Welcome to Year 6
Teacher: Mrs Taplin
Support staff: Ms McGInley, Miss Herrero, Mrs Stalham
Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a brilliant time during the Christmas holidays and are rested and ready for this term’s learning. The content and skills of what we will be covering can be found on the long term plan below as well as this term’s timetable. We also have our PGL trip coming up after the half term break which I’m sure a lot of you are looking forward to!
Homework and Reading Records
Homework will continue to be given out on a Wednesday and handed back in on a Tuesday morning along with signed reading records. It will usually consist of one piece of Maths work (in paper form or on Sumdog), a reading comprehension sheet and a spelling activity. As always, homework not handed in on time will need to be completed at break or lunchtimes. The homework set is in addition to regular reading with an adult at home and children will receive 3 merit points if their reading record is signed three times a week. As a class, we will mark through the homework together, giving the children a chance to see how they’ve done and to discuss any questions or strategies they may have had queries about.
PE – Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
Please make sure your child has their named PE kit in school on both days. Each child will need a pair of trainers, a white t-shirt with the Monksmead logo, and blue/black shorts (not cycling shorts). For colder days or for outside PE, children can wear plain tracksuit bottoms and a plain sweatshirt over their t-shirts (preferably dark blue, grey or black). Children should not wear any part of their school uniform for P.E., this includes tights. If a child is wearing tights, a pair of socks will be required for the P.E session.
Please make sure that your child has a named water bottle in school so that they can keep hydrated during the day. Due to hygiene reasons, it is difficult to provide cups for the children so it is important they have their own water bottle.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your support as always.
Mrs Taplin
Year 6 Spring Timetable 2026
Science Knowledge Organisers - Spring 2026
Knowledge organisers for the individual topic area.
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