Year 6
Teachers: Miss McCarthy and Mrs Smith
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Taylor, Mr Scofano, Mrs Holman, Miss Martin, Mrs Amey, Mrs Mathieson and Mrs Martin
Autumn 2025
Welcome back to another busy, exciting and challenging term at Great Dunmow Primary School. This information booklet has been put together to keep all parents and carers fully informed of what their children will experience this term.
English
In English, Year 6 will be linking their writing to our class book ‘Holes’. We will be focusing on choosing tools and language for effect and ensuring the children understand how to engage a reader. During our English lessons, we will be writing a range of fiction and non-fiction texts, including narratives, newspapers, fact files and letters. In grammar sessions, the children will be learning how to identify different word classes and unpick sentences to understand clause structure and use of different phrases. Each week, the children will have spelling sessions to learn a variety of spelling rules and how to apply them.
Maths
In Maths, we begin the year by recapping place value and understanding the number system. They will learn and apply a variety of arithmetic skills which will be tested each Friday. The children will look at a variety of question types and styles to ensure their knowledge is truly embedded. They will end the term by looking at fractions, making links to their number knowledge.
Spanish
In Spanish, the children will learn about sports and how to express their opinions.
General Information
P.E.
Please make sure that children come to school with all the relevant P.E equipment: shorts, t-shirt and appropriate footwear for indoor activities and a tracksuit and trainers for outdoor PE. No jewellery is to be worn at any time during PE sessions and long hair needs to be tied back. Children will not be permitted to borrow kit from other children.
Please let us know if your child is unable to partake in any PE lesson.
In addition, please ensure your child has a water bottle in class.
P.E days are as follows for both classes:
- Tuesday (indoor)
- Thursday (outdoor)
Homework
Both classes will be given the following homework:
● Reading – Children need to be reading regularly at home, including out loud to someone to help with their fluency. It is incredibly beneficial for children to have a more advanced text read to them by an adult for enjoyment and to expose them to more advanced vocabulary. We may set a comprehension-based task for homework on occasion too.
● Maths – Questions based on work completed during the week. If you would like to help your child further at home, please practise their times tables, telling the time with an analogue clock and using money in practical situations. This will be set on Sats Companion.
● GPS - A mixture of the grammar/punctuation from the week. This will be set on Sats Companion.
● Spelling – Spelling rules/patterns linked to learning from the week. These will be in the format of ‘Spelling Shed’ which is the spelling scheme that is followed throughout the school.
Homework will be set on Wednesday and due to be handed in by the end of Wednesday the following week. Children should complete their work independently as it will all be revision from the week’s work or things previously covered. If they need any support, they should see us before it is due so that we have the opportunity to help them with it. Homework will be set using SATs Companion the majority of the time, occasionally it may be on Google Classroom.
The pupils need to ensure that they have their reading book and diary with them in school each day. The class teacher will hear them read at least once every three weeks on a 1:1 basis and the class LSAs will
also hear them read regularly.
Upcoming Events in Year 6
Tuesday 9th September – Meet the teacher
Thursday 18th September – Residential meeting
Tuesday 30th September– Sycamore Tree class assembly
Wednesday 1st October – Oak Tree class assembly
Friday 31st October – Closing date for Year 7 applications
Tuesday 25th November - Strictly Come Dancing
Friday 12th December - EYFS and Year 6 Performance
If you have any further questions and wish to speak to us, please do not hesitate to make an appointment through the school office or send us a message on Dojo.
Many thanks,
Miss McCarthy & Mrs Smith