Year 6 – Willow

“Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” John 13:34

Welcome to Willow Class!

We are Year 6 .

Our class teacher is Mr Hall.

Our TA/HLTA is Mrs Rose who will teach the class on Tuesdays and Wednesday afternoons.

We also have support from Mrs Banister (Tues PM), Mrs Harvey (Tues AM) and Miss Keeble (Wed PM).

Willow class have just returned from a fantastic four days at Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre, Thetford. They had an amazing experience, achieved incredible things by really throwing themselves (literally in some cases) into the activities and learned a huge amount about themselves!

They really did the school and their parents and carers proud by taking the school's ethos and Christian values and applying it to a new challenge.

A typical week in Willow class looks like this...

Our usual PE sessions will take place on Monday afternoon and Friday afternoon.

During the Autumn term, year 6 will be swimming at Hadleigh pool on Friday mornings. Children will need swimwear, a towel and a swimming hat.

Our other PE day will be Monday, so children need to wear their PE kit to school.

Please send your child to school in smart PE kit on these days.

This includes:

Blue shorts and white t-shirt.

Navy/blue jogging bottoms and hoodie for all weather conditions.

Suitable trainers. 

WHAT WE WILL BE LEARNING

English/guided reading - We will be using the book Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend as stimulus for our English work. Reading it together as a class and doing tasks based on it.

Science - We will be learning about light.

RE - Why is the Gospel such good news for Christians? is the big question for the first half term asking the children to think what gospel means, what good news is and learning about the four gospels in the Bible.

Topic - The Tudors! Starting with a study of Henry VIII and his reign, we then look at the reformation, the differences in lifestyle between the rich and poor and then finish with looking at Hadleigh during the time and why our small town is important to this era of history.

Year 6 Homework 

The children will be expected to complete their homework each week. The homework will be made up of grammar and maths practice in preparation for the year 6 SATs test that the children will sit in May 2025. 

All of the work given to the children will be things they will have already done and will not be new to them, they are designed to be practice and not new learning. Any child who struggles to complete their homework for any reason should please ask for help from a member of the year 6 team who will be more than happy to support them.

Homework will also include spellings to be learnt each week. 

Homework will be given to the children in a folder and will be due in on a Monday, when they will be tested on the weekly spellings and then given their homework for the week.

Home learning

Each half term Willow class has a piece of creative home learning linked to our learning. This will be sent home with your child during each half term.