Welcome to our Year 6 page
Here you will find the latest updates, information about what we are learning and resources to support the learning of our children.
Please do not hesitate to contact us via email at:
info@belle-vue.dudley.sch.uk
or leave a message with the office on 01384 389900 if you have any questions.
Parent meetings summer 25
Tuesday 29th April - parents evening
Thursday 1st May - parents evening
Parent meeting PowerPoint
Mrs V Hopkins
Year 6 Class Teacher
English Lead Teacher
Miss I Hackett
Y6 class teacher
Mrs Fisher
Teaching assistant
Mrs White
Teaching assistant
This is an overview of events throughout the year. All of these dates are provisional and may be subject to change. Further details about the events will be sent out nearer the time.
Key Dates
Thursday 8th May - Festival-themed disco
Monday 12th May - Thursday 15th May - Y6 SATs
Friday 23rd May - last day of term
Monday 26th - Friday 30th May - half term
Monday 2nd June - term starts
Wednesday 18th June - transition time for new classes (Y1-5)
Friday 20th June - KS1 & 2 Sports Day
Monday 30th June - secondary transition week
Wednesday 2nd July - transition afternoon (Y1-5)
Wednesday 9th July - Y6 show performances 2pm & 6pm
Thursday 10th July - Y6 show performance 6pm
Friday 11th July - Y6 trip
Monday 14th July - open evening
Tuesday 15th July - Y6 Leavers' festival
Thursday 17th - Leavers' celebration assembly
Friday 18th July - last day of term
Current Term
Reading
Writing
Maths
Cogheart is our current class novel. This is read daily.
In addition, we use a variety of short extracts linked to the wider curriculum in reading lessons to develop fluency and to build background knowledge and vocabulary.
In the summer term, we will continue to work on developing sentence structure and the ability to select and combine sentences to create effective longer pieces. After a focus on non-fiction during the spring term, we will now return to narrative, looking at how to use dialogue effectively.
Following a focus on number and calculation in the spring term, we will undertake work on shape and statistics in the summer term.
Science
Art
Geography
Music
Biology - reproduction
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British geographical problems
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RE
History
P.E.
Our school day
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Morning
Handwriting-Mathematics-Assembly-Breaktime-Spelling-Reading-Writing
Lunch
Foundation subjects -Class novel
Home-time
Spellings
- We have a phonics-based approach to spelling in KS2
- Children are taught a phoneme (sound) and then we focus on some of the different graphemes (letters) that represent that phoneme.
- Over the course of the week, children learn how to spell a set amount of words that include that phoneme
Spelling words 5.5.25 'sh' sound
| explanation | pronunciation | confidential |
| essential | partial | adaptation |
| social | ambitious | beneficial |
| misshapen | foolishness | chef |
Spelling words 19.5.25 onwards - focus on Y5/6 statutory word list - see below
Department for Education's statutory spelling list for Y5 & 6
Handwriting
- We use the handwriting scheme 'Letter Join'. Handwriting is taught daily and children have chance to practise the letters/joins.
- We expect children to use and implement the letters/joins they have learnt in handwriting in all their independent writing.
At home tablet log-in for Letter-join
username: qr0470
swipe code: capital 'L' shape starting at top left
At home PC log-in for Letter-join
username: qr0470
password: home
Communication Platforms
Key messages for parents will be communicated by the school office via School Life App.
- Copies of letters are sent out to parents via emails and uploaded to the school website.
- Key dates are published on our website (Academic Diary Dates)
- Google Form links that cannot be shared publicly for safeguarding reasons will be emailed to families.
- Newsletters will be issued every fortnight and available on the School Life app and uploaded to the website.
Forest School
Both Y6 classes will have one PE slot on Monday mornings and a 2nd slot on Friday afternoons.
Long hair must be tied back for these sessions.
Earrings should be removed before these sessions. If this is not possible, earrings must be covered with plasters. Children must remove their own earrings/put on their own plasters.
How parents can best support their child's learning
Daily reading - independently or aloud to you - this is still useful even in Y6!
Times tables practice
Spelling practice
Handwriting practice
Encouraging independence - P.E kit, letters etc
Homework
