Year 6
Year 6 Curriculum Booklet
Year 6 - Summer Term (1) Curriculum Booklet
KS2 SATs 2024
What are SATs and how are they used by schools?
Children in Year 6 will complete their end of Primary School tests, SATs, in May 2024. All Year 6 children across the country will take these tests and the results are used by schools to check the attainment and progress of each child in English and maths. SATs are also used by secondary schools in generating target GCSE grades and can be used for making the initial groups or streams in which the children are placed in Year 7.
For information on SATs provided by the DfE please click here
SATs Timetable May 2024
The Key Stage 2 tests are timetabled from Monday 13 May to Thursday 16 May. Please ensure that your child is in school on these important dates:
Monday 13 May - English spelling, punctuation and grammar paper 1 and paper 2
Tuesday 14 May - English reading paper (comprehension)
Wednesday 15 May – Mathematics paper 1 (arithmetic) and paper 2 (reasoning)
Thursday 16 May – Mathematics paper 3 (reasoning)
When are Year 6 SATs Results Released?
Although the SATs dates for 2024 are in May, the test results are not released until towards the end of the Summer Term. This is because even though the SATs tests are taken within the classroom, they are marked externally. Only children’s writing is marked internally.
Once the results have been returned, parents are given a report that shows their child’s raw score (the actual number of marks they got), their scaled score (which allows for comparison with all other children across the country who took the same test), and whether they have achieved the national standard (scaled score of 100 and above).
How to prepare for SATs?
Year 6 teachers are helping the children prepare for the SATs tests during their usual lessons and additional booster groups. They will let you know what level your child is currently performing at against the national standards during the Parents’ Evening meetings and inform you if your child is receiving extra support during the school day.
In order to cover all the areas of the curriculum that the children are expected to be confident in, we will send home a maths revision pack on Wednesday 21 February and an English revision pack on Friday 23 February 2024. These revision packs will be their compulsory homework that must be completed at home and brought into school on the usual homework days. We will go through the homework on the following days:
Maths - Monday
English - Wednesday
There will be a lunchtime homework club for those children who have not completed their homework at home. Please note: these packs have been posted on Google Classroom. Should your child lose their revision pack, you can print it from there. No additional Google Classroom homework will be posted.
If you would like to do extra preparation at home – especially during the Easter holidays – please click the links below.
ICT Teachers – Year 6 Revision
Secondary Transfer Information
Deadline to apply for a secondary school place is: 31 October.
Please do not miss this important deadline.
How to apply on time for a secondary school - a guide 2024
How to apply for secondary transfer 2024
Secondary transfer myths busters -get the facts!
National Offer Day - Friday 1 March
Year 6 Curriculum Overview
year 6 hurst curriculum overview 2023 24.pdf
Residential Trip to PGL Marchants Hill, Surrey - Friday 7 June to Sunday 9 June 2024
For details of the centre visit:
https://www.pgl.co.uk/en-gb/adventure-holidays/centres/marchants-hill
Link to Magicbooking - https://hurstprimary.magicbooking.co.uk/
year 6 final letter pgl residential trip june 2024 27 03 24 27152024101504.pdf
Click here for the kit list - as at 27 March 2024
Reading Suggestions
100 Books to read before you leave Year 6 Challenge - Please click here
Assessment Grids
Below are the assessment grids for reading, writing and maths which teachers use in order to help assess children's learning in these subjects. They consist of a list of statements that are age and stage appropriate, covering skills and content covered.
