Welcome to the Year 6 Noticeboard

Dates for your diary.

21st September- Fairtrade fortnight
1st October - Year 6 assembly. 9.30am
1st October- National poetry day

9th November - Sarah Hopkins, printmaker, working with year 6

8th December - St Fagan's /Senedd visit

9th December - St Paul's Church, Sketty. Year 6 carol service

 

What have we been learning in class this week?

25th September 2026

This week, Year 6 have been busy rehearsing for their assembly, which they will be performing on Thursday. The children have worked hard learning their lines, songs and poems, and we are looking forward to sharing it with everyone.

In maths, we have been developing our understanding of negative numbers, focusing on adding and subtracting them with increasing confidence.

In literacy, we have continued reading Skellig and have also explored the text If I Were Prime Minister. This sparked some thoughtful discussions about the changes we would make if we were leading the country. The children shared some creative and insightful ideas!

In Science, we investigated the effects of mining through a hands-on activity. Using cookies containing chocolate chips, we tried to extract as many chocolate chips as possible while causing the least amount of damage to the cookie. This helped us understand how mining can impact the environment and the challenges involved in extracting valuable resources responsibly.

We have also been learning a Welsh poem, which we will be performing as part of our assembly on Thursday.

However, the highlight of the week was finally meeting our Reception buddies. Year 6 were fantastic role models and showed great kindness, patience and responsibility when spending time with some of the youngest members of our school. We are excited to continue building these special friendships throughout the year.

Here is a brief overview of the Autumn Term Curriculum:

Health and Well-being

• No outsiders
• Swimming
• Gymnastics
• Outdoor invasion games

Humanities

• Research information about democracy
• Use a variety of sources to research voting and elections
• Join in class discussions and debates
• Understand fairness, equality and justice

Language, Literacy and Communication

• Whole class text – Skellig by David Almond
• Information and persuasive text types
• National Poetry day
• Variety of sentence types

Welsh

• Dyma fi
• Using ‘frills’ to extend sentences
• Conversational Welsh on a variety of topics

Mathematics and Numeracy

• Place value to 1,000,000
• Four rules of number
• Data handling
• Problem solving

Expressive Arts

• Year group assembly
• Drama activities and debates
• Portraits and printing

Science and Technology

• States of matter
• Measuring forces
• Magnetic fields

Awareness Days and Celebrations

During this half-term we will be celebrating the following awareness days as a school:

21^st September - Fair Trade Fortnight

1^st October - National Poetry Day

15^th October – Shwmae day

Please look at our school calendar on our website for awareness days and celebrations after October half-term. The calendar also shows school holidays and inset days.

Calendar | Sketty Primary School

Reminders

Please label all school items. PE kit is a white T-Shirt, black shorts/ leggings and their school jumper. Children should come to school dressed in their kit on the days we have PE (Monday Y6MW, Swimming Y6LJ and Friday both classes). We are also a “nut free” school, so please remember this when preparing snacks, as some dried fruit snacks contain nuts.

If you have any further questions or concerns at any time, please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can do this by telephone, dojo or email.

Johnsl2@hwbcymru.net            

copusbrette@hwbcymru.net 

 WilliamsM2846@Hwbcymru.net

 Our website address is www.skettyprimary.co.uk

Kind regards,

Ms Copus, Mr Williams and Ms Johns

Weekly Achievements

Each week during assembly, we present certificates for Good work, Value and use of Welsh. 

This week's award winners. 

No awards this week due to visit to Crucial crew

Home Learning

Reading

Year 6 children are expected to read daily at home and log their reading journal at least three times a week. We kindly ask that parents/guardians sign the reading journal once a week to help us monitor their progress. Each child has a designated reading day. Please see the inside of your child's reading journal to see which day your child's journal is due. Please see the below infographic on why reading every day is so important. If you need any advice on how to support the development of reading or book recommendations that are appropriate for your child.

If your child is part of the 'Nessy' or 'Reading Eggs' group, both of these platforms are able to be accessed at home for further practice. 

Maths, Spelling and Grammar

All maths, times tables, spelling and grammar homework will be set via SumDog. Homework will be linked to the topics we have covered in school and help us to identify any misconceptions. 

Other Homework

Occasionally, we will set other, optional homework for Year 6 children to complete.  Please keep an eye on ClassDojo for more information on this. 

Important Dates

Please visit the school calendar here and subscribe to 'Year 6' and 'Whole School' events.

PE (Please wear appropriate kit to school for PE)

Monday - Gymnastics/Swimming (indoor kit - white t-shirt and long, plain black leggings or tracksuit bottoms)

Friday - Games (outdoor kit)

Below are some of the upcoming events:

Year 6 Dates

Autumn Term

7th September - Meet the teacher 4.30pm year 6 class

11th September - Waterstones author visit

1st October - Year 6 assembly