Year 6 is a very special year and one that is action-packed from start to finish. Highlights include our annual residential visit to Windmill Hill at the end of the year, where the children develop their team-building skills. The children learn to zip-wire, climb, problem-solve, raft-build, orienteer and then sleep!

We love investigative mathematics and use real-life contexts through which to further develop the children’s knowledge and understanding. As part of our Maya topic, the children explore the Maya number system and use it to spot patterns and solve problems.

The autumn term is very much focused on our topic of the Maya. In writing, we study the text Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick, where we write letters, suspense stories and newspaper reports. We also write an essay linked to our learning about the Maya, drawing on our history knowledge to inform and enrich our English work.

In PSHE Education, the children develop the skills needed to keep themselves safe and confident as they prepare for secondary school and the wider world. We learn about new beginnings, money management (which links closely to our maths curriculum) and getting on and falling out. We also take part in key awareness days, such as anti-racism work during Wear Red Day and activities for Anti-Bullying Week.

In the final term, it is time for the children to take to the stage to rehearse and produce their end-of-year show as they prepare to say a fond farewell to friends and school staff that they know and have learned to trust.

We gather together for a last goodbye in the final week of term for our very emotional leavers’ assembly.

Not a dry eye in the building!