Year 6 update

This page is updated every two weeks - W/C 8th January 2026

Message from the teachers

Dear Parents/Carers,

Happy new year! We hope you all had a great Christmas holiday. The children have returned to school revived and raring to go! Both classes are very eager to learn about the new history topic, World War 2, and have enjoyed the different experiments we have conducted in science. Thank you for encouraging your children to write facts about their own lives for the autobiographies; we are looking forward to writing these next week.

Have a lovely weekend,

Team Year 6 (Mrs Singfield/Mrs Smyllie/Mrs Gardner and Ms Deluga)

A message from Mrs Steninger:

We are delighted to be supporting the NSPCC by taking part in Number Day on Thursday 5th February 2026.

Everything the NSPCC does protects children today and prevents abuse tomorrow.

NSPCC Number Day makes maths meaningful and is a great way to make numbers fun and bring about a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude towards mathematics.

We will be taking on Buddy’s Key Challenge in our classes to help raise vital funds for the NSPCC.
We will be working to solve exciting maths puzzles in our classes, against the clock with Buddy, the Speak out. Stay safe mascot.
We will be having a fun day of maths activities, and we will be taking part in Dress up for Digits. Pupils are asked to wear an item of clothing with a number on it (sports top, football, rugby, netball, hockey shirt or cap). Or get even more creative and become a human calculator, dice or domino by dressing in a maths or numbers theme. To help raise money for the NSPCC, we are asking for donations, and we’d love everyone in the school to take part in this special event.

An update from the classroom and the teaching and learning taking place

Homework

Reading

4 times a week for at least 20mins once out loud.

Due 16th January 2026

Maths

Expected standard addition and subtraction pages 11 & 12

The higher score roman numerals and addition and subtraction pages 7 & 8

SPAG

Expected standard Adjectives page 7

The higher score Adjectives page 7

Reading

Expected standard Beamish, living museum of the North pages 24 &25

The higher score The Anne Frank Exhibition pages 24 &25

Due 23rd January 2026

Maths

Expected standard negative numbers and multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 pages 11 & 12

The higher score multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 and order of operations pages 13 & 17

SPAG

Expected standard Verbs and Adverbs pages 8 & 9

The higher score Adverbs and Adverbials pages 8 & 10

Reading

Expected standard A simmer in my dreams pages 44 & 45

The higher score The life of Adrian Henri pages 42 & 43

Spellings Link

Coming up over the next few weeks…

Literacy – Autobiography and biography

Maths – Decimals– White Rose

Science – Evolution

History- World War 2

PE with Mr Vivian – Gymnastics

Art – drawing

DT – playgrounds

Music with Miss Camara – Songs from World War 2

RE with Mrs Smyllie – Humanism

PSHE Miss Wilkins- Health and wellbeing

Enrichment with Mrs Singfield – Grammar and Reading

French with Mrs Smyllie – Quelle heure est-il ? What Time Is It?

Standing information

Beyond the classroom – Trips and visits

To Be Confirmed

Curriculum Day

To Be Confirmed

PE Days (wear PE kit to school) Thursday and Friday(6KS) (dance with Charlotte

Website information

Remember to check out our website page for more information https://www.hollymount.org/Year-6-16092023201227/

Our website also includes all curriculum information so you can find out what your child is learning https://www.hollymount.org/Our-Curriculum/ and has advice for support positive mental health https://www.hollymount.org/Mental-Health-and-Wellbeing/