Year 6 at Heron Hill School
Mrs Dodd-Hemingway, Mrs Hudson, Mrs Osborne, Mrs Smith, Mrs Dyer, Miss Powell, Mrs Quilliam (temporary photograph)
Year 6
Mrs Hudson (Class Teacher)
Mrs Dodd-Hemingway (Class Teacher)
Mrs Osborne(Class Teacher)
Mrs Smith (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Dyer (Teaching Assistant)
Miss Powell (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Quilliam (Teaching Assistant)
Pre-Coronavirus information:
Residential Visits
A List of Equipment:
Please ensure no electrical equipment is brought into school. Mobile phones should NOT be brought into school. If a phone is accidentally brought into school, it should be handed into the office immediately and collected at the end of the day.
Food and Drink
Please provide your child with a water bottle, clearly labelled with their name. Children can drink from the water bottles during lessons, but only water should be in the bottles, no juice/squash etc. Morning break snack can be fruit, vegetables or cheese – no sugary snacks please.
School meals should be ordered on-line by 9.30 am on the day and can be booked up to 3 weeks in advance. Our school kitchen prepares the delicious hot meals on site, providing 3 meal choices each day, including a vegetarian option. Meals cost £2.50 per day. Please remember to cancel your child’s school meal by 9.30 am if they are unwell or you will be charged for the meal. Contact the school office if you have lost or forgotten your log-in details.
School milk is available on a daily basis at a cost of approximately 23p per day. If your child is not already registered in this scheme and would like to have milk please ask the office for further details.
Transfer to Secondary School
Year 6 parents are requested to apply online for their child’s secondary school place before the closing date of 31st October. Additional information will be available from the school office.
PE and Games
PE is on a Wednesday and a Friday.
Mathletics
The school has subscribed to Mathletics for Years 4, 5 and 6. This is a fantastic resource and evidence demonstrates that regular use leads to significant improvements in children’s mental agility. All children have been given an individual login and password which is kept in their homework diaries. We will use this in school. However, the children can access this site at home. It is fun to use and very informative – topics covered within class are also accessible on the site together with help and advice sections. We strongly recommend regular use at home. As the term progresses focussed Mathletics homework activities will be set. We will run Mathletics competitions during the year to encourage pupils to practise and develop their mental and arithmetic skills. Children who do not have access to a PC are welcome to attend the homework club on a Monday lunchtime and Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday lunchtimes can be used for Mathletics if pupils do not have access to the internet at home; please let your child’s teacher know if this is the case.
Learn Its
‘Learn Its’ are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts that children need to know by heart and be able to recall instantly. Your child should be able to tell you which Learn Its they are working on so that you can support at home with these. They will be recorded in pupils’ home-school books, it is useful if you note in the home-school book when your child practises at home. Please note that National Curriculum expectations are that all children should know all of their multiplication tables to 12 x 12 by the end of Year 4.
Home Learning
Homework tasks are set on the Home Learning page every Tuesday. If you are self-isolating there are also additional tasks.
Reading/Accelerated Reader
Children should record their reading in their homework diary. We use this and our Accelerated Reader system to monitor the children’s reading choices and enable us to guide and support your child’s reading developments. We strongly encourage you to discuss the storyline’s characters and events in fiction texts to support children to build their understanding of texts. Children may appear to be fluent readers but can fail to grasp deeper meanings in text. Please encourage your child to read a wide range of genres: poetry, historical fiction, mysteries, biographies and non-fiction.
Teachers monitor children’s reading ‘diet’ each week by checking their diary, so please ensure your child records the date, title and pages they have read, perhaps adding a brief comment on the book. Do recommend your favourite childhood reads and try to read and share special books together.
Our ‘Star Reader’ tests in school will generate a child’s ‘Zone of Proximal Development’ (ZPD) at intervals during the year. Children will use this ZPD as guidance for choosing books in the library. Following their completion of a reading a book, they will complete a quiz in school, which will assess their comprehension skills and provide information on their reading skills. Please use your Accelerated Reader Home Connect log in to monitor your child’s success. Feel free to come and ask any further questions about our Accelerated Reader and watch out for your child’s Accelerated Reader certificates. Parent logins and passwords have already been sent home.
Parent Consultation Evenings
To keep parents well informed of children’s progress, we will send home termly attainment and attitude to learning reports. These will be followed by parent consultation meetings to discuss the reports; the meetings will take place in November, February/March and July. If you have any concerns or issues about your child at any time, staff are always willing to meet with you. If this is not possible immediately, please telephone and make an appointment.
SATs
Year 6 SATs will take place during the week beginning Monday 9th May 2022. A SATs information meeting will be arranged in the spring term; date to follow. It is essential that you do not request time out of school during the week before and this week (3rd-13th May).
Bicycles and Scooters at School
The expectation is that parents/carers decide if their child is safe and confident enough to ride a bike independently to school and are asked to sign a consent form before their child can do so.
Please be aware of the following rules:
1. Bicycles must be in a roadworthy condition and cyclists must ride sensibly at all times.
2. Children must wear a cycle helmet. If your child is seen regularly without a helmet, the right to cycle to school will be removed. Closed off-road moto-cross style helmets are NOT suitable as they restrict children’s view.
3. Children should walk with their bicycles (on the pavement) between the school entrance and the Spar shop; this is because of the hazards associated with parked cars.
4. Bicycles should be padlocked when in the bike/scooter park.
5. It is advisable to take out insurance cover, as the school's insurance does not cover bicycles.
If your child comes on a scooter, this should also be secured with a padlock when possible, in the bike/scooter park. Children should not ride their bike or scoot within the school grounds.
Wellbeing
We believe that the children learning about and taking responsibility for their own wellbeing is important for a number of reasons. It is fundamental to their overall physical and mental health, supports them to overcome difficulties, gives confidence and a positive self-esteem. In Year 6 we have weekly wellbeing lessons, these are usually on a Friday.
Mrs Hudson (Class Teacher)
Mrs Dodd-Hemingway (Class Teacher)
Mrs Osborne(Class Teacher)
Mrs Smith (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Dyer (Teaching Assistant)
Miss Powell (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Quilliam (Teaching Assistant)
Pre-Coronavirus information:
Residential Visits
- Year 6 go to Ingleton in the summer term. They take part in a series of activities which include ghyll scrambling, rock climbing, problem solving games to name a few!
A List of Equipment:
- Book bag (£4.50), which is available from the school office.
Please ensure no electrical equipment is brought into school. Mobile phones should NOT be brought into school. If a phone is accidentally brought into school, it should be handed into the office immediately and collected at the end of the day.
Food and Drink
Please provide your child with a water bottle, clearly labelled with their name. Children can drink from the water bottles during lessons, but only water should be in the bottles, no juice/squash etc. Morning break snack can be fruit, vegetables or cheese – no sugary snacks please.
School meals should be ordered on-line by 9.30 am on the day and can be booked up to 3 weeks in advance. Our school kitchen prepares the delicious hot meals on site, providing 3 meal choices each day, including a vegetarian option. Meals cost £2.50 per day. Please remember to cancel your child’s school meal by 9.30 am if they are unwell or you will be charged for the meal. Contact the school office if you have lost or forgotten your log-in details.
School milk is available on a daily basis at a cost of approximately 23p per day. If your child is not already registered in this scheme and would like to have milk please ask the office for further details.
Transfer to Secondary School
Year 6 parents are requested to apply online for their child’s secondary school place before the closing date of 31st October. Additional information will be available from the school office.
PE and Games
- PE Kit:
- Plain white t-shirt and black shorts (not lycra/tight fitting or ‘skorts’).
- Plain black or dark blue fleece, jumper, or sweatshirt, tracksuit bottoms and trainers, socks. School sweatshirts cannot be used for PE. No branded sportswear.
- PE bags are available from the school office and cost £4.00.
- Trainers are not acceptable footwear for school other than for PE. Black school shoes please. Plain black, white or grey socks.
- Everything has to be named please. Please relabel items after several washes if using pen.
- No jewellery should be worn, in line with Cumbria LA policy. Child to take own earrings out or remove before school please.
- Hair must be tied up – no headbands for PE.
- Children will only be allowed to miss PE if the teacher receives a note signed by a parent.
- No nail varnish to be worn.
PE is on a Wednesday and a Friday.
Mathletics
The school has subscribed to Mathletics for Years 4, 5 and 6. This is a fantastic resource and evidence demonstrates that regular use leads to significant improvements in children’s mental agility. All children have been given an individual login and password which is kept in their homework diaries. We will use this in school. However, the children can access this site at home. It is fun to use and very informative – topics covered within class are also accessible on the site together with help and advice sections. We strongly recommend regular use at home. As the term progresses focussed Mathletics homework activities will be set. We will run Mathletics competitions during the year to encourage pupils to practise and develop their mental and arithmetic skills. Children who do not have access to a PC are welcome to attend the homework club on a Monday lunchtime and Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday lunchtimes can be used for Mathletics if pupils do not have access to the internet at home; please let your child’s teacher know if this is the case.
Learn Its
‘Learn Its’ are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts that children need to know by heart and be able to recall instantly. Your child should be able to tell you which Learn Its they are working on so that you can support at home with these. They will be recorded in pupils’ home-school books, it is useful if you note in the home-school book when your child practises at home. Please note that National Curriculum expectations are that all children should know all of their multiplication tables to 12 x 12 by the end of Year 4.
Home Learning
Homework tasks are set on the Home Learning page every Tuesday. If you are self-isolating there are also additional tasks.
Reading/Accelerated Reader
Children should record their reading in their homework diary. We use this and our Accelerated Reader system to monitor the children’s reading choices and enable us to guide and support your child’s reading developments. We strongly encourage you to discuss the storyline’s characters and events in fiction texts to support children to build their understanding of texts. Children may appear to be fluent readers but can fail to grasp deeper meanings in text. Please encourage your child to read a wide range of genres: poetry, historical fiction, mysteries, biographies and non-fiction.
Teachers monitor children’s reading ‘diet’ each week by checking their diary, so please ensure your child records the date, title and pages they have read, perhaps adding a brief comment on the book. Do recommend your favourite childhood reads and try to read and share special books together.
Our ‘Star Reader’ tests in school will generate a child’s ‘Zone of Proximal Development’ (ZPD) at intervals during the year. Children will use this ZPD as guidance for choosing books in the library. Following their completion of a reading a book, they will complete a quiz in school, which will assess their comprehension skills and provide information on their reading skills. Please use your Accelerated Reader Home Connect log in to monitor your child’s success. Feel free to come and ask any further questions about our Accelerated Reader and watch out for your child’s Accelerated Reader certificates. Parent logins and passwords have already been sent home.
Parent Consultation Evenings
To keep parents well informed of children’s progress, we will send home termly attainment and attitude to learning reports. These will be followed by parent consultation meetings to discuss the reports; the meetings will take place in November, February/March and July. If you have any concerns or issues about your child at any time, staff are always willing to meet with you. If this is not possible immediately, please telephone and make an appointment.
SATs
Year 6 SATs will take place during the week beginning Monday 9th May 2022. A SATs information meeting will be arranged in the spring term; date to follow. It is essential that you do not request time out of school during the week before and this week (3rd-13th May).
Bicycles and Scooters at School
The expectation is that parents/carers decide if their child is safe and confident enough to ride a bike independently to school and are asked to sign a consent form before their child can do so.
Please be aware of the following rules:
1. Bicycles must be in a roadworthy condition and cyclists must ride sensibly at all times.
2. Children must wear a cycle helmet. If your child is seen regularly without a helmet, the right to cycle to school will be removed. Closed off-road moto-cross style helmets are NOT suitable as they restrict children’s view.
3. Children should walk with their bicycles (on the pavement) between the school entrance and the Spar shop; this is because of the hazards associated with parked cars.
4. Bicycles should be padlocked when in the bike/scooter park.
5. It is advisable to take out insurance cover, as the school's insurance does not cover bicycles.
If your child comes on a scooter, this should also be secured with a padlock when possible, in the bike/scooter park. Children should not ride their bike or scoot within the school grounds.
Wellbeing
We believe that the children learning about and taking responsibility for their own wellbeing is important for a number of reasons. It is fundamental to their overall physical and mental health, supports them to overcome difficulties, gives confidence and a positive self-esteem. In Year 6 we have weekly wellbeing lessons, these are usually on a Friday.
