Year 6 - Cherry 2025 - 2026

Miss Fletcher

Maths Subject Leader

Mr Philpot

Miss Fletcher and Mr Philpot would like to welcome to you to the Cherry Class page. Here you will find information about home learning, curriculum and KS2 SATs. Click on the Files button for home learning and curriculum documents.

For more information about this term's curriculum, please visit the Files section of this page to view the Curriculum Newsletter.

End of Key Stage Assessments (KS2 SATs)

This year, pupils will take the statutory end of Key Stage assessments in May. The tests will assess pupils'skills in Reading, Mathematics (Arithmetic and Reasoning), Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. To support your child, please practise skills relating to these subjects using resources found in the 'Files to Download' section of this page.

Reading This Term

This term, Year 6 will study and base their writing around the novel 'Goodnight Mister Tom' by Michelle Magorian.

Home Learning

A piece of English home learning or a piece of Maths home learning will be set for homework each week. The dot on your child's home learning book will indicate which piece of home learning your child should complete for Maths and for English.

Home Learning will be uploaded to this Class Page on a Thursday and should be handed in by the following Tuesday. Answers to questions should be recorded in your child's home learning book. There is no requirement to print the home learning task.

Spellings will be uploaded onto this Class Page and will be tested on a Monday.

Reading: A reading book and a reading diary will be sent home with the children. Please complete at least one entry in your child's reading diary per week. Reading diaries will be checked weekly.

Handwriting in Year 6

The National Curriculum states that for your child to achieve an expected standard in writing in year 6, they are expected to maintain legilibity in joined handwriting when writing at speed. Please support your child to write in a joined up style when completing homework.

Please see the letter formation expectation for Budbrooke in the files.

Times Tables: in class, we will revise all times tables and related division facts up to 12 x 12. The aim is for children to be able to recall this times table off by heart and out of order. Please encourage your child to log in to Times Tables Rock Stars regularly to practise their tables.

Key dates for year 6

Key stage 2 tests - The statutory key stage 2 tests are timetabled from Monday 11 May to Thursday 14 May 2026.

Residential visit to Manor Adventure: Wednesday, 15th to Friday, 17th October, 2025.

Cherry Class Reminders

Cherry class PE days are Wednesdays.

Children should have a named water bottle in school.

Please ensure that your children are wearing the correct uniform.

Useful websites:

https://uk.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1187&adGroup=Key+Stage+2&gclid=CPPa8teS_8kCFQbnwgodgOIB6A

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/

http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/