Year 6
Welcome to our Year 6 class page. Below you can find out about some of the exciting things we have been doing in Year 6 as well as keep up to date with all of the relevant information.
Year 6 are taught by their class teacher, Mr Wylde, as well as Mrs Spacey the class teaching assistant. Mrs Spacey teaches during Mr Wylde’s release time on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Miss Mallinson takes us for our music lesson on Friday morning.
In Year 6 at The Willows, our children grow as independent and self-confident learners who are ready to tackle new challenges as they prepare for high school. We firmly believe in engaging and cross curricular learning here in Year 6 and as you will tell from the posts below!
This term’s Stars!
Now that we are allowed to have assemblies together again, we have restarted our Star Award Assembly on Friday morning. This is a very special assembly where Mr. Sharrock tells us how amazing one of our friends has been this week – our parents are even allowed to come! Well done to all of our recent Star Award winners.
Things to know about…
Year 6 is a very busy year, ultimately preparing the children for their next step in education – high school. There is an awful lot for the children to look forward to in Year 6, but we do have high expecatations for our school’s oldest children – with regards to attitude, behaviour and homework.
Role models: In Year 6, our children set the standard for all other children in the school. The Year 6 children will all have a Reception Buddy, who they mentor and support throughout the year. On top of this, the Year 6 children will have positions of responsibility around school and monitor jobs within the classroom to promote independence, leadership, organisation and communication.
Homework: The Year 6 children will receive English and maths homework to complete on Seesaw every week. Homework will be set on Friday and will be submitted via Seesaw by the following Friday.
Reading: It is the expectation that Year 6 children read every night, without fail. I cannot express just how important daily reading is at home to develop the children’s reading speed and reading fluency. The children will pick books from our extensive class library which is packed with high interest books linking to our topics. Reading diaries must be signed daily to show home reading, though by Year 6 we trust the children to do this themselves.
Year 6’s Latest News
Year 6’s World Book Day
The children were excited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. We've enjoyed playing World Book Day quizzes, Book Cover Orienteering and book themed maths! We loved doing the Orienteering with our buddies too!
School Reading Stars Spring 1
To continue promoting a love of reading and celebrate reading success stories, we are selecting one child from each class, each half term, to be our Reading Stars. As well as being applauded in assembly for their efforts and enthusiasm towards reading both at school...
Year 6 Food Technology
This half term, Year 6's Design Technology project has been based around Food. The children have been learning about how makes a healthy diet and the different food groups. The children were tasked with researching packed lunches and how they can be improved to make...
Year 6 in the SNOW!!!
On Tuesday, Year 6 made the most of the snow, given the Fylde coast doesn't get it very often. We had lots of fun sledging, having snowball fights and building snowmen. Have a look at the photos below to see how much fun we had.
Year 6 Festive Book Swap
On Tuesday 19th December, we held a festive book swap across school called ‘Books around the tree’. Unused or unwanted books that families had at home were repurposed and rehomed as the books were laid around the hall and one class at a time, the children came in to...
Year 6 Survival Day
Towards the end of this half term, Year 6 went outside and had to 'survive' for the day. Drawing on all the learning from this half term, the children built their own shelters, collected firewood, built and maintained their own fire and then cooked their tea on their...
KS2 Christmas Disco
One of our final Christmas events was the PTFA Christmas Disco. Open to all children from KS2, the children enjoyed lots of Christmas classics and danced to their hearts content.
Year 5/6 Carr Hill Dodgeball Success!
Taking place over two consecutive Tuesday afternoons, a team of Year 5 and 6 children took part in the Carr Hill Dodgeball Competition against other schools from the area. The children won 6 out of 9 matches over the two meetings, finishing in third place out of the...
Krzysztof beat leukemia!
Many of you will know, Krzysztof has been receiving treatment for leukemia for a number of years now. During half term, he rang the bell at Manchester Children's Hospital marking the end of his treatment. This afternoon, to help Krzysztof celebrate, Year 6 had a...
Year 6 trip to IWM North
On Thursday, Year 6 travelled to Manchester to visit the Imperial War Museum as our topics this term have been centred around WW1 and WW2. Despite the lengthy train delays, we had an excellent day.
Year 6 lead Remembrance Sunday Prayer and Liturgy!
Year 6 led a moving assembly on Remembrance Sunday, paying tribute to the courageous servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Held in the school hall on Thursday, the liturgy aimed to educate and inspire their fellow students about the...
Year 5 and 6 Dodgeball
Year 5 and 6 took part in some heated Dodgeball games for our whole school competition. There were balls flying everywhere as the children did some amazing ducking and weaving to avoid being hit.
Autumn 1 Star Readers
To continue promoting a love of reading at The Willows, each half term teachers from each class will be awarding a Star Reader. This is an award to celebrate enthusiasm and commitment towards reading both in school and at home. Each child was awarded with a bookmark...
Our Positions of Responsibility
This week, our Year 6 children gave their speeches to apply for the position of Head Boy and Head Girl. At The Willows, we strongly believe all the children in Year 6 have the capability of being our Head Boy or Head Girl. Since the start of term, Year 6 have been...
