Birkby Junior School

Year 6

Summer Term 2023-24

Welcome back Year 6! And what an exciting Summer Term we have in prospect.

Not long now till the SATs begin and you can show just how much you have learnt. During the lead up to SATS, we will continue to work hard in preparation with additional booster sessions each week. We are very proud of all our Year 6s and know that you will all be brilliant!

Important as they are, however, the Summer Term is not all about SATs. We also have lots of exciting learning going on right up until you leave us and go on to High School. In History and Geography, we will be moving onto learning about post-war Britain, focussing on the birth of the NHS and migration on the HMS Windrush before studying renewal energy. This learning is brilliant as a stimulus for a range of extended pieces of writing, which is a big focus this term as our Writing Assessments are submitted at the end of June.

English, Maths and Science will initially focus on SATs preparation but will then move towards preparation for High School. In English, we will be reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth before reading the longer texts -  'Oranges from No Man’s Land’ as well as ‘The Suitcase Kid’ by Jacqueline Wilson. In Maths, we will be consolidating all of our learning as well as working on our Y6/7 Transition Unit which is brilliant to prepare for High School as it includes some very complex mathematics and a lot of KS3 content. In Science, we will be studying the life cycles of different animals before taking on a range of exciting investigations and developing our ability to work scientifically. It is all great fun!

As well as all of this fun in the classroom, we have our residential trip to Bradley Woods coming up in very soon, where we will be zip wiring, crate stacking, firing arrows in archery and much much more!!

We also hope to be enjoying the fresh air as much as possible and will be taking every opportunity to indulge in outdoor learning. We are also planning a very exciting Leavers’ experience for our Year 6s this year, so look out for further information, which we will send as soon as possible.

A wonderful term in prospect which will go by in a flash.