Twitter Translate Page Search Site Staff Log In HOME ABOUT US CHILDREN AND CLASSES PARENT ZONE KEY INFORMATION Year 6 Home Children and Classes Class Pages Class Pages Archive: 2013-2014 Year 6 Forest School Fun Five of our Year Six children are currently working really hard with Miss McFarlane learning forest school skills in a local woodland. The children have been den building, shelter building and making their own campfires to cook food. Everybody is having a great time! Summer Term Leavers Ball The leavers ball will be held on Monday 14th of July and will be a fantastic night, where the children and staff can get dressed up and celebrate their time at New Park! Enterprise update Last week the children baked and sold their own products. The bake sale was a huge success and nearly all groups made a profit. The children were excellent sellers and all cakes were sold by the end of the afternoon. The children have showed excellent bussiness and team working skills, well done! See below for pictures of them making their products! Enterprise Bake Sale We have been taking part in an Enterprise project and on Thursday, 3rd July we are holding a bake sale. The bake sale will include a range of different desserts that we have created. All monies raised from this sale we will be donating to Cancer Research. Leavers Assembly We have been very busy practising for our Leavers Assembly, which all parents are invited to on Tuesday 22nd July. More information to follow. Upcoming Events Chester Zoo - Thursday 10th July Year 6 Ball - Monday 14th July Awards Night - Thursday 17th July Leavers Assembly - Tuesday 22nd July The Team Our Year 6 team consists of three teachers, Miss Ardrey, Mr Griffiths and Mr Willis. We have three HLTA's, Mrs Chittenden, Miss Walsh and Miss Coyne and our TA Mrs Forrester. Secondary School Year 6 is the time that we are preparing our children for their transitions to their chosen secondary schools. We have opportunities to visit local secondary schools and we encourage children to attend open days. This year, you will have to apply for your child's secondary school place online. You will be able to do this from the end of September and the closing date is 31st October. If you have any problems accessing the internet, please call into school and let us know or please click on the site below. Secondary School Admissions Information School Day During the mornings we have Literacy and Numeracy lessons and in the afternoons we study Science, History, Geography, French, PSHE, PE, ICT, Art and Design and RE. Our children follow the National Curriculum for all subjects. During Autumn term we go swimming once a week and have the opportunity to take part in football coaching with the coaches from LFC. During Spring Term afternoons, our children, in small groups, will have extra half hour interventions of Literacy and Numeracy. Responsibilities Our Year 6 children hold many positions of responsibility in school such as, Head Boy and Head Girl, Sports Captains, School Council Representatives, Prefects, Playground Pals and School and Classroom Monitors. Homework/Extra Curricular Opportunities We expect children to read and practise their times tables every night. Reading diaries should be signed and returned to school every day. SUBJECT SENT HOME DUE IN Home Writing Tuesday Monday Numeracy Monday Wednesday Literacy Tuesday Thursday Spelling Monday Friday HOMEWORK TIMETABLE We like to encourage as many children as possible to attend our Tuesday 3.30-4.30 homework/revision club. This is a great opportunity for the year 6 children to complete their homework while there are staff members available to help them. There are also opportunities for kickboxing, football and dance. Trips and Rewards Year 6 have many trips to look forward to. Coming up in March is the residential at Colomendy that we can't wait for! After SATs we can relax and be rewarded with a trip to the Tennis Tournament at Calderstones Park as well as a fab day out at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. We will have the opportunity to have top up swimming lesson in Summer Term as well! Year 6 is a very challenging year and all children work considerably hard for their SATs tests. We are very proud of them. Archived Class Pages Bbc bitesize Year 6 2011/2012 Useful Links Liverpol City Council Directgov Ofsted Report News & Events Latest News Newsletters Calendar Site Information Site Map Policies High Visibility Mode All website content © New Park Primary School Website design by PrimarySite Cookies Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips. Our cookies ensure you get the best experience on our website. Please make your choice! Reject all Accept all I need more information