To get in touch with the Year 6 team, email : year6@parkspringprimary.co.uk
Teacher– Miss Wood
Teaching assistant – Mrs Foulds
Teacher– Miss Benson and Mrs Higgins
Teaching assistant– Mrs Turner
Reading records go out every Monday and need to be returned to school the following Monday. Your child must read 5x a week and an adult must date and sign their record for every occasion read.
PE: Tuesday (come to school in PE kits)
Cojos: Friday (come to school in PE kits)
Spelling test: Friday
Multiplication tables: All times tables but especially the trickier ones – 6,7,8,9,11 and 12 multiplication tables.
This will be set on a Monday and returned on a Thursday. A further will be set on a Thursday and returned on a Monday.
Our main focuses of learning this term are Geography (North America), Science (Evolution) and the RE (Sikhism).
For our Science topic, we will be learning about the evolution. Here is the lozenge for this topic which shows what the children are learning
Science-Evolution
In Geography we are learning about the North America. Here is the lozenge for this topic which shows what the children are learning
Geography-North America
Our class reader this half term is Wolf Brother.
Our author for this half term is Kate Dicamillo.
Week 2
Year 5 and 6 had a lady called Catherine visiting from network rail. She is the one supporting Year 6 to get free rail tickets to Dobroyd. The children listened to her carefully talking about rail safety, the tracks and voltage that they have and how to behave at a train station. She then told the children all about the types of jobs on the railway and they even got to dress up! Even Miss Benson wanted to have a go.
The children also had Remembrance day this week and learnt all about Horace Isle who was a British teenage soldier who lied about his age to enlist with the Leeds Pals in World War I, joining at 14 and dying in combat at 16. They loved learning about him and produced a research page on him.
On Friday it was also Children in need so a great opportunity for some photos for the children’s leavers folders. Here are some of the great children in need outfits!
In writing the children finished their final pieces creating their own version of ‘Flossie’s diary’. They put on their letters and re wrote in neat their diary entries and then got creative. Here are a few examples.
Week 1
This week the children in Year 6 have been finishing off their WW2 writing by writing a letter about being evacuated. Next week this will be added to something to created a bigger piece of writing and we cannot wait to show you the final piece!
The children have loved looking at fossils in Science this week to start off our evolution topic. Lots of the children have being bringing in fossils of their own that they have found at home.
Our two main focuses of learning this term are WW2 and the Circulatory System.
For our history topic, we will be learning about the WW2. Here is the lozenge for this topic which shows what the children are learning
Y6-History-Lozenge-WW2-Leeds
In Science we are learning about the Circulatory System. Here is the lozenge for this topic which shows what the children are learning
Y6 Aut 1 Science
Our class reader this half term is Letters From the Lighthouse.
Our author for this half term is Malorie Blackman.
Week 1
Well done for a fantastic first week! They have show that they are ready for Year 6, showing maturity, positivity and determination to do well. Well done to every single individual person in Year 6.
Week 2
This week the children started their Science topic by learning about the circulatory system by finding out what the important parts are and the functions. They matched up jigsaw pieces and drew their own circulatory system. Here are some of their amazing pieces of learning.
On Friday 6b had a PJ day thanks to Mrs Horan and our attendance. When we spun the wheel a PJ day was our reward. Here are some photos from Friday.
Week 3
This week year 6 have been creative and loved making models of the heart. We learnt about why the heart is important and what all the different parts of the heart out. We then created a 2d model of the heart showing all the different parts.
Week 4
This week in Science we have been making blood and learning about the components of our blood. We used
orange juice for plasma, red jelly for red blood cells, white marshmallows for white blood cells and honey hoop
cereal for the platelets. We found out what the function of each part was and have created some lovely posters.
Week 5
This week we have been learning about some WW2 artists: Victor Lundy, Lillian Yonally, Henry Moore, Eric Kennington and completing some research on them as well as trying to recreate some of their work.
Week 6
This week the year 6 children have been writing up their WW2 poems and have produced some lovely pieces. Today we have sent home their learning for you to share at home with pride!
In art we have been learning about Henry Moore and his talent with using lines in his art. The children loved re creating his pictures and finding out lots more information about him.
Week 7
This week we had a special visitor on Friday called Judith Rhodes. She showed a documentary, The Little Suitcase, that tells her mother’s story, and will bring Ursula’s Kinder transport case with her. The children asked such great questions and Judith was impressed with the Year 6 children, their knowledge and their interest in WW2.
Also this week we finished our WW2 art topic by making tinfoil models in positions inspired by sculptures we had studied. Big shout out to Ashton who made his model laying down like an army man crawling. Well done for being unique!
November 14, 2025
