Welcome to Succeed Class - Year 6

"If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you."

James 1:5

Welcome to Year 6 - Succeed Class. We have 32 children in Succeed class this year, all striving to achieve their own personal goals. I, Miss Fleming, am the Year 6 teacher and alongside myself will be Mrs Dench (who will teach the class on Monday's,) and Miss Milner as our class Teaching Assistant. We all share the same goal - to guide, to support, to learn, to laugh and to ensure that memories are made. We are looking forward to the exciting, and hard-working, journey ahead!

Now that the children are in Year 6, they will have many responsibilities around the school such as: leading by example as school role models to the younger children; taking the lead with School Council; participating as senior members of the GIFT Team; supporting younger children in reception with key reading skills; demonstrating sound knowledge of Internet Safety as members of the Internet Warriors; assisting within whole school assemblies; and representing the school at the various sporting competitions that we will be participating in throughout the year. It is sure to be a busy year!

As the year progresses, we will move onto discovering about our local environments through our 'Coasts' topic in Geography; finding out about the ancient civilisation of Baghdad; learning how important Greek History was to our own language and society; discovering the history of evolution through science and where electricity came from. All of this, as well as preparing for our SAT's and the not-to-be-missed end of year musical production, which is always a highlight in the children's calendar!

Your child's well-being is of vital importance to us and we want to ensure that they are happy and progressing. If you ever have any queries, questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us via our staff email:

nfleming@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Routines in Class

At the start of the day, children will enter the classroom where they will settle into some basic daily arithmetic practise. Collective worship will happen every day for approximately 15 minutes. This will involve a collection of meditation, thought and hymn focused activities based around the CARITAS statements of the week.

Morning break will be at 11am. If you wish, you may send a healthy snack in with your child for them to consume at this time.

Reading:

We ask that you read with your child as often as possible. Your child will have a reading record that can be signed by yourself every time your child reads or is read to. In KS2, children will be expected to quiz regularly on Accelerated Reader upon completion of their book. As a minimum, we generally expect that children quiz at least once every fortnight. This helps aid their fluency and stamina to digest larger volumes of text that are expected within the Year 6 curriculum. This term, we have set the children a challenge to read at lead 35,000 words by the end of the term to receive a reading prize.

PE:

PE in Spring Term will be on Tuesday morning with Coach Tom (FUNDA) and Wednesday afternoon with Coach Brad (FUNDA).  Children will be expected to wear PE kits on these days only. This consists of: Plain black leggings/joggers (no logo's or patterns), PE Top and hoody, jumper or cardigan. Please ensure that all earrings and jewellery are removed for sessions. It is important all children participate in PE sessions - if your child is unwell and cannot participate, you must advise the office on that date or provide a note to excuse.

Homework:

Homework will now focus upon arithmetic, reasoning questions, grammar and/or comprehension activities. Children will be notified of the type of homework they have each week, which will be handed out on Friday to be completed for the following Friday. It is vital that your child completes the tasks given as it is an opportunity to consolidate the learning already performed in class that week. If you require any support with homework, please do not hesistate to contact me for assistance.The children will be practising vital skills in preparation for SAT's and transition.

Spring Term 1 Learning

Welcome back after the festive period to a new 2026! We hope that the children enjoyed the extended break and are ready and raring to go with what will be another jam packed schedule of new learning. This term we welcome Mrs Dench on a Monday to teach the class however, Miss Fleming will also be utilising this day to take small groups of children for intervention sessions on maths (reasoning and arithmetic,) grammar and reading skills throughout the morning to boost confidence and familiarity of terms.

We start the term with the theme of Ancient Greece. Here children will combine learning in Literacy and History to gain a much more in-depth look at this Ancient Civilisation. In Literacy, we will explore the text, Who Let the God's Out to create our very own tense mystery/adventure tale based around Greek mythology. We will then consider discussion and debate on whether we would prefer to be a Spartan Warrior or Athenian in that time era. As always, grammar skills will be inter-twined within the lessons for full coverage of sentence structure. There will be additional grammar sessions through the week to revise key terms alongside a creative writing session weekly to apply skills taught in a short writing piece. 

In History, we will explore the region of Greece and how it was such a successful Island when considering invasions. We will explore the two matriarchs of the era - Athens and Sparta to gain an insight into whether brains or brawn made or destroyed a nation; explore what legacy Ancient Greece provides us with today and also, how influential it was as a country with learning that we have today.

In maths, we will complete a recap of previously taught concepts such as multiplying and dividing, fractions and place value before moving onto new topics such as units of measurement, percentages, ratio and algebra. Alongside additional sessions of maths, we will also incorporate regular arithmetic sessions and reasoning opportunities to apply skills taught in lessons into word problems for a more in-depth challenge. Booster will then commence this term for all children to attend on Tuesday's 3:15-4:15pm. The session will be beneficial for all children as they will have the opportunitity to work with peers and support on more challenging question types to aid their familiarity with test style questions.

In science, we will be learning all about Electricity. Here the children will explore the different types of circuits and components needed to make a light brighter or a sound louder. This will be linked closely with their DT topic of creating their own electrical steady hand game involving a light up feature or a buzzer.

In computing, learning will be linked to their History topic of Greece and they will be tasked over the term to devise and develop their own Greek God game using Scratch Game Creator. The children will also use Project Evolve to explore how they can further stay safe online by managing online information responsibly.

In RE, we will continue with our learning on the season of Advent through Expectations before moving onto looking at Sources within the Bible. This will involve exploring the various types of texts contained within the Bible, why they are important and how they came about. Lessons will focus around discussion, thought and drama to fully immerse themselves in learning. Children will also hone in their bible skills with additional sessions where they will respond to scripture through locating the reference, digesting the meaning and explaining their understanding of it in their own words.

Children from Succeed class went to Liverpool Empire Theatre to watch the production of Matilda The Musical. The show was amazing and all the children really enjoyed the dancing, singing and lights! Their behaviour was exemplary, even with all of the traffic on the way home!

As part of our learning in Geography, the children had to use an atlas to locate the countries of South America. They then were tasked with the objective of identifying which countries the Amazon River runs through. The children were amazed by the expansive nature of this and how important the rainforest basin is to even us here in England.

On Friday, 14th November, children in Succeed class had a visit from Bacup Fire Service to talk about Road safety and awareness. They discussed how to be safe and be seen on roads during the darker winter months, how to travel in cars, on bikes and on public transport safely and effectively and what to do in cases of emergency. The visit was extremely useful for all children to understand the dangers on roads, particularly as the nights are becoming darker.

On Tuesday, 11th November, Year 6 attended the Whitworth Cenotaph to pay their respect alongside other local schools for remembrance. The children participated by laying a wreath on behalf of the school and sharing bidding prayers during the service. The children were extremely respectful throughout the whole service.

Parents and carers once again joined the class to participate in a topic afternoon based around the new Geography unit of South America. The children and parents were tasked with creating their own rainforest art piece. The creations were very competitive and original - even the parents were competing against each other! Thanks again to all that attended, your support is very much appreciated!

Children in year 6 participated in the theme dance around the world as part of a PE day. As we are learning about the continent of South America, we thought it would be appropriate to create their own Latin themed Cha Cha dance. It was very interesting watching some of the shapes being thrown in the dance - we certainly have some unique dancers! Well done Succeed for participating well in the spirit of the event.

At the end of the first half term, the children completed their DT project to design and build their very own playground. The children were set a brief to comprise of:

• colourful
• safe
• fun
• 5 objects
• one object to move
• one object to climb
• durable

The children had access to a variety of materials throughout the day to craft swings, slides, climbing frames and shelters. The finished products were very impressive - it was a hard decision for the staff to judge the winner!

This term, the children took part in a Pobble 365 Live Writing session on science fiction. The children joined children from all over the world including Dubai, Ireland and even Bacup!! They were tasked with creating their own space based short story and came up with some very imaginative pieces!

This term, Succeed class visited Whitworth Library as part of their learning on WW2. The  children listened to facts about WW2 from Amy and looked at a rationing pack for the army today. The children then had the opportunity to explore the texts in the library and select new books. 

On Thursday 23rd October, Succeed class investigated real animal hearts as part of their learning on the circulatory system in science. The children had the opportunity to explore a variety of hearts to identify the valves, aorta, veins, capillaries and chambers. The children were not afraid to get stuck in as you can see!

On Tuesday, 21st October, children in Succeed class visited Whitworth Museum to learn all about the impact of WW2 on Whitworth. The children explored a range of artefacts from rifles, helmets of the time, shell casings, stirrup pumps, radar alerts and gas masks. Some were even chosen to be our own little evacuees! The children had a great time and learned a lot to really enhance the learning that has been done in class. 

Every Friday, the children have been participating in cricket sessions with Chiggy. They have been learning week by week the skills of throwing, catching and batting before taking part in an actual match to display all skills. The children have made great progress so far and many balls have been lost over the fence from excellent batting skills!! Well done Year 6!

This term we have had a visit from Corum Life Bus to teach the children all about safety online and their mental well-being. The children looked at the variety of emotions that they can experience daily and how social media influences can affect or portray this very differently. The children were amazing in the session - very respectful with articulate questions and answers to test their understanding.

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