Year 6 2019 - 2020

Welcome to year 6!

Welcome to a new and exciting school year for the Year 6 students - their final year at St. Ambrose.

We've got lots of enjoyable learning to do this year. This page will be updated throughout the year with key information as well as celebrating the learning and achievements of your child's journey in year 6.

Important Dates

Thursday 26th September 2:45 - Y6 Rights of the child assembly

Monday 11th November 2:45 - Year 6 Remembrance Day Gospel Assembly

Monday 11th June 2020 - SATs week

Wednesday 10th June - Friday 12th June - Ghyll Head trip

Meet the Teachers Meeting

Please find the powerpoint from September's Meet the Teacher presentation.

Spellings

In Year 6 you are expected to know all the spellings for Key Stage 2 (Y3-6). These can be found below.

Year 3 and 4 word list

Year 5 and 6 word list

Weekly spellings will be sent home every Thursday and will be tested the following Tuesday. Please practise daily with your child.

Share in Our Learning

Please find the Share in our Learning letter for Autumn 1

Websites

Here are some websites that will be useful for your child throughout their learning each half term.

• https://mybookblog.org/plogin/st-ambrose-rc-primar/ - My Book Blog (all children have their passwords in their reading records)
• https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stambrosem21
• www.satspapers.org
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/  - Maths, English, Science
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z87tn39  - Greeks
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/ztyr9j6  - Vikings
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Books

Here are some texts that will be linked to our topics this year:

• Beowulf, Kensuke's Kingdom and Why the whales came by Michael Morpurgo
• 'Wonder' by R J Palacio
• The Highway man by Alfred Noyes
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Draywalt

More recommended books for year 6 age can be found at https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-for-year-6-pupils-ks2-age-10-11/