
Year 6
Welcome to Year 6
Welcome to our Year 6 Information Page. On this page you will find our Y6 Long term plan, our latest termly class newsletter, details of our homework project for this half term and any other relevant information.
Long Term Plan
Below is the plan showing the topics taught through the year. Please see the curriculum subject pages for more information regarding the topics.
Y6-Long-term-plan-2025-26-1Termly Class Newsletter
Below is the relevant information that you will need for this term. If you have any further questions please see the class teacher.
Year-6-Autumn-Parent-Partnership-Letter-2025Termly Homework Project
Alongside weekly class homework, a termly homework project will be set to support classroom learning. Below is this half terms project.
Y6-Autumn-Term-Homework-WW2Phonics and Reading
Systematic synthetic daily phonics is taught following the Read Write Inc Programme throughout Early Years and Key Stage 1, beginning in the summer term of Pre-school. Pupils are grouped according to ability across the year groups. Progress is tracked throughout the year by the early reading and phonics lead and groupings are adjusted accordingly. Pupils in Year 1 have a National Phonics Screening Test in June. Pupils who do not achieve the expected standard re-sit the test the following year when they are in Y2. Fast track tutoring will be used as an intervention when required to support early reading and writing.
When pupils complete the Read Write Inc phonics programme they begin ‘No-nonsense spelling’. This programme is taught throughout Key Stage 2.
Reading
We use the Read Write Inc reading scheme throughout Early Years and Key Stage 1 where books are fully decodable and correlate with where the child is up to in the scheme. Children are also sent home two books which are matched to their reading level from RWI and a book to read for pleasure with an adult, which will be from the school library.
In Key Stage 2 the reading schemes used are Oxford Ready Tree Treetops and Literacy World. Children also visit the school library each week and take a book home to enjoy with an adult.
If you have any questions or would like any further information about the curriculum or how you can further support your child’s learning at home then please speak to your child’s class teacher.
If you would like any copies of the documents on this page, the school office will be happy to print them for you.
Y6 Gallery
Year 6 Chatter

School Council
🧠 💛 World Mental Health Day 2025 💛 🧠 On Friday, our School Council spoke to the whole school about World Mental Health Day and why we were wearing yellow – to show support and raise awareness for mental health. They also launched a Kindness Challenge, encouraging everyone to be extra kind to others throughout the week. It was a lovely reminder that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference
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Y6 PE
Year 6 have been developing strategy and teamwork skills through invasion games.
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World Mental Health Day
Year 6 took part in World Mental Health Day by wearing something yellow. We also discussed about how to look after our mental health and why it is important. The children produced posters to show their understanding.
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Achievers Assembly
Congratulations to all of our achievers! We love celebrating all of the hard work that has taken place throughout the week.
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School Council
Meet our new school council for 2025 – 2026. Congratulations to all the children selected. Our first meeting will be held next week ⭐️
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Buddies
On Friday our Year 6 children welcomed their buddy into our school with a special Prayer and Liturgy. Reception parents were invited to share in this celebration. Year 6 presented their buddies with a seed which they will plant together as they support their buddy to ‘Learn, love and grow with Jesus.’
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Year 6 music technology
Year 6 have begun to create their own musical compositions using computing software.
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Y6 library
Year 6 enjoyed browsing through the new books in our school library and have all chosen a brand new book to read!
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Achievers Assembly
On Friday, we celebrated our first Achievers Assembly of the new school year. Well done to this week’s achievers! Keep up the great work ⭐️
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Creation Prayer and Liturgy
Year 6 participated in a class prayer and liturgy in our school spiritual garden on creation.
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Back to School Prayer and Liturgy
Mr Wilson led our back to school Prayer and Liturgy. We each thought about how we can shine our light this new school year.
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Y6 and Reception buddies.
Year 6 have spent their last lunch at St. Jude’s with their buddies from Reception.
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Ice cream treat.
Year 6 have enjoyed a visit from the ice cream man 🍦 this morning as part of their end of year treat!
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Year 6 and Reception Prayer and Liturgy
Year 6 and Reception have taken part in a Prayer and Liturgy together in our Spiritual Garden. The children reflected on the times they have spent together this year and how they are now ready for their next step as Reception move into Y1 and Y6 move up to High School.
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Year 6 Pizza Party
As an end of year treat, Year 6 have enjoyed a pizza party while signing shirts to celebrate their last day in school uniform!
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Y6 visitor
Y6 enjoyed a visit from an optometrist to learn about our eyes and the role of an optician. We learned about different eye conditions and were able to try on the special glasses that are used during eye tests.
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Y6 food tasting
The children in Y6 have enjoyed trying some Chin Chin that George kindly brought in after we read about it in our class novel Boy in the Tower. Chin Chin is a sweet and crunchy fried dough snack popular in Nigeria and other West African countries.
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Y5&Y6 Town Sports- 24.06.25
Well done to the children who took part in the Wigan Town Sports event at Robin Park Arena today. We are extremely proud of all the children for trying their best and cheering each other on! A big well done to John who has made it to the final for the 80m sprint, good luck John!
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Animate trip
Year 6 have had a great day at Animate Youth Ministry in St. Helens. They took part in lots of different activities to develop teamwork, resilience and perseverance.
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Y6 Boy in the Tower
Y6 have started to read the novel Boy in the Tower and have been designing posters based on the book.
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An End to SATs Week
We could not be prouder of our incredible Year 6 children.
They have shown such dedication and hard work – they are simply AMAZING! ⭐️
As a reward for their excellent efforts this week, the children had a day of fun: playing games, watching a movie and enjoying some tasty treats. ⚽️📹🍩

Y6 Day of Hope
Year 6 enjoyed creating self-portraits of themselves and also of the people who they feel inspire hope in others.
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Year 6 Big Lent Walk
Year 6 have walked around the local area to the canal as part of our Big Lent Walk enjoying the glorious sunshine.
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Mother’s Day 💕
A fabulous Prayer and Liturgy to celebrate all of the amazing ladies in our lives.
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Y6 Big Lent Walk
Year 6 took part in a class prayer and liturgy in our school spiritual garden before going on a walk around the local area to observe signs of spring linked to the creation story.
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Y6 Residential
Day 3 – The children ended their time at The Anderton Centre on the XL paddleboards. They worked together as a team to complete some fun games and then took a dip in the very cold reservoir. After lunch, the children returned to school and enjoyed sharing their adventures with the families 🏄🏻♂️💦🦆
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Y6 Residential
Day 2 – Another active day! In the morning, the children spent time climbing trees followed by an afternoon adventure in canoes across the reservoir to explore Liverpool castle. After their evening meal, the children then took part in a bushcraft activity with a fire, hot chocolate, toasted marshmallows and stories 🌳🚣🏼♀️🔥
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Y6 Residential
Day 1 – After a safe arrival at the Anderton Centre, Year 6 went for a walk in the woods, built a shelter and engaged in an afternoon of fun activities. They had a go at archery, low ropes and high all aboard. In the evening, the children participated in some team games and visited the tuck shop.
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Number Day
Year 6 have been working on TTRS and solving interactive maths puzzles for Number Day.
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Y6 Electricity
Year 6 have been investigating how different voltages affect the way that components work in a circuit.
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Y6 Prayer and Liturgy
Some pupils from Y6 took an active role in our class prayer and liturgy on the baptism of Jesus.
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Christmas Buddies
Reception and Year 6 have enjoyed spending some time together with their buddies, sharing Christmas cards that they have made for each other and eating lunch together.
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Y6 Homework Projects
This term, Y6 were asked to make a model of a mountain or a mountain range. We had an incredible display of homework projects to show off at our coffee afternoon. Don’t they look spectacular! 🏔️👏🏻
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Christmas Cards for the Community
As the choir were going to sing at the local retirement home, Year 6 made Christmas cards to give to the residents. The people of St Clements Court were very grateful for the kind gesture.
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Y6 Science
Year 6 have been investigating the angle of reflected light using mirrors to create a human ‘periscope’.
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Y6 Computing
Y6 have been coding with Edublocks to create patterns using different algorithms. Children have inputted loops and conditionals while experimenting with RGB colour selections to complete their work.
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Y6 Fairground Rides
This term, Year 6 will be learning to make mechanical fairground rounds in Design and Technology. They have been exploring everyday objects and fairground rides that rotate and have been investigating how motors are used in a circuit. This week they have had a go at creating strong structures and framework for a fairground ride.
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Y6 Science investigating shadows.
This week, Y6 have been investigating shadows as part of our light topic.
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Y6 balancing and counter balancing in PE.
Year 6 have been working together to solve physical challenges using a variety of balancing techniques.
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Buddies Assembly
Year 6 welcomed their buddies from Reception to St Jude’s Catholic Primary School during assembly.
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Y6 Art
Year 6 have been making abstract sculptures out of clay to represent the natural world. Their designs have been inspired by the work of Barbara Hepworth and Zaha Hadid.
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Y6 Music
This week Year 6 worked with Carmel from the Wigan Music Service to identify and play rhythm patterns using ½ beat (quavers) , 1 beat (crotchets), 2 beat (minims), 4 beat (semibreve) notes.
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Y6 throw tennis
This week, the children in Year 6 were developing their reactions in PE and then applied this to a game of throw tennis.
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Y6 Geography
Y6 were using atlases to find the location of different mountain ranges from around the world, particularly the Himalaya which is what we will be learning about this term.
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Tag Netball
This term, Year 6 will be focusing on ball skills in PE. Today, we have been developing our reaction and response in a game of tag netball.
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Year 6 Science
Today in Science, Y6 have been investigating the impact of exercise on their heart rate by measuring their pulse before and after 5 minutes of exercise in the glorious sunshine.
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