Thank you to those who were able to attend yesterday’s SATs information evening. If you were unable to make it, the presentation slides are available on the Year 6 class page on our website.

If you have not already done so, please sign up for next week’s parents’/carers’ evening. This will be an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress, any support we can put in place ahead of the tests to help them feel confident and prepared, and to answer any questions you may have about transition to secondary school.

There were also several questions about upcoming dates last night, so we have included the key Year 6 dates below for your reference.

Key Year 6 Dates

11–14 May
SATs Week

End of May – mid June
Year 6 reward trips window, including Thorpe Park and a further pupil choice trip (details to follow), as well as our Moors Valley revision reward trip

26 June
Assessment deadline – teachers will submit writing and science assessments based on work completed between now and the end of June. Good attendance during this period is important so pupils can demonstrate their learning.

1 July
Year 6 city-wide transition day (some schools may hold this on 30 June). Pupils visit their secondary schools for their formal transition day.

13–22 July
Year 6 leavers’ events window, including the leavers’ party/ball and leavers’ assembly.

Key Information: 

• Classes: Mr Seymour (skeletorus) & Miss Saunders (giraffes)

• 2025-2026 PE Day: Tuesday (pupils can come to school in PE kit on their PE day)

• Library Day: Wednesday(6Sk)/ Thursday (6Gf)
• Please ensure your child brings at least one water bottle to school each day
• Drop off and pick up pupils from the bottom of the main building, between Reception and Year 2
• Pupils in Year 6 can bring phones to school if you deem it is necessary; they must not use their phones in the playground and must hand their phone to their teacher in the morning who will look after it and return it at the end of the day. If you child has a smartphone, please be extremely vigilant with how they use it.

Home Learning:

We set carefully chosen homework to support your child in developing fluency in key areas. 

• Reading to support their progress and attainment in all areas of the curriculum. Pupils who read for pleasure almost always achieve more than their peers who do not across the wider curriculum, not just in English. Over the past four years, our pupils have outperformed pupils nationally in their reading SATs; with almost complete correlation, pupils who have read at home have scored higher than those who have not, and those who have struggled.
   
• Times Tables recall, where we aim for a recall of 3 seconds to support with the challenges of the SATs arithmetic 30-minute timed test

To support them with this, each week pupils are expected to complete:
 

• 20x rounds of Times Tables Rock Stars
• 10-15 minutes daily reading at home 6 times a week

Pupils who complete the weekly homework expectations are rewarded with an additional playtime on Fridays.

Useful Links > Home Learning:

• Accelerated Reader (for quizzing books once read)
• Times Tables Rockstars
• Spelling Frame

Useful Links > SATs:

Reading Example Tests (60 minute time limit)

Maths Example Tests (30 minutes arithmetic; 40 minutes reasoning time limit)

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Example Tests (45 minute time limit)