Year 6
Welcome to Year 6!
We, Mrs Noureddine, Mrs Feaver and Mrs Waters, are excited to be working with your child this year and supporting them during their final year at Meadowside. Throughout the year, children will build on their previous knowledge, develop new skills, and grow in confidence as independent learners as they prepare for their SATs and transition to secondary school.
What Will We Be Learning?
English
Children will develop their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through a range of engaging texts and activities. They will learn to write for different purposes and audiences while improving their spelling, grammar, and handwriting. Some of our units will include suspense and adventure stories, letters of complaint, and information texts. We are also looking forward to reading Street Child, Letters from the Lighthouse, and Holes.
Children will develop their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through a range of engaging texts and activities. They will learn to write for different purposes and audiences while improving their spelling, grammar, and handwriting. Some of our units will include suspense and adventure stories, letters of complaint, and information texts. We are also looking forward to reading Street Child, Letters from the Lighthouse, and Holes.
Mathematics
Children will build their confidence in number, calculation, reasoning, and problem-solving. They will also explore topics such as measurement, geometry, statistics, and fractions. We follow the White Rose Maths scheme. Should you wish to see which topics we are learning each term, please visit their website.
Children will build their confidence in number, calculation, reasoning, and problem-solving. They will also explore topics such as measurement, geometry, statistics, and fractions. We follow the White Rose Maths scheme. Should you wish to see which topics we are learning each term, please visit their website.
Science
Through practical investigations and enquiry-based learning, children will develop their understanding of the world around them and learn to think like scientists. This year, we will study classification, evolution, the human body, electricity, and light.
Through practical investigations and enquiry-based learning, children will develop their understanding of the world around them and learn to think like scientists. This year, we will study classification, evolution, the human body, electricity, and light.
Foundation Subjects
Children will study a variety of subjects throughout the year, including:
- History – Census and WWII
- Geography – Population and where energy comes from
- Art and Design – Expression, photography, and watercolour
- Design Technology – Textiles, structures, and the digital world
- Computing – Including blogging, coding, and spreadsheets
- Music
- Physical Education (PE) – Including swimming
- Religion and Worldviews (RW)
- Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) – Including Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
Important Information for Parents
Please view our Need to Know document below to find out about PE days, homework, and other helpful information. You can also view our knowledge organisers to find out what we will be learning in each unit of history, geography, and science.
Supporting Learning at Home
Parents and carers play an important role in supporting children's learning. You can help by:
Reading
Read with your child regularly, discuss books, ask questions about what they have read, and encourage a love of reading through visits to the library.
Read with your child regularly, discuss books, ask questions about what they have read, and encourage a love of reading through visits to the library.
Mathematics
Practise number facts and times tables. Use everyday opportunities to apply maths, such as shopping, cooking, and telling the time. Encourage your child to practise arithmetic questions involving the four operations, including fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Practise number facts and times tables. Use everyday opportunities to apply maths, such as shopping, cooking, and telling the time. Encourage your child to practise arithmetic questions involving the four operations, including fractions, decimals, and percentages.
SATs
Past SATs papers can be found online. There is also a range of CGP revision books available that can provide additional preparation for test-style questions in reading, mathematics, and grammar.
Past SATs papers can be found online. There is also a range of CGP revision books available that can provide additional preparation for test-style questions in reading, mathematics, and grammar.
General Support
Talk positively about school and learning. Encourage curiosity and questioning. Celebrate effort as well as achievement, and show an interest in your child's learning.
Talk positively about school and learning. Encourage curiosity and questioning. Celebrate effort as well as achievement, and show an interest in your child's learning.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at year6@meadowsideprimary.org
Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to a wonderful and successful year together!
Long Term Plan
Need to Know
Knowledge Organisers
Y6 Geography Knowledge Organiser - Autumn Term 2026
Y6 History Knowledge Organiser - Autumn Term 2026
