Thursday 3rd September 2026
Dear Parents and Carers of Year 6,
RE: Y6 Curriculum Letter, Autumn 1 – ‘What made the Maya so mysterious?’
Welcome to Year 6 and we hope you had an enjoyable summer break. We have an interesting term ahead of us, with a lot of work and fun to be had! Our Learning Journey topic this term is titled: ‘What made the Maya so mysterious?’ where we will be learning about the Maya civilisation. Below we have outlined some important information regarding this term.
P.E. Lessons
Please ensure your child has the appropriate kit in school on the following days, including trainers and tracksuit bottoms when the weather turns colder. This should consist of grey or black bottoms, white t-shirt and red school jumper/cardigan.
P.E. lessons are on Monday PPA days (14th September, 28th September and 12th October). In addition to this, Brass and Copper classes will do PE every Thursday; Bronze will do PE every Friday.
Home Learning
Reading: Reading with your child and discussing what has been read each day is essential to helping them make progress in all areas of the curriculum. The expectation is that your child reads for at least 15-20 minutes each evening and that they record this in their Year 6 planners. We ask that you support and monitor your child’s reading and check/sign their planner regularly.
Maths: Maths homework is set each Monday on Mathletics. This is to be completed by the Monday of the following week.
Spellings: A spelling rule will be introduced on Mondays, and throughout the week lessons and activities will be completed based on this rule. In Year 6, the expectation is that the children learn the spellings over the course of the week which they will be tested on a Friday – this will enable us to gather evidence to support our end of Key Stage 2 Teacher Assessment.
In addition to this, we may send home additional Grammar and/or Maths worksheets from CGP booklets to support the children in their learning. This will be dependent on how the sheets coincide with our weekly learning. This will be communicated with the children which they will record in their Year 6 planners.
In Year 6, children are given planners. They will record the weekly spellings, home learning and reading into their planner.
Topic Home Learning Project: Topic Home Learning Projects start in Autumn 2, after half term. Each project will be linked to learning from the previous term to give children a chance to revisit and build upon prior learning.
Important Dates:
Parents’ Evening will be held during the week beginning 12th October 2026. Further details will follow from school nearer the time.
Mr Hyde will lead a secondary transfer meeting from 15:45-16:30 next Thursday 10th September in the Paxton Hall.
The meeting will provide parents and carers with important information about the secondary school application process, including key dates and guidance on applying for your child’s secondary school place.
We strongly encourage all parents and carers to attend, as this is an important stage in your child’s transition to secondary school.
Other information:
Please ensure your child brings a filled and labelled water bottle to school each day.
Year 6 pupils can bring into school a healthy snack e.g. a piece of fruit, savoury crackers, nut free cereal bar, etc which can be eaten at morning break. If your child brings in what we would consider to be an unhealthy snack, they will not be allowed to eat it, and it will be returned to them at the end of the school day. Also, please ensure that your child’s snack does not contains any nuts due to pupil allergies.
As the weather becomes colder, please ensure your child has a warm coat and that all hats, scarves and gloves are named. It is important that your child does not wear jewellery (unless it is for religious reasons) apart from stud earrings.
Below this letter, you will find a mind map which shows the learning that we will be doing this term. Additionally, we have included the Year 5 and 6 statutory spellings which the children are expected to be able to read and write correctly by the end of the academic year.
Thank you and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Mr Gough, Miss Horgan & Miss Hudson
Year 6 Team
