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Mr Housam, Mrs Mason and Miss Ellis teach in Year 6. Welcome!

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Mr Housam, Mrs Mason and Miss Ellis teach in Year 6. Welcome!

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Summer 2 - Spelling Lists and Activities

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Summer 2 - Spelling Lists and Activities

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Why not get ahead and practice our upcoming spelling lists?

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Summer 2 - Spelling Lists and Activities

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Here's a reminder of all the sentence types you'll be learning in Year 6.

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This will help you learn your times tables!

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Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars

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Another great resource for learning your times tables!

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Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games, which are against the clock, challenge and develop mental maths skills. An untimed, practise mode is available in our Hit the Button app along with lots more extra features.

The activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help students to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.

AGE

6-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Times Tables Division Number Bonds Doubles Halves Square Numbers

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Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

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Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubles, halves, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Superb!

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Multiplying and dividing - Year 6 KS2 Maths - BBC Bitesize

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Year 6 KS2 Maths Multiplying and dividing learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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Antarctica for Kids: Cool Facts About Antarctica for Children - FreeSchool

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Antarctica is a desert - but it's not hot, it's really, really . It's called a desert because it hardly ever rains .

The is near the middle of Antarctica. That's the very bottom of the planet. In parts of Antarctica the winter temperature can be minus 60°C.

Nobody lives in Antarctica permanently. Some scientists stay there to work and carry out research. They may spend months indoors in the research stations . When the weather gets bad, they are cut-off from the rest of the world.

Living in Antarctica is extremely different to living in Europe. Why do you think this is?

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Antarctica is a desert - but it's not hot, it's really, really . It's called a desert because it hardly ever rains . The is near the middle of Antarctica. That's the very bottom of the planet. In parts of Antarctica the winter temperature can be minus 60°C.

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Try some of these different writing lessons!

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Try some of these different writing lessons!

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English lessons for Key Stage 2 students - Oak National Academy

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Free online English lessons for Key Stage 2 students

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Free online lessons for students across a variety of UK school curriculum subjects

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Learn about different lifecycles with this Year 5 Bitesize Science guide.

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What are the parts of a plant? Find out why each plant part is important in this Bitesize Primary KS1 Science guide.

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Books for Year 6 - here's our selection of recommended titles chosen by experienced teachers and librarians. Are you looking for a storybook for the classroom, the library, or your child's collection, or choosing titles for a class reading list, or curriculum spine of year 6 books to motivate your pupil to read more? The following list contains 40 titles for children aged 10-11 in KS2 of primary school, suitable for individual reading, paired reading, class teaching, and book clubs. These age-appropriate reading for pleasure recommendations for 10-year-old pupils consist of a variety of fiction and nonfiction books for all ability ranges and interests. The books in this list are reviewed termly and include middle-grade novels and stories by Jamila Gavin, Onjali Rauf, David Almond, Lara Williamson, JRR Tolkien, Michelle Magorian, Zizou Corder and Nina Bawden.

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Books for Year 6 - our recommendations

Absolutely Everything by Christopher Lloyd

"A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things Too Numerous" - this fantastic and unique non-fiction book is highly recommended to stretch and encourage inquisitive children and encourage critical thinking. This is a brilliant resource for any year 6 classroom or your 10-year old's bookshelf at home. Read our review for more details.

Time Travelling With a Hamster by Ross Welford

A moving and memorable story about time travel. When Al reads a letter it sets off a chain of events in which he races to travel back to 1984 to try and save his late father. A highly imaginative and thought-provoking middle-grade chapter book, this is a must-read novel for 10-year-olds.
Science fiction
Cogheart by Peter Bunzl

When her father goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Lily's life is in sudden danger. Who took her father, and what do they want? A great page-turner book for ten-year-olds set in a steampunk Victorian world of shadowy clockmakers. With relatable characters and an ever twisting plot, this is a compelling book for group reading in year 6.
Adventure
The Railway Children by E Nesbit

A classic story of adventure and loss. Three children and their mother leave their life in London to live in a small cottage in the country. Will they discover the mystery of their father's disappearance? A classic novel to study in year 6 literacy lessons, this book is a useful resource for teaching empathy, characterisation and inference.

After a storm, Michael is washed overboard from his parent's yacht and finds himself marooned on a distant island with a Japanese soldier who survived the Hiroshima bombing. Kensuke and Michael become unlikely friends and Kensuke has to make a decision whether to stay on his island home or help Michael complete a dangerous quest to find his mother and father. A great book for year 6 group reading and book clubs.

Books for year 6 video

Below is a video highlighting all our Year 6 book picks in a catchy 5-minute slideshow which can be displayed in primary school libraries, used in the classroom, at home, for CPD or shared as a link for home learning or remote teaching.

How many of our year 6 books have you read?

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Click for more children's reading book recommendations - Picture books to read before you are 5 years old | Reception books | Year 1 books | Year 2 books | Year 3 books | Year 4 books | Year 5 books | Year 6 books (this page) | Topic books | KS3 books

For less demanding books for year 6, try the Books for Year 5 reading list.

For even more books for 10-11-year-olds, see this list.

For the more able child, try the Books for Year 7 reading list.

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Suggested reading list books for Year 6 pupils age 10-11

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Books for Year 6 - here's our selection of recommended titles chosen by experienced teachers and librarians. Are you looking for a storybook for the classroom, the library, or your child's collection, or choosing titles for a class reading list, or curriculum spine of year 6 books to motivate your pupil to read more?