Year 6

Welcome to Year 6! - Thank you for visiting our Class Blog.

Mr Gannaway is the class teacher. Mrs McIntosh will assist in the classroom. On this page, you will find information about Class 6, news, pictures of things we've done, and more.

Termly Newsletters and Information

2026-27 Year 6 Autumn 1 Newsletter

Book 6 Spelling Booklet

National Curriculum Spelling Guidance

Year 5 Spelling List

Year 6 Spelling List

Year 6 Curriculum Map

Reminders

Arrival and Collection Times

All children should enter and leave school via their external classroom door.

All children should arrive between 8.45am – 8.55am.

All children should be collected at 3.20pm.

Breakfast Club & After School Club - Children in should arrive as normal and be taken to Breakfast Club room. They will be taken to their Classroom ready for lessons. Breakfast Club will be open from 7.45am. After School Club will be open until 5.45pm.

Stationery - All stationery will be provided but your child may bring their own if they wish.

The following equipment will be useful in Year 6:

ruler
glue stick
HB pencil and pencil sharpener
A fibre tipped writing pen
Colouring pencils
Highlighter pens
Green biro

It would be helpful if the pencil case is relatively small as there will be limited space on tables.

P.E. - Children in Class 6 will need to ensure that their P.E. kit is in school on Monday and Wednesday.

Link to School Uniform and P.E.Kit Expectations Page

Spellings - Every Monday, your child will be taught a new spelling rule to practise during the week, ready for a spelling test on the Friday. Please spend time at home practising these spellings using "look, say, cover, write, check" in the Spelling Homework Booklet, as well as discussing the spelling rule. Please ensure that Homework Books are kept in school bags. You can also log on to Spelling Shed by visiting https://play.edshed.com

Writing

In Year 6, children continue to learn to write different types of texts and we use model texts to highlight the associated key features before children create their own versions. Listed below are the text types and texts that we are learning this year.

Date	Text Type	Text Title
7th Sept 2026	Newspaper Report	Deadly 60 - Reticulated Python Saved
28th Sept 2026	Explanation Text	Deadly 60 - How to Care for a Nile Crocodile
12th Oct 2026	Memoir	Deadly 60 - Discovering a New Animal
9th Nov 2026	Information Text (Authorial Voice)	Deadly 60 - Writing Deadly 60 in the style of Steve Backshall
23rd Nov 2026	Narrative - Character, Setting, Action	Beowulf - Grendel's approach to the Mead-Hall
14th Dec 2026	Persuasive Advert	Beowulf - Job Advert for a Hero to Slay Beasts
11th Jan 2027	Diary	Beowulf - Waiting for Grendel to Attack
18th Jan 2027	Narrative - Action	Beowulf - The Fight Against Grendel
1st Feb 2027	Formal Speech	Beowulf - King Hrothgar Addressing Citizens of Heorot
22nd Feb 2027	Explanation Text	Beowulf - How To Kill A Monster
15th Mar 2027	Letter of Complaint	Beowulf - Complaining About Monsters Being Killed
12th Apr 2027	Newspaper Report	Beowulf - Murder of Grendel's Mother
5th May 2027	Narrative - Character, Setting	Macbeth - Meeting the Three Witches on the Heath
17th May 2027	Persuasive Argument	Macbeth - Lawyer Defending / Prosecuting Macbeth
7th June 2027	Narrative	Macbeth - Malcolm and Macduff Meeting King Edward

Steve Backshall - Reticulated Python

Steve Backshall - Nile Crocodile

Caring for Your Miptor

Discovering the Miptor

Steve Backshall's Deadly 60 (Authorial Voice)

Beowulf - Explanation Text

Beowulf - Letter of Complaint

Beowulf - Newspaper Report

Macbeth - Setting and Character

Macbeth - Lawyer's Report

Macbeth - Newspaper Report

Reading

During the year, we will use a range of texts to develop our reading skills. The texts we will use are detailed below and will be updated throughout the year.

Reading Overview

Maths

As a school, we place emphasis on teaching Maths using a Maths Mastery approach. We place emphasis on children learning to develop their fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills. We use Maths No Problem Textbooks and Workbooks in school. to find out more visit https://mathsnoproblem.com/en/parent-videos/ to watch parent videos about how maths is taught at St Luke's.

The table below highlights the textbook and chapters we are learning in Year 6.

If you wish to purchase a copy of the Textbooks (A and B) or Wokbooks (A and B) for use at home, and also to find out more about how maths in taught in school, these are available to order at https://mathsnoproblem.com/mathematics/primary

We ask all parents to support children with learning their number bonds and times tables at home; this is key to children being successful as mathematicians.

Useful websites to log in to are:

Times Tables Rockstars https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/teacher

ixl https://uk.ixl.com/signin/stlukesprimary

Definitions of Maths Words

Date	Focus Textbook Chapter and Title
2nd September 2026	Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 1 - Reading and Writing Numbers to 10 Million
9th September 2026	Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 2 - Four Operations on Whole Numbers
21st October 2026	Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 3 - Fractions
11th November 2026	Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 4 - Decimals
2nd December 2026	Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 5 - Measurements
9th December 2026	Year 6 Textbook 6A - Chapter 6 - Word Problems
6th January 2027	Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 7 - Percentages
20th January 2027	Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 8 - Ratio
3rd February 2027	Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 9 - Algebra
24th February 2027	Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 10 - Area and Perimeter
3rd March 2027	Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 11 - Volume
10th March 2027	Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 12 - Geometry
24th March 2027	Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 13 - Position and Movement
22nd April 2027	Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 14 - Graphs and Averages Year 6 Textbook 6B - Chapter 15 - Negative Numbers
28th April 2027	Revision