Guiseley Primary School

Year 6 - Purple Class and Turquoise Class

Year 6 Newsletters

Autumn 1 term Newsletter 2025

Autumn 2 term Newsletter 2025

Spring Term Newsletter 2025

Summer Term Newsletter 2025.pdf

Curriculum overview

Year 6 curriculum overview

Summer 2 2024/25

What a fantastic time Year 6 had on residential. Lots of blue skies, sunshine and heat! The children really developed their teamwork, independence and listening skills whilst they were away and all the staff at the centre and from school said how well behaved and polite they were - an absolute credit to the school! Well done Year 6!

Summer 1 2024/25

This half term has flown by in Year 6!

In English, the children were given the choice of which novel from the Year they'd like to work with again and the overwhelming majority picked Holes by Louis Sachar. The children then set about writing their own account of one of the most climactic moments from the novel that sees the main character, Stanley Yelnats, face off against the fearsome Warden!

The children worked extremely hard in the build-up to the SATS and took part in lots of different activities to help them prepare. The highlight for many was planning and delivering maths reasoning lessons to Year 5 children and solving grammar problems dotted around the school grounds during our orienteering sessions.

When the time came, we were all incredibly proud of the children's mature attitude and positivity during test week. They had a feast every morning (thanks to our star chef, Mrs Miliopoulos) and were energised and focused after spending time with one another.

As a reward for all of their hard work during SATs week, both classes were awarded their leavers' hoodies which everyone thoroughly enjoyed despite the hot weather!

In the final week of the term some of the children in Year 6 got to take part in a triathlon. They swam, cycled and ran their hearts out! Well done to all those who took part and represented our school so brilliantly.

Spring Term 2 2024/25

As well as our core curriculum work this half term, the children have participated in their Bikeability courses, been on a school trip to Armley Mills as part of our learning about the Industrial Revolution, received expert Rugby coaching from Leeds Rhinos and enjoyed the annual spectacle that is Guiseleys's Got Talent!

Spring Term 1 2024/2025

The children have been immersed in the world of the Tudor era this half term. They have studied each of the Tudor monarchs and explored primary and secondary historical sources in an attempt to establish which king or queen was the most terrible. They have written stories inspired by their learning as well as composing their own Tudor-themed music! They explored feelings and resilience during Children's Mental Health week and learned about "scamming" in Internet safety week.

Autumn Term 2 2024/2025

This half term saw the introduction of a topic called 'Our restless Earth' which took an in depth look into the world of tectonic plates and volcanoes. The children also loved getting stuck into this term's class novel 'Holes' by Louis Sachar and spent time creating newspaper reports detailing the arrest and sentencing of the book's main character Stanley Yelnats. As well as learning to play handball, another highlight was dissecting hearts as part of our science topic: the circulatory system. Have a look at the photos... if you dare. We finished the term off in festive style with our Year 5 and 6 carol concert at St Oswald's Church.

Autumn Term 1 2024/2025

The children have had a very busy half term getting to know their Reception buddies, doing their first practice SATs, Turquoise class had their class assembly, we had Art Week and finally this week we had our exciting World War 2 evacuee day! Take a look at the pictures below!