Year 6
Welcome to our Year 6 page!
We are so glad that you are joining us in our learning adventure this year.
On this page you will find everything you need to know about what we have done and achieved, what we are currently doing and where our journey is taking us next.
Year 6 are taught together in Wrens by Mrs Cronshaw, supported by Mrs Esson.
Key Information
Homework
Homework will normally be set on a Friday and will be expected to be returned by the following Wednesday.
Spellings will be given on a Friday and taught throughout the week, with a test on the following Friday.
Reading
We are very enthusiastic about reading at St. Leonard's and we encourage the children to read in school as well as at home. We are lucky to have a wide selection of exciting and engaging children's literature in our classroom and there are books for everyone. Children will be also be able to access our school library to select a book for their reading pleasure.
As well as becoming fluent readers, it is important that children's comprehension and understanding of texts is developed too - it would be wonderful if children could share their books at home and discuss what they are reading with parents and carers.
Labels
There will inevitably be times when children mislay an item of uniform - it is much easier to reunite uniform with the rightful owner if everything is named. Please ensure that all clothing and shoes are labelled to avoid items becoming lost.
PE
In Spring 1, Wrens PE days is TUESDAY and FRIDAY.
Swimming lessons will also take place on Fridays. Details to follow.
Children should come to school dressed in their PE kit.
Dates for your diary
We have many exciting events taking place this year, so here are important events taking place in the Autumn Term (this will be updated if any new events occur):
Monday 23rd September - Individual Photographs
Monday 3rd October - Learning Engagement Session at 3pm
This will be at 3.00pm in Wrens classroom and will give parents and carers the opportunity to celebrate children's learning with them and find out what they have been learning in the term so far.
Thursday 28th November - Panto!
All of KS2 will be attending Jack and the Beanstalk at the Empire Theatre, Blackburn for the morning - oh yes we are!
Year Group Trips
We have planned great experiences for our year group that we are sure they will gain much from.
Autumn
As mentioned above, all of KS2 will be attending Jack and the Beanstalk at the Empire Theatre, Blackburn for the morning.
Thursday 17th October
To support our learning in History on World War II, Year 6 will be visiting the Manchester Jewish Museum and the Manchester Imperial War Museum. A letter has been sent home with all the details.
Friday 13th December
Year 6 and the school choir will have the fabulous experience of singing carols as they lead the lunchtime carol service at Blackburn Cathedral. All parents and carers are warmly invited to support the children - details to be confirmed nearer the time.
Spring
Friday 7th February
Year 6 will be singing at the Young Voices concert at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester.
Summer
June 30th - July 2nd
Residential Trip to Robinwood Activity Centre
Young Voices Concert 2025
Young Voices 2025 at Co-op Live, Manchester, Friday 7th February 2025.
Important: Music Room invitation for ordering tickets and T-shirts.
This year we are delighted to offer our year 6 pupils the opportunity to take part in the Young Voices concert at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester.
Parents, carers, family and friends are all welcome to purchase tickets to come and watch this amazing concert. Tickets are on sale only from the Young Voices website and we are told that they sell out very quickly. We advise you to buy your tickets as soon as possible.
Below is a link to join the Young Voices Music Room. Children are able to use this link to practise the songs at home.
Class Timetable
Timetables are created for each half term and ensure that we provide the coverage and time allocation for each subject.
We adhere to these timetables unless there is an exciting reason not to such as a trip or visitor.
Year 6 Curriculum Overview
Curriculum Overviews are written as a whole school to ensure that all pupils gain the breadth and depth of knowldgew which the National Curriculum requires.
Homework for the Week
Friday 17th January
Reading - Battle of Hastings comprehension
Maths - Dividing decimals by 10, 100 or 1000
Spellings:
official
social
crucial
antisocial
facial
beneficial
racial
artificial
special
superficial
What have we been doing in class this week?
Friday 17th January
This week in English we have looked at passive and active voice as well as the subjunctive form. We then used formal language to write a letter protesting about the closure of the giant's garden. We have continued 'The Hobbit' and enjoyed reading about Bilbo and Gollum's riddle battle. In Maths, we have continued to focus on percentages and decimals. We enjoyed learning about Henry VIII and his many wives in our history lesson. Our science lesson was all about the digestive system and how our body gets nutrients from our food. In RE, we studied the story of Exodus and the journey to the promised land. Art was all about noses this week as we found out how to accurately draw a nose on our self portrait.
Friday 10th January
We have had an extremely busy first week back in Wrens. In maths, we have begun work on decimals and percentages. We have begun reading our new class 'The Hobbit' and we are keen to find out more about Bilbo's adventure. In English, we have begun to look at 'The Selfish Giant' by Oscar Wilde and we wrote beautiful descriptive poems about English gardens. Science involved finding out about the composition of blood and in history we learned about William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings. Our new RE topic is The Exodus and we began this week by considering significant world events throughout history. Finally, in art we drew some amazingly realistic eyes and we learned about the proportions of the face.
Friday 20th December
We have rounded off the Autumn term by producing a Christmas Video for you all to enjoy. It can be viewed on the school Facebook page or the main page of this website. We have particularly enjoyed reading Christmas short stories in guided reading and writing festive DADWAVERS sentences in English. We also enjoyed solving some tricky festive maths challenges. In science we completed our unit on light by looking at refraction. In geography we compared and contrasted the three areas we have studied this half term: The Tatra Mountains in Poland, the Blue Mountains in Jamaica and the Lake District.
Friday 13th December
We have had an incredibly busy week in Wrens. In English, we have written letters home from the trenches giving a first hand account of the Christmas Truce. We watched a Sainsbury's Christmas advert 'Christmas is for Sharing' to help up imagine the events fully. We have also read some Christmas short stories in guided reading. In maths, we have been consolidating our long division and multiplication knowledge. Today, we were very excited to finally perform our Christmas concert at Blackburn Cathedral. We hope any of you that came to watch enjoyed our singing. We have also been working on a special Christmas project. All will be revealed next week!
Friday 6th December
Rehearsals are well under way for our lunch time carol concert at the Cathedral and we would like to welcome everyone to come and watch at 1pm. This week we have continued to work hard, completing a full set of practice SATS papers. We have also started to look at a short story entitled 'Balaclava' in guided reading. In science, we looked at colour filters and how the eye sees different colours according tho the pigment of the material. In Geography, we found out about the Blue mountains in Jamaica. In RE we reflected on Advent as a season of hope and wrote about our own hopes and dreams for the future. We celebrated Victorian Day on Friday by writing on easels, reading about workhouses and making Victorian Christmas Crackers.
Friday 29th November
In Wrens this week we have been beginning our Christmas preparations. Rehearsals are well under way for our Carol Concert at Blackburn Cathedral in two weeks. In RE, we focussed on Mary's visit by the Angel Gabriel and considered her feelings when she was told she was chosen to be the mother of God. In English, we wrote non-chronological reports about endangered species. We have learned to multiply fractions in maths and in science we conducted an experiment to see which materials are the best at reflecting light. In Geography, we found out about the Tatra mountains in Poland and the flora and fauna of the region. We finished our week working on a creative Christmas project.
Friday 22nd November
What a busy and productive week we have had in Wrens! We were excited to read the conclusion to 'Armistice Runner' and we have very much enjoyed this story set both in the battlefields of WW1 and the Cumbrian fells. In Geography, we began to learn about Poland and compared it to the United Kingdom. We also thought about the advantages and disadvantages of mountainous borders. We thought about the role of John The Baptist in RE and reflected on what his message would be in today's world. In maths, we have continued our fractions focus, learning to add and subtract mixed numbers. In English, we wrote an information leaflet about Kakapo birds from New Zealand. We have also conducted an investigation in science to find out how we could use two mirrors to see a picture on our own back and learned about how light and images are reflected.
Friday 15th November
This week in English, we have written paragraphs and sentences about endangered animals(tigers and rhinos), adding extra information using parenthesis. Our class novel is reaching a climax as the main character faces a moral dilemma at the end of the war. Should he kill the young German soldier? In maths, we have concentrated on adding and subtracting fractions, including mixed numbers. In Geography we continued to study the Lake District and learned about how the region was formed through orogeny and glaciation. Science focussed on the light spectrum and we made Newton's colour wheels. In RE, we studied the Old Testament prophets and how they predicted the birth of Jesus. Finally, we are excited to have started learning Christmas carols ready for our Christmas concert at Blackburn Cathedral next month.
Friday 8th November
In maths this week, we have been really getting stuck into our Fractions unit, learning to find common denominators, compare fractions and order them. In English we have started our writing unit based on 'Can we save the tiger?'. This has included writing sentences about tigers using modal verbs as well as creating a tiger list poem using ambitious vocabulary. Our class novel 'Armistice Runner' has become tense as we learned Ernest's brother has been killed in action on the front and Ernest is planning to secretly join up. Geography was all about the Lake District and the positives and negatives of tourism for its residents. In science we studied light and conducted an experiment to prove that light travel in a straight line. We rounded off the week with a dance based PE lesson as well as learning about healthy eating in Spanish.
Friday 1st November
Although we have only had three days in school this week, we have packed in plenty of learning! In English we created blackout poems about the Blitz as well as writing our own war poetry. We have started out new class novel 'Armistice Runner' by Tom Palmer and we are looking forward to hearing more about Lily and her grandmother. We have started working on fractions in maths, concentrating on simplifying fractions this week. In Geography, we focussed on map skills, looking at world maps and creating our own maps of the local area labelling physical and manmade features. In art, we enjoyed creating our own still life paintings of fruit.We rounded off the week with another exciting lesson with Key PE.
Friday 18th October
We have had an incredibly busy week in Wrens. We have completed our class novel 'The Explorer' and we are loved the nail-biting climax! In art, we earned about the impressionists and mixed colours to match those used by Cezanne in his still life work. In history, we considered the impact of WW2 on post war society, in particular the role of women. We had a lively music lesson composing melodies on glockenspiels. We also had a computing morning learning about data packaging and working collaboratively online. The highlight of our week was our trip to the Manchester Jewish Museum and Imperial War Museum on Thursday. As well as seeing artefacts from World War Two at the War Museum, we had the chance to make challah bread and sample Passover food at the Jewish Museum.
Friday 11th October
In English we have continued to look at 'Star of Fear, Star of Hope'. We have written third person narratives about the young Jewish girl's realisation her family was in serious danger. Our class novel 'The Explorer' is reaching an exciting climax with the smallest of the small children seriously injured! We are looking forward to finding out if he survives! In maths this week w.e have focused on honing our skills in the four operations and the order of operations. We had a thought-provoking RE lesson about Muslim pilgrimages and the Hajj. It was lovely to hear first hand information about Islam from some of our class members. In Spanish, we have been describing our school timetable in Spanish. Finally we learned about the Home Front in history and we were very interested to find out about Morrison and Anderson Shelters.
Friday 4th October
This week in English we have started to look at the book 'Star of Fear, Star of Hope' about young girls living in France during the Nazi occupation. We wrote descriptions of the sights, sounds and atmosphere of a French café during the occupation. We are continuing to read 'The Explorer' in guided reading and we have finally found out the fate of the mysterious explorer's family. In history we enjoyed learning about the Battle of Britain and listened to one of Winston Churchill's most rousing speeches. Science focussed on how to classify unfamiliar invertebrates and we studied the example of the sea sponge. In RE this week we found out about Christian pilgrimages and learned about Holy sites such as Lourdes and Westminster Abbey. We rounded off a busy week by learning to give our opinions of school subjects in Spanish.
Friday 27th September
In maths this week we have consolidated our addition and subtraction skills and progressed onto long multiplication. We have reached an exciting part of our class novel 'The Explorer' as the children have met a mysterious stranger in the jungle! In writing we have researched and written a non-chronological report about sloths, inspired by 'Baca' the sloth in our novel. We had an intriguing history lesson focussed on evacuation during World War 2. We used our school log book to study the effect an influx of evacuees from Crumpsall in Manchester had on our own school. In science we looked at the characteristics of invertebrates. In RE we looked for Bible stories which taught Christians how to live and thought about what we could learn from them. We rounded off the week with gymnastics in PE and creating negative images of still life in art.
Friday 20th September
This week in English, Wrens have been writing a first person narrative about the jungle fire in our exciting class novel 'The Explorer'. We have also been honing our grammar skills by working on a variety of tenses. In Maths, we have successfully completed our unit on place value and we are moving on to study addition and subtraction. In RE we are continuing to consider the idea of life as a journey and this week we reflected on what we would take with us on our journey, as well as how a Christian's life journey is characterised by their beliefs. Science this week focussed on categorising different types of vertebrates by considering their characteristics. Wrens have also studied rationing during World War II and watched first hand accounts from people who lived through that time. Finally, in art we have enjoyed using charcoal to create still life drawings of classroom objects.
Friday 13th September
Wrens have been continuing to work on place value in maths and have been writing and ordering numbers up to ten million. In guided reading, we have continued to enjoy our class novel - 'The Explorer' - and the children have been answering a variety of questions based on the text. Wrens have also been improving their English skills as we have become experts in spotting different types of nouns. We began our science unit of work this week and the children learned about the taxonomy of species, they enjoyed finding the taxonomy of a red fox, donkey and lion. The children were excellent critics in art and enjoyed analysing still life art by Ben Nicholson and Jaromir Funke before having a go at sketching still life themselves. We were very proud of Wrens on Friday morning as they led worship in church and did a splendid job - everyone took part and spoke clearly and confidently. It was lovely to see so many parents and carers to support the children. The children enjoyed the PE lesson on Friday afternoon when they enjoyed practising their gymnastic skills. Well done Wrens - a super week of learning !
Friday 6th September
It has been lovely to welcome the children back into school this week. The children have enjoyed our new class novel in guided reading 'The Explorer' and we have had some super discussions based on life in the rainforest. In English, the chidlren have been honing their grammar skills and have been indentifying the various different types of nouns. In Maths, we have started work on place value and the children have beeen busy identifying the value of digits in numbers up to one million. Our History topic of work this half term focusses on Word War II and we began by discovering what led up to the outbreak of war including the rise of Hitler. In R.E. we discussed how life is a journey and that everyone has a different path to tread The week was rounded off with a critique of a still life painting by Cezanne and a super P.E. lesson in the sunshine. Well done Wrens -what a great start to the year.