Welcome to Ash Class and to Year 6. We hope you find the information below useful.

Welcome to Term 5.

Amongst other things, this term we will be learning about: 

Geography: Megacities and Sustainability

Science: Electricity

RWV: Understanding Christianity and Humanism

SATs

KS2 Statutory Assessments (SATs) take place in the week beginning 11th May.

PE

Please make sure that children come to school in their uniform everyday and bring their PE kit with them on the first day of term to leave in school.  This is: a plain red or Saltford T shirt, shorts/jogging bottoms, trainers and a plain hooded top. Please ensure all items are named. Swimming kit should include: one-piece swimsuit or trunks, swimming hat and towel. All these items should be named and placed in a waterproof bag.

Our PE days are as follows:

Outdoor PE session – Wednesday afternoon

Swimming – Thursday morning 9.00am-10.30am 

Homework

The children have several homework activities given over the course of the week.

Reading: we encourage the children to read their book at home for a minimum of 20 minutes each day. Even though the children are older and may need less support with actually reading the words, they still need to discuss their reading with an adult, talking about characters, plot and any tricky vocabulary. Although we encourage the children to keep a record of their own reading, it is very useful if you could sign their record books regularly. (Children get house points in class for regular reading at home.) 

For more information about activities to support reading and recommended books, please see our Reading Room page here.

Spellings are given each Monday for a test on the following Monday, accompanied by a short activity based on a spelling pattern studied in class. Children will keep their spelling books in school to write their spellings each day as part of their morning activities. For homework, we expect 5 sentences, using the spelling words for the week, to be recorded in planners. For more information on our new spelling scheme, please see the letter here.

Maths homework is given once a week on Tuesday to be completed by the following Tuesday. This will be a CGP maths book with one page to complete, with skills book to support. There will be an expectation of completing DoodleMaths and Doodle Tables 4-5 times a week, for about 10 minutes each time, this will be checked in school. We also encourage the children to use TT Rockstars to help the children with their multiplication tables.

English homework is given out on Thursday to be handed in on the following Thursday, in the form of a CGP book that the children complete.

Further information

You can see a copy of our welcome presentation from September 2025 here.

For more information, please click here for a copy of our welcome letter which includes our weekly timetable.

We held a support and transition meeting in January. A copy of the presentation can be found here.

We will be holding a meeting about Health Education and Year 6 camp on Thursday 7th May at 4.15pm, a copy of the presentation can be found here. A copy of the presentation regarding camp will be found here following the meeting.