Kit - white t-shirt, navy shorts or bottoms and school sweatshirt or cardigan (the only logos should be the school logo.) Earrings must not be worn for PE lessons. If your child cannot remove their own earrings (to be placed into a secure bag or tuppaware), earrings must be removed before school, please.
Homework
Homework will consolidate the work done in class in English and Maths. It will go home on a Friday and is due in the following Wednesday.
Year 6 Recommended Reading List