Dear Y6 Parents/Carers,

At Davies Lane, we aim to use our broad and robust curriculum to ensure our children acquire knowledge in a sequential way that allows them to become confident and resilient, 21^st century learners.

Our curriculum layout clarifies the end points that all children should achieve at the end of the week, term and year. We know how important it is that children are able to see the big picture of whatever they are learning, we have broken our curriculum into manageable composites and components of knowledge that ensures that they learn everything that they need to know by the time they move to the next year group. We use retrieval recall, recap and rehearsal as a strategy to ensure that children commit relevant knowledge to the long term memory for automaticity, which means they can recall learned concepts quickly to solve more complex concepts.

Our curriculum is sequenced, to ensure cumulative layers of knowledge, it makes it our progression model for assessing the progress made by each child. To assess progress, we check that the curriculum has been delivered to all children as intended and that they have demonstrated how they know and remember each block of knowledge. It means that year on year, our children know more and remember more. They develop dispositions that allow them to confidently approach and tackle problems. Please find some information about what your child will be learning below in the curriculum overview link.

Healthy eating

We encourage our children to eat healthily, we have subscribed to Food for Life to work with us to ensure our food takes sustainability into account. We have designed our curriculum to ensure that we teach children how to grow, cook and eat seasonal food that are mostly locally sourced. Please join us in monitoring what children bring into school for their packed lunch.

Charity work

As we emerge from the pandemic, there has never been a time when supporting charities has been more relevant. We want to continue showing our support for cancer and heart charities to name a few. We have local soup kitchens, residential homes for the elderly, hospices and lots of our local community that need our support. We will appreciate your support in carrying out this vital work and highlighting the need to serve the community to our children.

Sustainability

Our world needs children who understand and share the passion to save it from the climate emergency it faces. We want to highlight reusing and recycling in all we do at school and beyond the school gates. The children will be learning a lot about the effects our actions on the earth. They will be looking at litter, water usage and energy use, please join us in this drive. The curriculum ensures our children understand the consequences of travel and the food they eat.

Physical Education

PE is twice a week. This year we will continue to ask children to come in to school in their PE kit on the days that they have PE. Please ensure that your child wears the correct school recommended PE kit.  They should wear (Please note that football kits or branded T shirts are not part of our school uniform):

  ·        a white T shirt or polo shirt

  ·        black shorts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms

  ·        trainers or plimsolls

  ·        School jumper or fleece

Remote learning

To ensure that children do not miss out on their learning during days off sick or isolating due to covd-19, we use google classroom as an online platform for remote learning. We use this platform when teaching remotely, in the case of self-isolation, and to upload weekly homework. Your child will be able to access their homework on a Friday and will need to complete it by the following Thursday. Homework can be completed either in the homework book provided or online.

Reading is at the heart of our curriculum, we want our children to read widely for pleasure. Children will bring a book home each week as part of their homework. We ask that you please read with your children daily and record your comments in the reading record provided. Books are changed every Thursday. As there are opportunities for us to hear your child read at school, we ask that they bring their reading books in each day with them.

We look forward to working closely with you over the year to support your child’s progress. If you wish to contact your child’s teacher please do so using the email address below:

Magnolia : sadaf.hussain@davieslane.arborcademytrust.co.uk         

Aspen: christine.glover@davieslane.arboracademytrust.co.uk

Maple: natalie.morenas@davieslane.arboracademytrust.co.uk

Hazel: alexander.macnaghten@davieslane.arboracademytrust.co.uk

Regards,

Jacalyn Cheeseman

Head of School

Our school policy is that homework is sent home every Friday and should be returned

every Thursday, signed by parents. There is a strong emphasis on project -based

homework, which will be due in every 3 to 4 weeks. From January, the pattern for

receiving and returning homework will change. Parents will be informed of this at the

time.

Some children will be invited to attend after-school booster sessions; these groups will

be flexible and it is very important that if invited, your child attends. This will ensure

they are able to meet their end-of-year targets. You will receive a report card at the

end of each term to keep you informed as to how your child is progressing at school.

PE takes place twice weekly. Please ensure your child keeps their PE kit in school.

Please feel free to talk to us if you have any concerns or would like to visit us in class.

Yours sincerely

The Y6 team

Useful Links

Click on the links to download

• Core Subject Curriculum Overview
• Main Subject Curriculum Overview
• Year 6 Handbook
• Mathletics
• Bug Club
• BBC Bitesize
• Mathschase