Silkstone Primary School

Welcome to Class Six 

In Class 6 the children will be working with Miss Heeley, Mrs Hobson and Mr Heath. Our aim is for the children to feel safe, happy and interested in learning new things.

We will work hard to achieve Dojo points each week for good behaviour, following our golden rules and working hard. We will also work together to earn marbles for the jar which will lead to a whole class reward.

Children will have weekly spellings, reading and homework tasks, please encourage your child to complete their home learning and continue to practise their times tables. I will be available during lunch time on a Tuesday and Friday to help children with homework tasks.

Throughout the year we will be working towards SATS which take place in May. We will look at previous questions regularly so that the children become familiar with the layout and question type to help them feel confident and relaxed when May arrives.

At the end of the year we will be performing our KS2 Production and we will enjoy working together, learning our roles and singing and dancing our way to the end of term!

Our class visits during the year are Robinwood, Crucial Crew and Chester Zoo. We have already enjoyed our visit to Robinwood where we scaled great heights, zoomed through the air and challenged ourselves to escape the Dungeon and the hugely popular Piranha Pool.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have, we are always happy to help.

We look forward to a fantastic year with your children; building lasting memories of primary school.

Curriculum Map for Autumn 2025

Academic Year 2024-2025

Design and Technology

We worked in pairs to make our moving vehicles.  We made careful measurements and safely used saws and glue guns to create our vehicles.  We use our knowledge of circuits to power the wheels and raced them in the playground to find the fastest.

Our Curriculum Map for the Spring Term

We are Artists

We created multi-layered textured self portraits after looking at the work of artist Mike Barrett.  We are really proud of our results.

We are Artists

We carefully measured our grids to scale up our silhouettes in preparation for creating our 3D sculptures.  After we had scaled up our pictures we used collage from previous mark making to fill the space.  We then had the challenge of turning our 2D drawing into 3D.  We are really proud of our animal creations.

Curriculum Map Autumn 2024

Robinwood Residential

The children have had a brilliant second day of activities worked so well as a team and being really supportive of each other.

We had a fabulous first day at Robinwood and after a good night's sleep are ready for another action-packed day.

We are all enjoying our tea after an afternoon filled with exciting activities..

Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Mini Mudder

We all had a brilliant time on the Mini Mudder.

Sports Day

We enjoyed taking part in all the races and cheering everyone on.

Curriculum Overview Summer 2024

Fabric Lenny

We worked with the artist Fabric Lenny to design and decorate our Greek Vases to reflect our daily lives.  We worked collaboratively using paint and inks to create our wonderful finished pieces.

StreetDance

We learnt lots of new moves in our streetdance workshop.

Chester Zoo

We visited Chester Zoo as part of our learning in Geography and our topic on South America and the Amazon.  We loved seeing all the different animals and learning about conservation.

Bikeability

We enjoyed our Bikeability training - learning to ride safely on the roads - ready for secondary school.

Curriculum Plan for the Spring Term

Design Technology - Breadmaking

In DT we have researched, designed and baked our own Christmas bread. We sampled various breads including stollen, panettone and hot cross buns as part of our research and also used our ICT skills to find out about bread across the world. We then designed and baked our own bread and took it home for our families to try. Yum!

Design Technology - Ancient Greek Vases

As part of their topic on the Ancient Greeks, Class 6 have made some Greek vases using their modelling skills. In Art lessons we studied the designs and patterns of Greek pottery and then they designed and made their own using a balloon and Modroc. I’m sure you’ll agree they look fantastic but also the children displayed excellent teamwork shown throughout the making process.

Visit to Crucial Crew

Class 6 visited Crucial Crew where they took place in various scenarios involving road, water and fire safety, bus travel and even carried out a mock court trial. A great day was had by all on this informative and helpful visit.

Father Christmas

We enjoyed having a chat with Father Christmas when he visited us.

Bench-Ball Tournament

We are really proud of our Bench-Ball team who came second in their tournament against nine local teams as part of the Passport 4 Sport competition.  Everyone demonstrated excellent teamwork and tried their very best.  

Run for Macmillan

It was time for our annual charity run.  This year we all ran at least one mile to raise money for Macmillan.

Curriculum Information for the Autumn Term