Year 6 2026 - 2027
Class Teacher: Mr S Wade
Teaching Assistant: Mrs P Bowden
Spanish: Mrs J Edelston PE: The PE Academy
Christian Values: Respect & Humility
There is lots to look forward to in Year 6 as we head into a new school year. We're going to be a very busy bunch throughout the Autumn Term and right the way up until Christmas.
English:
Our theme this term is 'Keep Calm and Carry On" and is inspired by our World War II unit in History and our main text in English, Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll. Set in February 1941, this historical mystery follows Olive and her little brother Cliff as they are evacuated from a Blitz ravaged London, to a mysterious lighthouse on the Devon coast.
Letters from the Lighthouse is a story of resilience, friendship and tolerance.
History:
We will be exploring the key events of World War II and the effects they had nationally and closer to home, in Ashton. Towards the end of term, we will be travelling to Liverpool for our class trip, where we will visit Western Approaches Museum.
Geography:
We kick off the year exploring human and physical geography with a topic focusing on climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycles.
Science:
Sparks will be flying in the Year 6 classroom in Science as we begin a topic on Electricity. We’ll be working scientifically, studying circuit symbols and diagrams, voltage and component performance and troubleshooting to identify faults in broken circuits.
Maths:
We begin the term focusing on the Place Value of digits in numbers up to ten million before moving on to Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, and Fractions before we finish the term Converting Units. All Maths work is completed using the White Rose Maths scheme.
RE:
We'll be studying the journey we take through life and answering the question 'Is every person’s journey the same?'.
All this and much more!
For full information on the topics covered in Year 6 this term and throughout the school year, please refer to the Long Term Plan 2026 - 2027 in the Files to Download section at the bottom of this page, where you will also find lots of other useful information.
For all the very latest news from Year 6 HQ, please head to our Class Dojo Page.
Mr Wade
