Welcome to Year 6

Year 6 Leavers Dates 2026

Class Emails

These email addresses can be used to contact the class teacher if you have any questions or would like to send in any work your children have completed at home.

• mantarays@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
• swordfish@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
• marlins@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk
• barracudas@hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk

Please contact the school office to inform us of any absence.

Year 6 PE and Swimming Timetable 2025-2026

AUTUMN TERM 1 (September - October Half Term)

Games Lessons	PE Lessons	Swimming Lessons
Wednesday	Friday - Manta Rays and Swordfish	Friday - Marlins and Barracudas

AUTUMN TERM 2 (October Half Term - Christmas)

Games Lessons	PE Lessons	Swimming Lessons
Wednesday	Friday - Marlins and Barracudas	Friday - Manta Rays and Swordfish

For safety reasons no jewellery should be worn to school, with the exception of small, plain studs for children with pierced ears (one in each ear only). Hooped earrings are NOT permitted. Earrings must be removed for all PE lessons so we request children's ears are not pierced during the academic year.

Please ensure all articles of personal property and clothing are clearly marked with your child's name.

PE Kit

It is important that you ensure your child has the appropriate kit for the allocated days.

• Boys - black shorts, black football socks and a navy blue school logo t-shirt.
• Girls - black shorts, black football socks and a navy blue school logo t-shirt.

For outside games pupils need football boots, shin pads and trainers in all year groups and they will be barefoot for indoor P.E. Black plimsoles may be worn for dance and gym.
A navy blue tracksuit may be worn in cold weather. Leggings may be worn in cold weather but must be plain in colour, either black, blue or grey. (For hygiene reasons, your child must not wear their school jumper for games.)

Swimming Kit

• Boys - sensible trunks/shorts and swimming hat (shorts must be above the knee)
• Girls - a one piece costume and swimming hat.

Your child requires the following kit for all games and swimming lessons this year:

PE	Swimming
Navy blue school PE t-shirt	Swimming costume
Black/navy shorts	Swimming trunks/shorts
Black trainers	Swimming hat
Football boots (required for all children)	Goggles if desired
Trainers required for games/PE lesson	Towel
Shin pads
Jumper/Tracksuit for winter months

Please note: Leggings may be worn in colder months and must be plain in colour.

Please name all items of PE and Swimming kit.

Recommended Reading List for Year 5 and Year 6

Book Title	Author
Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure	Vashti Hardy
Northern Lights	Philip Pulman
Wolf Brother	Michelle Paver
A Christmas Carol	Charles Dickens
Who Let the Gods Out?	Maz Evans
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time	Mark Haddon
Beetle Boy	MG Leanord
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Gil	Ed. Otto H Frank
Boy in the Tower	Polly Ho-Yen
Oliver Twist	Charles Dickens
Artemis Fowl	Eoin Golfer
Noughts and Crosses	Malorie Blackman
Cogheart	Peter Bunzi
The Boy Who Flew	Fleur Hitchcock
The Girl of Ink and Stars	Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Lost Tide Warriors	Catherine Doyle
Kensuke's Kingdom	Michael Morpurgo
Hidden Figures	Margot Lee Shetterly
Skellig	David Almond
Holes	Louis Sachar
Goodnight Mister Tom	Michelle Magorian
Wonder	R.J Palacio
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom	Louis Sachar
Ned's Circus of Marvels	Justin Fisher
The Parent Agency	David Baddiel
Boy: Tales of Childhood	Roald Dahl
Percy Jackson Series	Rick Riordan
The Emergency Zoo	Miriam Halahmy
The Bomber Dog	Megan Rix
The Legend of Podkin One-Ear	Kieran Larwood
Street Child	Berlie Doherty
Clockwork	Philip Pulman
Stormbreaker	Anthony Horowitz
Return to Wonderland	Various Authors
Bridge to Terabitha	Katherine Paterson
The Railway Children	Edith Nesbit
The Last Zoo	Sam Gayton
Little Women	Louisa May Alcott
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk	Natasha Farrant
The Secret Garden	Frances Hodgson Burnett
Talking to the Moon	S.E Durrant
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire	J.K Rowling
Wind in the WIllows	Kenneth Grahame
The Star Outside My Window	Onjali Q. Rauf
Watership Down	Richard Adams
A Kid in My Class	Rachel Rooney
Pigheart Boy	Malorie Blackman
Once	Morris Gleitzman

Home Learning

Each week, home learning is set in class on the Friday and written by the children in their home learning diary. 

Reading

For children to make good progress in their reading, we recommend that they read 3 x a week and record it in their home learning diary. This will be checked and signed weekly by the class teacher.

Spelling

Each week on a Monday, children will be sent home with a list of words to learn that follows a spelling rule that is being taught in class. These words will be tested on the following Monday.

Maths

For children to continue to make good progress in their maths, we recommend they practise their times tables and the related division facts using Times Table Rockstars for 10 mins daily.

By the end of Year 6, children will need to have learnt and be able to spell a list of statutory spellings that follow spellings rules taught throughout KS2. As well as these, we also recap on the Year 3 and 4 statutory spellings to ensure these are secure before moving on.

Please find the Y5/6 and Y3/4 statutory spelling lists below.

Times Table Rockstars

Please regularly practise your times tables. Children in Year 6 need to know times tables up to 12 x 12 and the related division facts.
All children have been given a Times Table Rockstars log in, please contact your class teacher if you do not have this.

• Times Table Rock Stars

Year 6 Residential: Monday 6th - Wednesday 8th July 2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our Year 6 Residential Information Session on Tuesday 30th September. Please find below the Powerpoint that was shared at the session.

All of the children have been having a wonderful time on the Residential trip!

Some parents may be aware of the photos that have been posted on our school Facebook page, however we have also created a password protected link on our website for you to securely view more photos.

We kindly ask that you do not share this password with anyone who is not a Year 6 parent, or share any of the photos.

The password has been provided to Year 6 Parents via email. Please contact the School Office if you would like access. 

• Year 6 Residential - Photographs

Year 6 Carol Concert, Wednesday 6th December 2023

Art Work

In Year 6 we have been exploring mark making and sketching techniques to build up texture and tone. The children have put their sketching techniques into practice by recreating part of a scene from Van Gogh's 'Pollard Birches' . They have also been inspired by the 'Two Maraboos' by Samuel Jessurun De Mesquita. Can you spot their cross hatching, scumbling and stippling techniques?