Friday, 25 April 2025

Year 6 Curriculum Newsletter - Summer Term

 





Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls


Year 6 - Summer Curriculum Newsletter 

 

It’s a very warm welcome back to school for our Year 6 family. This term is a really important term for the children to be at school, on time, everyday. We look forward to enjoying their last Primary School term with them!

Please find below some key information about this term and our expectations. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries using our inbox: year6@broadford.havering.sch.uk.


Homework: 

Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night: 

● 15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult (signed in the reading record) 

● 15 minutes practising spellings in their spelling book 

● 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts on Times Tables Rockstars 


Sumdog:

All children should have received or already know their Sumdog information. This is an online platform that the children can use to further consolidate learning. This is monitored by the class teacher and children will be rewarded for the use of Sumdog at home. Please note however, this is not compulsory. 


SATS Bootcamp

Your children will be receiving their login to SATS Bootcamp, if they haven’t already. This will help support your child in answering SATS style questions.

Your child should visit: www.yearsix.co.uk and click ‘Login’ in the top right.


Spellings: 

Spellings will be given out on Mondays. The children should practise their words every evening. Spelling books must be brought in on Fridays, which is also when the weekly test happens. This will be closely monitored. 


P.E Lessons

For Wednesday and Friday afternoons, children can wear their PE kit to school for their lessons in the afternoon - black/navy shorts or trousers and a white polo/t-shirt. Children must not wear tracksuits or any other colours than those listed above. 


School Uniform

In sending your child to Broadford Primary School, you agree to follow the uniform  policy and work within the spirit it was written. The policy has been set out to be informative and clear; should you require clarification on any area of the school’s uniform, please contact the School Office or your child’s class teacher.


The uniform options are: 

  • Navy blue sweatshirt (preferably with the Broadford logo)

  • Navy blue cardigan (preferably with the Broadford logo)

  • Navy blue fleece (preferably with the Broadford logo)

  • Collared white t-shirt (preferably with the Broadford logo)


  • Grey trousers 

  • Tailored, knee length grey shorts (worn with grey or white socks)

  • Grey regulation knee-length skirt (worn with grey or white socks)

  • Grey tights

  • Blue and white gingham dress (full length pattern)

  • Black shoes or trainers (no heels or coloured markings)


All school uniform is available through Khalsa School Wear. Children are permitted to wear stud earrings. Children must also not attend school wearing make-up or nail varnish/fake nails. Hair accessories should be small and limited to simple ribbons, bands or clips and restricted to basic colours of blue and white. 


Reading Books

As reading is a huge priority here at Broadford, we will do our best to encourage the children to change their books regularly and every child will read 1:1 with an adult at least once a week. Please remind the children to let any adults know if they need to change their book and that it is their responsibility to bring any old reading books back to school.


105 Books to Read Before Leaving Broadford

Please be reminded of our reading reward system, where each year pupils can read 15 quality stories and be rewarded with certificates and prizes. There will be three certificates to earn - bronze, silver and gold. The children will keep trackers in school to monitor the books they have read - please find  all the key stage 2 trackers, along with the books they can read here. Please also note that some books have a gold star next to them indicating that the book can be reviewed using MyBookBlog. 


Key Dates

Summer 1

Summer 2

Tuesday 22nd April 

Return to school for the Summer term

Monday 2nd June

Return to school 

Tuesday 3rd June 

Stay and Learn @ 2.30pm 

Thursday 1st May 

VR Workshop - South America

Thursday 12th June 

Class photos

Monday 5th May 

Bank holiday

Monday 16th June 

Sports Afternoon 

Monday 12th May - Thursday 15th May

Key Stage 2 Assessments (SATs)

Monday 14th - Wednesday 16th July 

Year 6 classes visiting the mosque (London)

Birch class - Monday 14th July 

Redwood class - Tuesday 15th July 

Larch class - Wednesday 16th July 

Friday 16th May

Olympic Park Trip

Friday 23rd May 

Final day of half term

Thursday 17th July 

The Colour Run 



Friday 18th July

Last day of Summer Term

Some leavers events have yet to be organised so we will keep you updated, especially for the last half term.

Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term below, so that you can best support your child with their learning at home.


We look forward, with a tinge of sadness, to these last few weeks as the children close in on their final chapter of their primary school career. 


Any questions, please email - year6@broadford.havering.sch.uk


Yours faithfully,

Miss Wyatt                                    Mrs Green and Mrs Cocks                              Mrs  Spoor

Year 6 Lead                                  Larch Class Teachers                Redwood Class Teacher

Birch Class Teacher                              

Summer Term


1st Half Term

2nd Half Term

Literacy

Macbeth

Non-chronological report

Instructional writing

Alma

Alternative ending narrative

Maths

Consolidation of key skills required for SATS

Statistics 

Shape

Translation

Reflection

Themed projects, consolidation of key skills required for end of key stage and problem solving 

It is essential for the children to know all of their Times Tables so that they can access the Mathematics curriculum in Year 6. Please encourage your child to practise on TTRockstars every evening to improve their speed and accuracy. 

Here are some useful websites to support your child with their learning at home:

Corbett Maths Primary 

Sumdog

SATs Bootcamp

Computing

Creating Media

Programming

Science

Diet, drugs and lifestyle

Variation

Adaptations

Fossils 

History/Geography

Tudors

Trading Across the World

PSHE

Growing and Changing

Being My Best 

RE

What does it mean to be a Muslim?

What does it mean to be a Sikh?

PE

Dodgeball 

University of Broadford - Sports

Tennis

Art/Design and Technology

Food - Fairtrade cookies 

Art - Shadow puppets 

DT - Mechanical Systems

French

Revision and consolidation of topics required for End of Key Stage

Music

Music and Me

Reflect, Rewind and Replay

Experiences 

Plan a fundraising event 

Visit the Olympic park


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