Y6 Newsletters
St Mary’s Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy
Year 6
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back to school and we hope you have all had a fantastic summer. We are very pleased with how well the children have settled in Year 6 and we are looking forward to working with them for this final and important year of their time at primary school. Throughout this term, we will continue to promote the school values in all that we do (kindness, responsibility, respect, commitment, appreciation, honesty and resilience).
You will find a curriculum map of the main activities for this term on the back of this page. Children will also be encouraged to take on additional responsibilities this year and to develop greater independence in preparation for secondary school and beyond. Your child should already have their new personal organiser so please take some time to familiarise yourself with their diary and feel free to use the diary for sending messages to school. It is important that you continue to listen to your child read as much as possible and encourage them to record this in their organisers. We will reward children who consistently read at home, so signing your child's organiser helps to make sure they get the recognition they deserve.
As well as reading with your child, please encourage them to practise times tables for 5 minutes each day. The national expectation is that they should already know all of the tables up to 12 times 12. It is important that your child works daily on all multiplication and division facts, if they do not know them, so that this does not hold them back in other areas of maths. Homework will usually be given out on a Friday and collected in on the following Friday. As well as this, spellings will also be given out weekly on a Monday and tested the following Monday.
P.E. will take place on Wednesdays with Mrs North and Fridays with Miss Bee for the first half term. However, we may also do additional P.E sessions throughout the week, so please ensure your child’s P.E kit is kept in school at all times. In order for your child to remain hydrated during the school day, please note that they will need to come to school with their own water bottle (already filled) each day.
We have planned a number of exciting enrichment opportunities for this term including: Safety Zone, Private Parson WWI visitor and WWI Film Night. Due to shrinking school budgets, we are unable to subsidise these experiences as we have done previously. We appreciate your cooperation with supporting your child’s education and we will continue to choose activities carefully to ensure quality and value for money.
If you have any questions or comments, or would like to help out with anything we are doing in school, then please feel free to come and speak to us.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Caine, Ms O’Neill and Mrs Myles
Dates to note:
Raising Aspirations assemblies led by Nottingham University – Tuesday 11th, 18th & 25th September
Black History Week w/c22nd October
Parents’ evening – Wednesday 24th October
Last day in school before half term – Thursday 25th October
INSET day (school closed) – Friday 26th October
Judaism Week - w/c 5th November
Anti-bullying Week - w/c 12th November
Odd Sock Day (for anti-bullying week) - Monday 12th November
Advent Reflection Day – Monday 3rd December
KS2 Christmas Performance – Friday 14th December
Christmas Jumper Day – Wednesday 19th December
Year 6
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back to school and we hope you have all had a fantastic summer. We are very pleased with how well the children have settled in Year 6 and we are looking forward to working with them for this final and important year of their time at primary school. Throughout this term, we will continue to promote the school values in all that we do (kindness, responsibility, respect, commitment, appreciation, honesty and resilience).
You will find a curriculum map of the main activities for this term on the back of this page. Children will also be encouraged to take on additional responsibilities this year and to develop greater independence in preparation for secondary school and beyond. Your child should already have their new personal organiser so please take some time to familiarise yourself with their diary and feel free to use the diary for sending messages to school. It is important that you continue to listen to your child read as much as possible and encourage them to record this in their organisers. We will reward children who consistently read at home, so signing your child's organiser helps to make sure they get the recognition they deserve.
As well as reading with your child, please encourage them to practise times tables for 5 minutes each day. The national expectation is that they should already know all of the tables up to 12 times 12. It is important that your child works daily on all multiplication and division facts, if they do not know them, so that this does not hold them back in other areas of maths. Homework will usually be given out on a Friday and collected in on the following Friday. As well as this, spellings will also be given out weekly on a Monday and tested the following Monday.
P.E. will take place on Wednesdays with Mrs North and Fridays with Miss Bee for the first half term. However, we may also do additional P.E sessions throughout the week, so please ensure your child’s P.E kit is kept in school at all times. In order for your child to remain hydrated during the school day, please note that they will need to come to school with their own water bottle (already filled) each day.
We have planned a number of exciting enrichment opportunities for this term including: Safety Zone, Private Parson WWI visitor and WWI Film Night. Due to shrinking school budgets, we are unable to subsidise these experiences as we have done previously. We appreciate your cooperation with supporting your child’s education and we will continue to choose activities carefully to ensure quality and value for money.
If you have any questions or comments, or would like to help out with anything we are doing in school, then please feel free to come and speak to us.
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Caine, Ms O’Neill and Mrs Myles
Dates to note:
Raising Aspirations assemblies led by Nottingham University – Tuesday 11th, 18th & 25th September
Black History Week w/c22nd October
Parents’ evening – Wednesday 24th October
Last day in school before half term – Thursday 25th October
INSET day (school closed) – Friday 26th October
Judaism Week - w/c 5th November
Anti-bullying Week - w/c 12th November
Odd Sock Day (for anti-bullying week) - Monday 12th November
Advent Reflection Day – Monday 3rd December
KS2 Christmas Performance – Friday 14th December
Christmas Jumper Day – Wednesday 19th December
