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 autumn 25
Thursday 18th September - Y6 parents meeting 3:05pm
Tuesday 14th and Thursday 16th October parents evening
Parent meeting PowerPoint
Mrs V Hopkins
Year 6 Class Teacher
English Lead Teacher
Mr M Tipper
Y6 class teacher
Mrs Fisher
Teaching assistant
Mrs Northall
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
Current Term
Reading
Writing
Maths
Skellig is our current class novel. This is read daily and is also the basis of some reading lessons.
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 autumn term, we will work on developing sentence structure and the ability to select and combine sentences to create effective longer pieces. We will be using these skills in both fiction and non-fiction pieces.
We begin the year with a focus on place value before moving on to look at the four operations and fractions.
Science
Art
History
Music
Biology - the circulatory system
Renaissance architecture and sculpture
World War I
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RE
PSHE
P.E.
Our school day
Love and Forgiveness.
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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
