“Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of, who do the things that no one can imagine.”

Alan Turing

The staff and pupils in Year 6 welcome you to our page. We hope you find it useful and if you have any ideas on how it could be improved, please speak to one of the Year 6 team.

Being in Year 6 means that we need to set an outstanding example to all. Our aim is to be the best we can be by working hard every day, supporting each other, and most of all, enjoying our last year at Fleetdown. It will be a challenging and busy year, but we want to make it the best year yet!

As a member of Year 6, it also means that we are working hard to build our independence and ability to learn in many different ways. We always demonstrate the three key values of Fleetdown Primary Academy: Respect, Responsibility, Equality.

Your Year 6 Team 2024-2025

Miss S Dalton - Assistant Headteacher, English Leader, Year Group Leader, Class Teacher of Barracudas

Mr A Burnett - PE & Sports Premium Leader, Early Teacher Mentor, Diversity Leader, Class Teacher of Piranhas

Miss A Harvey - Class Teacher of Blue Marlins

Mrs N Openshaw - Associate Teacher

Mrs J Hargreaves - Associate Teacher

Mrs K Featherbee - Associate Teacher

Mrs K Waterman - Associate Teacher

Term 1 - The Wonder of Me

This term, we will be learning all about ourselves, including why our differences make us unique but also bring us together!

What is a talent? Do we all have them? How can we use them?

Fun Fact: We all have something that makes us who we are. Even identical twins don't have the same fingerprints!

Our Maths learning will include learning all about place value, as well as how to manipulate the four key calculations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

In our Reading lessons, we are reading the excellent "Holes" by Louis Sachar. Stanley Yelnats is trapped inside Camp Green Lake. Can he escape or is he destined for a life of digging holes?

In our English lessons, we will be using and basing our work on the beautiful text that is "Wonder" by RJ Palacio. Auggie struggles to settle into his new surroundings, but after finding out how talented he truly is, he soon finds his feet.

By writing descriptive settings, character descriptions and diaries, we explore what truly makes us all wonder about our world.