In Years 5 and 6, the demands of the curriculum become greater, as we prepare the children for secondary school. Please have a look through the information below to find out what your children will be learning this year.
The spelling test at the end of Year 6, which forms part of the SATs, will test children on spelling rules and words taken from all year groups, so it is essential that they know the spellings from Years 3 and 4 as well as 5 and 6.
Useful websites
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Times Tables Rockstars
Children need to know their tables off-by-heart, back-to-front, without a moment's thought. What better way to practise than this website? Please use it every day!
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Children's dictionary
This site gives easy to understand definitions - write your word in the 'Word Explorer Children's Dictionary' search bar on the left.